Defense, special teams lift Mount Tabor over Dudley in 3AA Western Regional Final
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By Jacob Hancock, HighSchoolOT Reporter
Mount Tabor s football team advanced to the 3AA state championship with a 24-20 win at home over Dudley in the Western Regional Final on Friday.
Senior receiver Lance Patterson scored the go-ahead touchdown for Tabor on a 5-yard sweep with 5:38 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Special teams and defense played a crucial role in the victory for the Spartans (10-0), who followed up the 9-6 regular season win and completed the sweep of the Piedmont Triad Conference rival Panthers (8-2).
Tabor scored the game s first points on the opening kickoff, as senior Collin Smith ran it back for a 90-yard kick return. And the Spartans took a 17-14 lead at halftime thanks to a blocked punt by senior Josiah Banks that set up a 48-yard field goal by junior kicker Eliott Trinh as time expired.