On Friday, Nov. 30, the Oak Grove Warriors competed against the undefeated Horn Lake Eagles for the 6A state football championship at M.M. Roberts Stadium on the Southern Miss campus. Playing in front of a crowd of 9,347 people, many of them Oak Grove fans, Horn Lake earned its first state championship title with a 31-27 win.
Oak Grove senior quarterback John Rhys Plumlee threw three first-half touchdown passes and the Warriors jumped out to a 20-17 halftime lead over the Eagles.
Down 27-24 after three-quarters of play, Horn Lake took the lead with 7:19 in the fourth quarter on a one-yard touchdown run from running back Patrick Gilliam. The Oak Grove offense got the ball back with 2:30 remaining, but Plumlee threw an interception on the fifth play of the drive, sealing the win for Horn Lake.
All photos by Grant Chighizola
Oak Grove players take the field
Patrick Gilliam finds a hole
John Rhys Plumlee attempts a pass
Liam Breithaupt on the ground after a catch
John Rhys Plumlee prepares to take a snap
Thomas Holford and Tyson Keys celebrate a touchdown
Patrick Gilliam runs the ball
Kevin Barnett on the field
Raydarious Jones hands the ball off to Nakobe Dean
Tyree Jackson celebrates a fumble recovery
Raydarious Jones takes the snap
John Rhys Plumlee scrambles
Oak Grove Head Coach Drew Causey looks on
Liam Breithaupt runs after a catch
John Rhys Plumlee attempts a pass
Horn Lake Head Coach Brad Boyette embraces one of his players
Raydarious Jones waves during the postgame celebration
Oak Grove players on the field for the postgame ceremony
Doron Smith celebrates on the field postgame
Horn Lake players celebrate with the championship trophy
