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Spain Park WR David Moultry (2) battles a defender during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR David Moultry (2) runs after a catch during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Conner Blair (19) during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park DB Michael Ogletree (7) and Spain Park LB Ethan Gutowski (27) combine to make a tackle during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park LB Jack Baylor (9) looks to make a tackle during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park DB Jack Kendrick (12) makes a shoestring tackle during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Jaylen Ward (1) eludes defenders during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park QB/DB Evan Smallwood (7) fights for yards during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Jaylen Ward (1) scores a touchdown during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Cooper Kelley (10) runs after a catch during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Cooper Kelley (10) makes a catch during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park QB Conner Blair (19) hurdles a defender during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Jaylen Ward (1) fights off a defender during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park DL Samuel Garibay (99) fights through the line during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park DB Jack Kendrick (12) and Spain Park LB Jayst Dorion (5) combine to make a tackle during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park DB Michael Ogletree (7) stops the runner short of the goal line on a 2 point conversion to seal the win during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park RB Justin Pegues (5) scores a touchdown during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Cooper Kelley (10) collides at the goal line with a defender to score a touchdown during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park QB/DB Evan Smallwood (7) scores a touchdown during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park DL Brian Alston (11) makes a tackle during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Cooper Kelley (10) scores a touchdown during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park defense celebrates a turnover during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park DB Alex Smith (37) defends a pass during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park LB TJ Metcalf (18) and Spain Park DB Michael Ogletree (7) try to recover a wild fumble during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Jaylen Ward (1) runs after a catch during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Jaylen Ward (1) runs after a catch during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park RB Justin Pegues (5) scores a touchdown during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park WR Cooper Kelley (10) catches a touchdown pass during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park DB Alex Smith (37) breaks up a pass during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
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Spain Park LB Ethan Gutowski (27) and Spain Park DB Alex Smith (37) combine to make a tackle during a game between Spain Park and Hueytown on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Hueytown High School.
HUEYTOWN — Spain Park High School’s star quarterback put up massive numbers to keep his team in the game. Its former quarterback-turned-safety made the biggest plays to win it.
Michael Ogletree stopped Hueytown’s De’Andre Coleman inches short of the goal line on a 2-point conversion try with 13 seconds left, sealing a wild 63-62 win to finish out the Jaguars’ season.
"I knew they were going to go for two and when I saw them bring (Coleman) at quarterback, we almost knew what was coming, so we did our best to stop them,” Ogletree said.
Ogletree, who played quarterback until his junior year, also had a key interception that set up Spain Park’s go-ahead touchdown with 3:16 left, a 7-yard pass from Bennett Meredith to Cooper Kelley.
“For him to make plays there his senior year, it’s refreshing to see,” Spain Park head coach Shawn Raney said.
For most of the night, it was all Spain Park (4-6) could do just to keep pace with Hueytown (5-5), a Class 6A region champion.
Hueytown scored on the first play when Coleman took a short pass from Alex Young and went 80 yards, and the two connected on a 24-yard strike on the next drive. Not three minutes in, Spain Park trailed 14-0 and had given up 160 total yards.
Hueytown racked up 727, but had two critical fourth-quarter turnovers. The Golden Gophers led 49-35 early in the fourth, and the Jaguars got a 4-yard score from Justin Pegues with 9:47 left. After an onside kick that Hueytown recovered, Young fumbled a snap and the Jaguars’ Brian Alston fell on it. One play later, Meredith hit Kelley for a 40-yard score to tie it at 49.
The teams traded touchdowns until Ogletree’s interception set up the go-ahead score.
Meredith, a junior, completed 34-of-41 passes for 514 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. Kelley led the Jaguar receivers with 232 receiving yards on nine catches and three scores. Jaylen Ward had 11 catches for 165 yards and a score. Pegues rushed for 60 yards and three touchdowns as Spain Park totaled 610 yards.
"I never doubted this team,” Meredith said. "I never doubted the offense. I knew we were going to come through.”
Spain Park struggled in Class 7A, Region 3, but finished the season on a two-game win streak and both games were come-from-behind wins.
"We’ve had a very up and down season,” Raney said. “It's been quite a challenge in a lot of different ways. I challenged the defense at the half to make a play and it came down to the two point play at the end.”
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