State Bound

Late touchdown sends Warriors to 1B State Tournament

COULEE CITY – Down by four to Wilbur-Creston-Keller with under a minute remaining and a trip to state on the line, the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors took the field on their own 49-yard line. On the game’s final offensive play, freshman quarterback Caden Correia rolled out to his left and flipped a pass about 10 feet into the air, which fell into the hands of sophomore running back Grayson Beal to put ACH up – and eventually win – 38-34. “I’m still processing what happened,” Beal said. “I saw Caden roll out, and I’m like, ‘Aw, they stopped it.’ Then I saw him flip it up in the air. I thought Kallen Maioho, from Wilbur, is gonna pick it, (he) slipped, I come down with it. Still in denial on what happened.” Correia said his inspiration for the pass, which was lobbed over several Wildcat defenders, came from the video game “Madden” as well as Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.