Dogs state title dreams dashed

Posted on November 22, 2017

By JONATHAN LINCOLN

The Taylor County Bulldogs’ state championship hopes were dashed Friday night at Dorsett Stadium, as the visiting Florida High Seminoles capitalized on a number of turnovers and mistakes to run away with a 56-43 win in the Class 3A Regional Finals.

The Bulldogs (8-4) scored enough points to win, but made too many mistakes against the (7-5) Seminoles, who took advantage of two interceptions returned for long touchdowns (14 points), two broken tackles on short passes that turned into long touchdowns (14 points) and a kickoff return for a touchdown (7 points) to account for 35 of their 56 points in the high-scoring track meet.

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