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Slide Show: Wild conclusion
Rasmussen, Clancy shine in East football victory

All-State East defensive lineman Blake Dirteater of Coweta (left) helps dislodge the football from West quarterback Kyle Webster of Mustang in the first quarter Friday night at Union High School. STEPHEN HOLMAN/Tulsa World

 
By BARRY LEWIS World Sports Writer
Published: 8/1/2009  2:21 AM
Last Modified: 8/3/2009  8:50 AM

 Collinsville wide receiver Dalton Rasmussen turned in the top performance of his football career in the All-State Game on Friday night.

"It was my best game ever and it came at the right time, too," Rasmussen said.

Rasmussen had 11 catches for 163 yards and a touchdown. He also caught a key fourth-down pass to set up Eufaula quarterback Ethan Sharp's 9-yard TD run with 13 seconds left that rallied the East past the West 23-22 before a crowd of 7,000 at Union-Tuttle Stadium.

"This is just awesome," said Rasmussen, who will play this season for Northeastern A&M. "It was a very emotional game. I wouldn't have wanted to play with anyone else besides these guys. Everyone was real close. They were awesome."

With the West leading 22-17, Rasmussen's 19-yard reception over-the-middle on fourth-and-10 gave the East a first down at the West 9 with 30 seconds left. Three plays later, Sharp scored on a quarterback draw.

"On the fourth-down play, I was just hoping I could bring it down, I had to stretch out a bit for it," Rasmussen said.

Broken Bow defensive back Mitchell Manning's interception of a Hail Mary pass near the East goal line ended the game.

Rasmussen, who had 26 receptions in his senior season, was a bit surprised to hear he had 11 catches.

"I just played the game, I wasn't keeping track of anything," Rasmussen said.

Rasmussen's TD catch came on a 10-yard pass from Cascia Hall's Sam Clancy in the third quarter. It came on a fade route that Clancy threw for many of his 48 TD passes during his Cascia Hall career.

Clancy, playing the first and third quarters, completed 14-of-21 passes for 186 yards.

"Our wide receivers came through and played great," Clancy said. "Dalton played a tremendous game and Ethan was great."

The East's rally enabled Clancy to finish with an undefeated record as a high school starting quarterback after leading Cascia to back-to-back perfect records and state titles. It also was his final football game ever. He will attend the University of Oklahoma as a student only to prepare for a medical career.

"This game was a blast," Clancy said. "For my last game to ever play, I couldn't have asked for it to end in any better way."

Sharp completed 12-of-28 passes for 179 yards. His 42-yard TD pass to Sallisaw's David Hadley gave the East a 17-14 lead with 3:36 remaining.

The West countered with an 8-yard TD pass from Mustang's Kyle Webster to Oklahoma City Douglass' Destin Stewart with 1:59 left. Kansas State signee Timothy Flanders of Midwest City then tossed a halfback pass to future K-State teammate Zach Trujillo of Edmond Deer Creek for the 2-point conversion. Earlier, Flanders scored on a 1-yard run and 69-yard pass.

The wild finish followed a first half that ended with the East leading 3-0 on a 43-yard field goal by Cascia Hall's Pete Testa.

It continued to be a defensive struggle until Clancy connected on a 38-yard pass to Rasmussen early in the third quarter. Later in the period, Clancy's 69-yard pass to Beggs' Krispin Crawford set up Rasmussen's TD that made it 10-7.

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WWJD, (8/1/2009 11:20:30 AM)
No surprise. He was one of the best receivers in the state. He just didn't have a good quarterback. That's the only thing Collinsville lacked last year.
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Raz085, collinsville (8/2/2009 3:00:29 PM)
Okay first of all I would like to thank you for the complement. It means a lot. But I would appreciate it if you didn't dog on my quarterback. Secondly, I thought Collinsville had a very complete team last year and that includes our offensive leader who threw for over 1500 yards. He was dang good for being 5'8" lol
 

 
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