Video: Watch DeMatha win fourth consecutive WCAC title with late game-winner
By Lynden Ostrander
Nov 19, 2016, 4:00pm
No. 5 Stags erase 15-point deficit in fourth quarter to retain supremacy in one of the nation's toughest leagues.
Video: Watch DeMatha clinch WCAC titleBeau English goes to Myles Miree with a little over a minute to go for the winner.
Ranked No. 5 nationally by MaxPreps,
DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) came up big late with Washington Catholic Athletic Conference supremacy on the line Saturday.
The Stags (12-0) trailed St. John's (Washington, D.C.) most of the way and fell behind by as many as 15 points in the fourth quarter.
But DeMatha battled back and Air Force pledge
Beau English connected with
Myles Miree on a 27-yard touchdown pass with 1:05 remaining for the playoff game-winner. It gave the Stags a 34-29 win and the WCAC playoff title for the fourth year in a row.
DeMatha is 43-5 overall during that four-year run of dominance.
The Stags also beat St. John's 14-13 back in late September.
DeMatha quarterback Beau English looks downfield during an October game.
File photo by Al Conner
