Talented senior running back didn't win his last high school game, but his spirit and four touchdowns earn him Austin Capital One Bank Athlete of the Year honors.
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Adrian Duncan accounted for all four
touchdowns, but his season came to
an end.
File photo by Jim Redman
senior
Adrian Duncan didn't win his last high school game. But anyone who watched him score all four of his team's touchdowns in a 31-28 Class 4A Division II area loss to Brennan would only call him a winner.
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ccording to the Austin Statesmen, the 5-foot-9, 185-pound senior was just coming off an injury. He had not played since the end of October due to a high ankle strain.
He wasn't going to watch his final game from the sideline.
Duncan did everything humanely possible, scoring on touchdown catches of 39 and 55 yards and crossing the line on TD runs of 20 and 6 yards, the latter giving his team a 28-24 lead late in the fourth quarter.
Adrian Duncan, Vista Ridge
For his efforts, he was selected as the Austin area Capital One Bank High Yield Student Athlete of the Week.
Duncan rushed for 82 yards and caught three passes for 96 yards and showed little effect from his severe ankle sprain.
Vista Ridge tried to become just the second team in its school history to win nine games. The squad finished 8-4.
It could have easily been 9-3 after Duncan's final touchdown. But Brennan scored late thanks to a gritty fourth down play call, a fake punt near midfield that was converted on a 22-yard run by running back Stedman Mayberry.
