YORK — The Charlie Hovis Trophy is returning to Tabb, where the Tigers’ late coach won three state championships with teams hardened annually by their bruising battles with York County archrival York.

The Tigers earned the trophy marking York County supremacy with a 17-14 win over the Falcons in their Bay Rivers District battle Friday in front of a large crowd at Bailey Field, worthy of their great matchups in the Hovis era and beyond. It took a time-consuming, ground-and-pound fourth-quarter drive Hovis would’ve appreciated to give the Tigers the lead late, then a stop on York’s final possession.

Kahlil Outlaw’s 3-yard touchdown run with 1 minute, 52 seconds remaining capped Tabb’s 14-play, 76-yard drive that consumed 8:06 and gave the Tigers the three-point lead. The Falcons marched fr

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