By Kiara Doyal, The Seattle Medium

Yesterday afternoon, the O’Dea Fighting Irish punched their ticket to the State 3A football championships game next week at Husky Stadium with a hard-fought 20-14 victory against the Bellevue Wolverines.

Bellevue opened the game with possession of the ball, but their opening possession stalled quickly. Dreson Jimerson picked up 4 yards on first down, followed by short runs from Reylen Witherspoon and Max Jones. On 4th-and-4, Jimerson was stopped just short of the line of scrimmage, turning the ball over on downs at O’Dea’s 44.

O’Dea’s offense didn’t seem to be much better at first either. Peyton Egan was quickly stopped for no gain, and a false start pushed the Fighting Irish backward. But after another penalty and facing an enormous 2nd-and-31, J Shau

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