The FHSAA football rural state championship game against Hawthorne and Blountstown was billed as a defensive game.

It makes sense.

The teams have combined to give up just six touchdowns during the 2025 postseason run.

This year’s state championship would go to whichever team found a hole in the other’s impenetrable wall first. Hawthorne was the quickest on the draw taking the lead at the top of the second quarter and taking it through the wire for 24-8 victory over Blountstown.

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