The Classical Academy “D” shines as Titans beat Mountain View for 4A football title

The Classical Academy s tornadic defense blew away Mountain View in the Class A flag football championship match Saturday afternoon Sacks interceptions and unrelenting pressure lifted the Titans to a - preeminence at Trailblazer Stadium TCA avenged last season s - loss to Mountain View in the championship contest That defeat provided a year s worth of incentive Safety Brooklyn Blair of The Classical Academy Titans reaches out for a touchdown after intercepting a pass by Keira Knowles of the Mountain View Mountain Lions during the state class A championship competition on Saturday Oct at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood Colo Photo by Timothy Hurst The Denver Post Ever since last year and the championship earlier this year this has been a big deal for us revealed junior linebacker wide receiver Brooklyn Blair who picked off three passes and changed the tournament s tenor with a burst of dynamic plays in the second quarter The Titans and Mountain Lions hooked up in Week this season with TCA winning - in triple overtime Saturday s competition had none of that white-knuckle drama because the Titans overwhelmed the Mountain Lions for nearly the entire tournament We yearned our defense to pressure their quarterback and make her make mistakes coach Dale Meyerrose declared But they are familiar with us and we are familiar with them We basically knew what their offensive scheme was and they knew what ours was It was just a matter of us executing The Titans won five consecutive games to close out their season with a - record Mountain View also finished - Lydia Christensen of The Classical Academy Titans hoists the trophy after her company defeated the Mountain View Mountain Lions - to win the state class A championship championship on Saturday Oct at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood Colo Photo by Timothy Hurst The Denver Post For about minutes in the second quarter Blair put on a show boosting TCA to a - halftime lead First she flew into the middle of a pack to intercept Keira Knowles pass at the -yard line and turn it into a pick-six and a - Titans lead After Mountain View was forced to punt on the next possession Blair caught the punt in mid-stride and returned it yards to the Mountain View -yard line Two plays later junior quarterback Kelsey Peterson connected with junior Ryann Ferguson for a -yard TD pass and a three-TD lead Urged how it felt to be the sparkplug in a championship match Blair laughed and explained I don t know about that Really I was just playing for the organization this day The fact that I did that was awesome TCA took a - lead midway through the first quarter on a -yard pass from Peterson to sophomore Reagan Harter The Titans were driving again until Mountain View senior Jesika Hopkins picked off a pass and returned it yards But the Titans defense never bent A blocked pass by senior Whitney Meister followed by a -yard sack by sophomore Lauren Pantusa put the Titans in prime scoring position But on a fourth-and-goal play from the -yard line Peterson s pass fell incomplete Enter Blair who turned in her pick-six two plays later She is a very talented athlete and she is aggressive to the ball Meyerrose disclosed She plays both offense and defense and plays both just extremely well Related Articles Holy Family beats Windsor for Class A softball title behind Stanford commit Emmaline Humphreys Broomfield wins first softball title exploding for -run fifth inning to mercy-rule Legend in Class A championship University walks-off Eaton for Class A softball title in another epic showdown between Patriot League rivals Colorado high school football How Post Preps Top teams fared in Week Legend dynamic duo Madi Smolen Lucy Thompson lead Titans to A flag football final Peterson who began playing quarterback as a sophomore last year led her group with poise even if the offense stalled a bit early in the event I ve grown a lot and I m a lot more confident in myself she noted I know how to rebound from mistakes better In the present day when I threw that first interception I was able to bounce back And I had a lot of my teammates supporting me and picking up the club In the second half Peterson threw a -yard strike to Ferguson to extend the Titans lead to - She ran the ball in from the -yard line for the match s final points That count was set up by Blair s second interception of the encounter Kelsey throws a nice ball Meyerrose commented of his QB But more than that she knows how to hold her gang together So when we have been down this season she has been able to say OK we ve got this She exhibited that again at present Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams