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A Florida high school football state championship ended with a phenomenal finish for one team and absolute heartbreak for the other on Saturday night.
Lake Mary High School was down six points with seven seconds left in the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 7A title game against Vero Beach. Noah Grubbs backed up to pass and rolled to his right. He gained momentum and shot the ball, which was tipped and caught short of the goal line.
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A Lake Mary quarterback looks to compete in the FHSAA Class 7A state championship on Dec. 13, 2025, at Pitbull Stadium in Miami. (CRYSTAL VANDER WEIT/TCPALM / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
As Vero Beach defenders attempted to keep receiver Barrett Schultz out of the end zone, Schultz’s teammate, Tavarius Brundidge Jr., came up and took the ball from Schultz’s hands. Brundidge threw the ball into the end zone to end the wild and chaotic play.
The touchdown tied the game and Lake Mary scored the extra point to win, 28-27.
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A Lake Mary player in the FHSAA Class 7A state championship on Dec. 13, 2025, makes a catch at Pitbull Stadium in Miami. (CRYSTAL VANDER WEIT/TCPALM / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
“I was hoping and praying like everyone else that he would make it with football and Barrett did,” Lake Mary head coach Scott Perry said, via TC Palm. “…We were just going to keep fighting and fighting until the final whistle.”
Vero Beach tried to buy time as best it could. The team decided to take a safety with 12 seconds left and gave the ball back to Lake Mary.
A Vero Beach player is stunned after the FHSAA Class 7A state championship, Dec. 13, 2025, at Pitbull Stadium in Miami. (CRYSTAL VANDER WEIT/TCPALM / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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It was Lake Mary’s first state championship in its history.
