Calhoun's bid for another state championship ends with 12-7 defeat in semifinal

Yellow Jackets stopped 3 yards shy on fourth-and-goal in game's final seconds

December 4, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. | Updated December 4, 2015 at 11:03 p.m.

by Staff Report

Calhoun quarterback Kaelan Riley (1) warms up before the game. The Elbert County Blue Devils visited the Calhoun Yellow Jackets in a GHSA Football Playoff game on Friday November 27, 2015.
Calhoun quarterback Kaelan Riley (1) warms up before the game. The Elbert County Blue Devils visited the Calhoun Yellow Jackets in a GHSA Football Playoff game on Friday November 27, 2015.

Calhoun High School's bid to repeat as Georgia's Class AAA football state champion is over.

The top-ranked Yellow Jackets lost Friday night's state semifinal at No. 2 Blessed Trinity in Roswell 12-7, with standout quarterback Kaelan Riley coming up 3 yards shy of the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the 4-yard line with 12 seconds to play.

Calhoun, which played for a title six of the past seven seasons -and won a championship in 2011 in addition to last year during that stretch - finishes at 13-1.

Blessed Trinity (13-0-1) advances to next week's title game at the Georgia Dome and will play Cedar Grove (11-1-1) or Westminster (9-4).

It's the Titans' deepest postseason run since the program began in 2001. They reached the AAA semifinals last season.

Read tomorrow's Times Free Press for the full story.

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