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FINAL: Greenback 42, Cornersville 21


Cornersville: Bulldogs still trying to score in the game’s final moments, call timeout with 24 seconds remaining. Eli Woodard barrels in from a yard out with eight seconds left. Greenback 42, Cornersville 21

Greenback: Greenback runs five times and then is forces to punt. 1:54 remains.

Cornersville : Bulldogs are forced to punt after failing to pick up a single yard on three plays. 

Greenback: Hanley high-steps out of a sack but the throw falls incomplete. Whitaker knoxks away a pass intended for Kaleb Russell at the goal line. Second and 10 at the 15. Edwards drops the ball and recovers it but is tackled for a loss of 12. A personal foul on the play moves the Cherokees back to the 42. They're forced to punt.

Cornersville: Bulldogs take over at their own 40 following a Greenback punt, but McMahon coughs ball up on third down and the Cherokees recover at midfield.  

Greenback: Cherokees punt for the first time today.



Cornersville: Bulldogs take over at the Greenback 47 following a Cherokees penalty on the kickoff. Edwards hauls in a leaping interception at the Greenback 21. 

Greenback: Houston Williams sacks Hanley for a loss of seven. Greenback gets tricky; pulls a reverse and Hanley hits Gilbert for a 31-yard pass to the 3. He pulled that right out of a Bulldog's hands. Hanley hits Seth Riddle for a three-yard touchdown pass. Greenback 42, Cornersville 14

Cornersville: Greenback defense digs, stuffing Cornersville for a three-yard loss on second down to bring up a third-and 13. Eli Woodard does his best but can't get through the Cherokees' swarming pass rush. Greenback takes over at its own 49 with 5:25 left in the third quarter.

Greenback: Hanley takes off down the sideline for 43 yards to the Cornersville 40. Another 16 yards for Hanley gets Greenback to the 19. Edwards sweeps to the outside, then dives for the pylon for a 17-yard touchdown with 7:04 left in the third. Greenback 35, Cornersville 14

Cornersville: Colby McMahon breaks a tackle and sprints 40 yards to set the Bulldogs up with a first and 10 at the 21. Ball pops out and rolls out of bounds on fourth down. Greenback takes over at their own 17.


HALFTIME: Greenback 28, Cornersville 14


Greenback: Snap over Hanley's head, he jumps and tips it then comes down with the ball and dives forward to prevent a loss. Nice catch by Cole Riddle, who it hit on his way down. Edwards fumbles, but Greenback recovers. Gilbert picks up 32 yards on a pass from Hanley. Hanley hits Gilbert over the middle for a 20-yard pass down to the 1.

Hanley keeps it twice, gets it on the second, but the play is waved off, Cornersville timeout. Hanley fakes to fullback, line dives toward phantom move up the middle, while Gilbert sweeps to the outside for the touchdown with 25 seconds left in the half. Greenback 28, Cornerville 14

Cornersville: Kolbe McMahon breaks off a 62-yard kickoff return to set the Bulldogs up with excellent field position. Greenback defense holds, bring up a fourth-and-9 from the 20 -yard-line. Woodard's fourth-down fade rout is knocked away by Edwards, and the Cherokees take over at their own 20

Greenback: Cornersville defense holding strong, bringing up a third-and-3 from the 3-yard-line, but Hanley hooks up with Seth Riddell to spot the Cherokees a seve -point edge with 5:59 left in the second quarter. Greenback 21, Cornersville 14

Cornersville: Bulldogs cough up the ball on second down, and Greenback falls on the lose ball. 

Greenback: Greenback has the game's first real sustained drive, chewing up half of he second quarter. Hanley streaks toward the end zone but Cameron Whitaker trips him up at the 1. Cherokees backed up by a penalty. Bulldogs keep Greenback out of the end zone, take over at their own 1-yard line.  


Cornersville: Bulldogs fail to register a first down and are forced to punt for the second time. Greenback takes over at its own 30. 

Greenback: Bush adds to his two touchdowns with an interception. Cornersville ball at its own 18.

Cornersville: Kolbe McMahon sneaks through the line and almost goes the distance, but Gilbert brings him down for a 22-yard gain on second down. Eli Woodard hooks up with Bush for a 22-yard score, knotting things up once again with 3:29 left in the first. Cornersville 14, Greenback 14. 

Greenback: Cornerville bites hard on a faked handoff to Gilbert and Bryce Hanley rushes for a first down. Edwards puts the ball on the ground, but Greenback recovers. Edwards runs for a 16-yard touchdown with 6:07 to go in the first quarter. Greenback 14, Cornersville 7

Cornersville: Kolbe McMahon is stuffed for no gain on first down then fires consecutive incompletions, leading to a Bulldogs punt. 

Greenback: Breeden Gilbert rips off a 37-yard run on first down, setting the Cherokees up with a 1st-and-goal from the 10. Josh Edwards barrels in from 10 yards out to knot things up with 10:06 left in the opening quarter. Cornersville 7, Greenback 7

Cornersville: Cornersville's first two plays net negative five yards, but Cornersville quarterback Kolbe McMahon converts a third-and-15 by hitting a wide open Darien Bush, who sprints 54 yards for a touchdown. Bulldogs convert the PAT. Cornersville 7, Greenback 0.



When: 11 a.m., Thursday 

What to know: Cornersville plays in its first Class 1A state championship game. Greenback won the 1987 Class 1A state championship and were runner-up in 2015 and 2016.

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The Tennessean's Tom Kreager and Michael Murphy discuss the Class 1A BlueCross Bowl between Cornersville and Greenback. Tom Kreager