Earlier in this thread I said the Paducah/Valley playoff game in 04. After doing some research I found an article about it from the Amarillo Globe News. It got best game of the year for the area that year.
"BEST GAME
VALLEY'S DOMINATING UNBEATEN SEASON APPEARED OVER IN THE REGIONAL ROUND AGAINST SPEEDY PADUCAH, WHICH DROPPED DOWN FROM 1A. THE DRAGONS, WHO'D ONLY LOST ONCE, PASSED THEIR WAY TO A 45-26 LEAD IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
BUT THE PATRIOTS RALLIED, AND DID SO BY UNUSUAL MEANS - THE PASS. VALLEY SCORED FOUR UNANSWERED TOUCHDOWNS - TWO OF THEM ON PASSES FROM CODY BARRETT - TO TAKE A 54-45 LEAD.
PADUCAH CUT THE LEAD TO 54-53 ON A 37-YARD PASS FROM GERALD WALKER TO CORY HEMPHILL WITH 29 SECONDS LEFT. BUT VALLEY RECOVERED THE ONSIDE KICK TO SEAL THE WILD COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN.
VALLEY SURVIVED THE PASSING OF HEMPHILL, WHO WAS 17- OF-32 FOR 446 YARDS AND SEVEN TOUCHDOWNS. BARRETT THREW FOR 157 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
BIGGEST PLAY
IN THE VALLEY-PADUCAH THRILLER, TAKE YOUR PICK. BOTH WERE FOURTH-DOWN PASSES IN THE PATRIOTS RALLY.
BARRETT CONNECTED WITH BRYANT ORTIZ ON A 26-YARD PASS TO PULL VALLEY WITHIN 45-40. AND HE BEAT THE PADUCAH BLITZ ON AN 8-YARD SCORING PASS TO VALDES.
HAD BARRETT NOT COMPLETED EITHER ONE OF THOSE MAKE-OR-BREAK PASSES, IT'S DOUBTFUL VALLEY WOULD HAVE ADVANCED."
