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South Shelby football team punches its ticket to the Dome

By BLAKE TOPPMEYER
Herald-Whig Sports Writer

SHELBINA, Mo. — Shawn Bertrand ripped off five runs of at least 22 yards during Saturday’s Class 1 semifinal football game at Charles Rash Memorial Athletic Field.

 

None of those plays gave the South Shelby senior quite as much satisfaction as his crushing tackle for a loss of East Buchanan quarterback Cory Bower with 1 minute, 15 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

 

“It’s probably close to the best feeling I’ve ever felt in my entire life,” Bertrand said of the tackle.

 

That tackle came on a fourth-down play that started at South Shelby’s 25-yard line. It ended East Buchanan’s hopes of erasing a two-score deficit and cement ...

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Updated: 6/17/2013 @ 12:21 PM



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