Fairfax will remember first region title
October 29, 2010
by
Don Ketchum,
AZPreps365
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By Don Ketchum
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The football team from Laveen Betty H. Fairfax might win more titles in the future, but it will take a lot of magic to be better than the first one. "="">
The Stampede won their first Class 5A Metro Region championship on Thursday night (Oct. 28), 33-27, doing so in improbable fashion against host Phoenix Central.
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With 30.2 seconds left, Fairfax gave up a touchdown on a 9-yard pass from Andrew Lobato to Dallas Nichols. The PAT by Alberto Camacho made it 27-25 and it appeared that Central was going to win its second straight Metro crown.
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Lobato sealed the Central victory, or so he thought, with an interception on Fairfax’s first play from scrimmage. But Fairfax got new life when a flag was thrown (so many were thrown against both teams that fans lost count) for pass interference.
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Time was running out, so Fairfax quarterback Kurtis Walls lofted a pass deep into Central territory, along the left sideline. Receiver Walter Wallace had gotten behind his defender, and the 6-foot-3, 170-pound junior reached up with one hand and secured the ball with one foot inbounds for a first down at the Central 9.
