KHSAA football finals: Beechwood tops Mayfield for third straight Class 2A title

Make it three in a row for the powerhouse Beechwood High School football team.

Chase Flaherty’s 10-yard touchdown run on the first play of the first quarter was the difference as Beechwood topped Mayfield 14-13 in Friday’s Class 2A championship game in front of 6,329 fans at the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field in Lexington.

Flaherty carried 23 times for 115 yards to lead Beechwood (14-1), which finished the season with a 10-game winning streak.

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Beechwood captured its 17^th state title all-time, ranking third in Kentucky history behind Trinity (27) and Highlands (23).

Jutarious Starks carried 22 times for 104 yards and a touchdown to lead Mayfield (14-1), which lost in the state final for the fourth time in the past six seasons.

Zane Cartwright’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Isaac Stevenson pulled the Cardinals within 14-13 with 1:13 remaining, but the PAT kick failed.

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Beechwood recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock.

Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @kyhighs.

Mayfield             0            0            7           6 - 13

Beechwood       0            7            0            7 – 14

Second quarter

B – Liam McCormack 7 pass from Clay Hayden (Matthew Kappes kick)

Third quarter

M – Jutarious Starks 16 run (Lincoln Suter kick)

Fourth quarter

B – Chase Flaherty 10 run (Kappes kick)

M - Isaac Stevenson 9 pass from Zane Cartwright (kick failed)

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KHSAA football finals: Beechwood tops Mayfield for 17th state title