AUBURN – Charles Henderson couldn’t stop Ramsay workhorse running back Ashton Ashford and couldn’t get untracked enough offensively against an aggressive, powerful and quick Ramsay Rams' defense Thursday night.
Ashford earned 281 yards and five touchdowns on 44 carries and the Rams got a critical fourth-quarter interception return for a touchdown to spark a 41-20 win over Charles Henderson in the AHSAA Class 5A State Championship Game at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium.
“We went 2-8 last year, 1-8 the year before and 3-7 my freshman year and I knew it was time for a change,” senior linebacker Damien Hart said. “I knew Charles Henderson was way better than 3-7, 1-8 and 2-8 and we proved it this year.” The Ram running back averaged 6.4 yards per carry despite his longest run being just 22 yards. He had all but four of Ramsey’s rushing carries in the game.
“We didn’t execute well,” Hambrite said. “There were some things that were there, but we just didn’t execute. We didn’t read our keys right. We didn’t read the alignments on the linebacker correctly. We made a lot of mental mistakes in this game. The atmosphere was too big for the players and they never settled down.
A holding call stymied Charles Henderson’s series, but Peerson connected on a 36-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter to put the Trojans up 10-7.
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