Stepp's Top 10 Texas High School Football Games of 2019: No. 3 Boerne Champion 35, Mission Pioneer 34

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November 30, 2019

Boerne Champion 45, Mission Pioneer 38 OT: In a game that propelled Boerne Champion to its first-ever regional title, it was Mission Pioneer QB Eddie Lee Marburger who won the hearts of many playing most of the second half with a shoulder injury and nearly willing his team to an upset win.

Marburger led his team back from a 15-point second half deficit throwing for 476 yards and two scores and adding three rushing touchdowns for the Diamondbacks. However, it was TCU baseball commit Luke Boyers, who, from his QB slot for Champion, had the last laugh with a 20-yard touchdown run in overtime to give Champion the winning margin.

Champion’s defense came up with the play of the game with the game tied at 38 when Jordan Nieves came up with a fantastic diving interception to thwart a Pioneer scoring threat as the Diamondbacks had moved inside the Champion 20.

Boerne Champion ran out to a 24-9 halftime lead as Boyers ran for a score and threw for two others in the first half. Champion extended the lead to 38-23 in the third quarter after a Tamari Jenkins 10-yard touchdown run, but Pioneer rallied as Marburger’s two touchdown runs in the fourth quarter combined with Pioneer’s defense tightening up allowed PHS to tie the game at 38 setting up Champion’s late game heroics.

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