Hilton Head Christian Academy, a team Bethesda Academy had beaten soundly five weeks earlier, stood between the Blazers and a return to a state championship game.
When the Eagles scored a touchdown on the game’s opening drive on Friday night, the host Blazers fumbled on their third play from scrimmage; there was a chance that Bethesda’s march through the SCISA Class 3A playoffs could come to a halt in the semifinals.
But then the Blazers showed their championship mettle, scoring the next 43 points in a 43-14 victory that featured a running clock starting midway in the third quarter…