Saraland punches out Benjamin Russell 38-21 to reach Super 7 for unprecedented fourth straight year

SARALAND — Jamison Roberts went from haltingly banging the wrong key on a piano to a maestro orchestrating Saraland’s once-again unstoppable offense Friday night in about as much time as it would take him to hum a few bars of “Golden.”

“I’m done hidin’, now I’m shinin’ … we’re goin’ up, up, up … gonna be, gonna be golden.”

After struggling with hands that felt like chilly, dry bricks, Saraland’s quarterback suddenly uncoiled four straight passes for 136 yards and a touchdown and yanked the plug on Benjamin Russell’s chances with an improvised and scintillating 67-yard scoring run, all in a span of 3½ minutes digging early into the fourth quarter, to lead the No. 2-ranked Spartans to a 38-21 win over the No. 4 Wildcats in the Class 6A semifinals…

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