MIAMI — West Palm Beach's Cardinal Newman High School football team won its first state championship title on Thursday, defeating the reigning Class 1A champion Chaminade-Madonna Lions.
The Crusaders upset the Lions 17-14 at Pitbull Stadium near Miami.
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Chaminade-Madonna, located in Hollywood, had won the state championship four straight times before Cardinal Newman won Thursday's matchup.
The Crusaders got a 69-yard touchdown run by quarterback Jyron Hughley in the second quarter. Hughley then found wide receiver Ethan Holland for a long touchdown throw in the third quarter.
"Incredible. This is what you chase. ... I'm so happy for these kids and these coaches. I'm just so proud of them," Cardinal Newman head coach Jack Daniels said.
To celebrate Cardinal Newman's first-ever title game appearance, the West Palm Beach Police Department's Beach Police Motors Unit escorted the Crusaders from the school campus to the I-95 southbound ramp along Okeechobee Road.
Parents also stayed to send off the players as they began their trip to Miami.
