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St. Thomas Aquinas caps 'special' season with national title

By Peter Burke
Special to ESPNRISE.com

Monday, December 22, 2008

A dominating 56-7 victory over Lakeland (Fla.) High School Friday night earned St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) its second consecutive state football championship and its first ESPN RISE mythical national championship. But for longtime coach George Smith, the fate of his team's season began the final weekend in August more than 900 miles away. "I really, firmly believe that the key to our season was going up and playing in the [Kirk] Herbstreit [Varsity Football Series]," ...

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