Class 2A title game capsule: Batesburg-Leesville vs. Abbeville

Batesburg-Leesville (10-4) vs. Abbeville (13-0-1)

Radio: WBLR 103.3 FM, 1430 AM and www.palmettosportscast.com. Burch Antley handling play-by-play duties with Jay and Michael Hendrix.

Video: Available on www.nfhsnetwork.com for $9.99

Players to Watch – B-L: QB Bishop Cannon, RB Tyreek Tolen; A: QB Jamie Gray, Cortney Jackson

B-L offensive averages: 245.1 yds (rush per game); 105.2 (pass per game); 33.4 (points per game)

B-L defensive averages: 167.9 yds (rush per game); 85.6 (pass per game); 18.9 (points per game)

Abbeville offensive averages: 298 (rush per game); 96.9 (pass per game); 39.7 (points per game)

Abbeville defensive averages: 113.4 (rush per game); 141.2 (pass per game); 8.7 (points per game)

Notes: Fifth meeting between the teams in last three seasons. Teams used to be in same region before the latest realignment. Batesburg-Leesville leads all-time series 26-21-1, but Abbeville has won eight of last 10 games. … B-L is the only No. 4 seed to make it to the championship game this season. … B-L is converting on 60 percent of his third-down conversions in the playoffs. … B-L has scored 467 points, third most in school history and just 12 points away from breaking the school’s single season mark. … Abbeville’s lone blemish was a tie to Lincoln (Ga.) on Sept. 9 … B-L has played nine of its 14 games this season on the road. … B-L running back Tyreek Tolen (1,786) needs 91 yards for the eighth most single season mark in school history. … Bishop Cannon needs nine yards to become the first B-L quarterback to rush for more than 1,000 yards in school history. … Forty-eight of Abbeville’s 63 touchdowns have come on the ground. … Abbeville has allowed eight points or less in eight of its 14 games with five shutouts.

Lou Bezjak