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Football Rewind: Texas HS team saves undefeated season with clutch blocked punt, touchdown

Josef Fuksa saves Reedy (Texas) football team’s perfect record with blocked punt, touchdown in crunchtime.

For a moment there, it looked like Frisco Reedy (Texas) was going to suffer their first defeat of the 2022 season on the road against Heritage (Texas). Trailing by five points with only 40 seconds left to play, the Lions needed somebody to make a play.

Strong safety Josef Fuksa answered the call by blocking this punt, recovering the ball and scoring the go-ahead touchdown as time expired, completing a nine-point come from behind win in the fourth quarter.

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Frisco Reedy’s record improved to 10-0, closing out their regular season on a high note.

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Joe Osovet records first win as Heritage’s head coach

Former Vols’ assistant Joe Osovet wins first game as head coach with Heritage.

Former University of Tennessee assistant coach Joe Osovet earned his first victory as Heritage High School’s (Maryville, Tennessee) head coach Friday.

The Mountaineers (1-2, 1-0 Region 2-5A) forced five turnovers in a 45-21 win against Cocke County.

Friday’s victory ended a 17-game losing streak for the Mountaineers. It was Heritage’s first win since Sept. 25, 2020.

Osovet served as the Vols’ tight ends coach in 2020 under head coach Jeremy Pruitt. He also served as Tennessee’s Director of Player Development (2018) and Director of Football Programming (2019).

Osovet served as head coach of Nassau Community College (2013-15) and at ASA College (2016-17) before arriving at Tennessee.

He was hired as Heritage’s head coach in February.

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