The title was the end result of a four-year journey for the Pioneers

This state championship was the first in the history of the Big Sandy football program. The Pioneers had won state titles in other sports and activities before, but the first one in football will be special for the program and the community.

“We’ve won state championships in basketball, track and field, speech and drama and just about everything except football so we finally got that big trophy to put on the wall,” Big Sandy head coach Larry Jappe said. “I imagine they’ll be talking about it for a long time so I’m pretty happy for the school, I’m happy for the community, I�...