LAKE CITY REPORTER SPORTS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2009 Villanova beats Montana 23-21 in FCS title game ASSOCIATED PRESS Vil!anova's Chris Whitney (17) and Matt Szczur (4) hoist the trophy after their team defeated Montana 23-21 in the NCAA Division I FCS college football championship game against Villanova Friday in Chattanooga, Tenn. Tampa Plant beats Bradenton Manatee in Class 5A title game Associated Press ORLANDO - James Wilder rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown to lead Tampa Plant to a 21-14 victory Friday night over Bradenton Manatee in the- Class 5A Championship game. The victory gives Plant (13-1) its third state cham- pionship in four years. The Panthers stormed out to a 21-0 halftime lead on the legs of Wilder and timely passing by quarterback Philip Ely. Plant scored on its first two drives of the game when wide receiver Eric Dungy caught a 20-yard touch- down pass and Deandre Queen scored on a short By BETH RUCKER Associated Press . CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Matt Szczur caught two touchdown passes, ran for 159 yards and had another 68 yards receiving, leading Villanova to its first Football Championship Subdivision title with a 23-21 victory over Montana on Friday night. No. 2 Villanova (14-1) won the title in its first championship game appear- ance and 25 seasons after coach Andy Talley was hired to rebuild the pro- gram after the school's four-year absence from the sport "Our guys played great. Montana is a super team," Talley said.. Top-seeded Montana (14-1) was making a record 17th consecutive appearance -in the playoffs. The Grizzlies, the 1995 and 2001 champi- ons, lost to Richmond last year in the title game. Montana also lost in the final in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Chris Whitney led an 81-yard drive, running for 22 yards on one.play and connecting with Szczur for 26 yards on another. Whitney hit Chris Farmer with a 3-yard TD pass to give Villanova 16- 14 lead with 5:26 left in the third quarter. . Whitney finished 10 for 13 for 142 yards, an interception and the touch- down. He also ran for 102 yards. Montana's Andrew Selle threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to Jabin Sambrano to pull the Grizzlies to, 23-21 with 1:07 left, but the onside kick attempt went out of bounds, and Villanova made a first down before running out the clock. The Wildcats were down 14-9 at halftime after allowing the Grizzlies 246 yards passing in the first two quarters. Talley made adjustments, and the Wildcats found their pass rush after taking the lead. Selle finished 12 for 35 for 351 yards and three touchdowns. Marc Mariani had 178 yards on nine catches before halftime, but didn't catch a single pass in the second half. "We played really well in the sec- ond half and turned the tide," Talley said. "In the locker room our guys were pretty subdued, but we knew what we had to do." Marquis Kirkland sacked Selle for a loss of 7 yards, ending Montana's last drive of the third quarter. The Grizzlies' next drive ended when Villanova's Eric Loper hit Sambrano so hard on third-and-12 he dropped a first-down catch. Villanova wouldn't be denied. On fourth-and-1 at the Montana 3, the Wildcats went for it and Szczur plowed ahead into the end zone for the 23-14 lead with 11:04 left in the fourth quarter. run. Wilder put a stamp on the dominating first half with a 41-yard touchdown run where he broke sev- eral tackles near the line of ,scrimmage before sprinting to the end zone. Manatee (13-2) came back after the half when Quarterback Brion Carnes hooked up with Quenton Bundrage for a 34-yard touchdown and followed with an 87-yard pass to runi- ning back Mike Blakely. The play led to Blakely's short touchdown run at the end of the third. 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