Bellville defeats Wimberley: Live Texas high school football state semifinal updates recap

Cody Stoever's tying conversion stopped short as Bellville staves off dramatic comeback to reach UIL 4A Division II football championship

Wimberley and Bellville are battling over a trip to the Texas high school state football championships. 

The UIL Class 4A Division II semifinal showdown between the Texans (14-0) and Bellville (14-0) at The Pfield in Pflugerville will face the winner of Glen Rose and Gilmer on Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. 

Stay with SBLive for live updates from Pflugerville. The game is being streamed live on the NFHS Network (subscription required). Refresh this post for the latest updates and developments in the live game thread below.

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FINAL: BELLVILLE 35, WIMBERLEY 33

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FOURTH QUARTER

-- Bellville kneels. Brahmas are headed to Arlington. What a game. 

-- Steoever is stopped at the one-yard line on a diving effort, coming up inches short of tying the game with 43 seconds left. A Greek tragedy of an ending for a Herculean performance.

-- Stoever steps out of the pocket and connects with a receiver inside the 5-yard line, then runs the ball in two plays later to pull Wimberley close to Bellville. Wimberley needs two to tie with under a minute to go. (35-33, Bellville | 0:43)

-- Cody Stoever is having an all-timer tonight. He converts on 4th and 6 on his feet, diving with his arm outstretched to convert, to keep a potential game-tying drive alive. 

-- What a stop. Wimberley stuffs Bellville in its own territory on 3rd and 13, gets the ball back with around three minutes left, down eight. Here we go.

-- Touchdown, Wimberley. Cody Stoever takes a massive it on a designed run play, then drags the defender and pulls him, diving across the plane for a short-yardage score. What an effort to jolt the Texans' comeback efforts. PAT rattles of the bar. (35-27, Bellville | 6:00)

THIRD QUARTER

-- Wimberley scores again. Cody Stoever runs in from three yards out, his third of the night. (28-21, Bellville | 0:43)

-- Touchown, Bellville. Corddian Hood takes a run 69 yards for a touchdown and the Brahmas take a two-score lead. (28-14, Bellville | 11:05)

SECOND QUARTER

-- Touchdown, Texans. DD Murray takea a pitch up the middle, weaves through blocks and finds daylight down the right side for a 28-yard TD run. (21-14, Bellville | 1:17)

-- All knotted up again. Stoever, again, bullies in a yard for short-gain score. The Texans prove capable of a quick-response. (14-14 | 5:30)

-- Bellville retakes the lead. On 4th and 1, Sam Hranicky converts a short-gain TD run. (14-7, Bellville | 10:33)

FIRST QUARTER

-- Wimberley responds, and Cody Stoever's on the other line. The dynamic running back punches in a 5-yard TD run and the Texans tie it up. (7-7 | 4:09)

-- Touchdown, Bellville. Junior defensive end DJ Sanders strips the ball and returns it the distance (27 yards) for the game's first points. (7-0, Bellville | 11:05)

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