I was in the press box and participated in the vote for the post-game awards ... they made us vote before the game was over and I voted for Aaron Harris of Elizabeth City because they were up 28-21 at the time of the vote. It was a frantic switcheroo up there in the press box when Reidsville made the amazing comeback and they let us switch from a EC player to a Reidsville player with a show of hands.
If I had had a chance to vote at the end of the game I (and several others) would have voted for Travion Canada. He made some crucial plays in the closing minute -- the blitz sack that set up the winning field position and then the run that set up the field goal.
But they had to get it done so the awards could be presented without a delay. Pinnix's 4 TD passes were huge but overall, Canada was my MVP if you count both sides of the ball. He rushed for 125 yards on 19 carries in the game, pushing him past 1,500 for the year.
Pinnix, by the way, ended the season with 37 touchdown passes while completing 58 percent of his passes (146 of 250) for 2,157 yards. The two picks Saturday left him with just 7 on the year.
The post-game awards are nice but they are often skewed by the early voting.