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Stratford slugs its way to state title game with win over St. Anne-Pacelli
St. Anne-Pacelli knew the terrain. The Vikings were in Macon a week ago, only a few miles away, and tied after a quarter of play and down a score early in the second quarter. But that’s where the similarities between St. Anne-Pacellis’ win over FPD last week and its showdown with Stratford ended. Instead of a Vikings win, Stratford rolled into the GIAA Class AAAA state championship game for the second straight year with an almost routine 42-7 semifinal win Friday over St. Anne-Pacelli Friday night at Cantrell Stadium. “We didn’t execute there at the beginning on offense,” Stratford head coach Paul Carroll said. “I thought we really played lights out on defense, then offensively, I think we got it rolling there.” The Eagles improved to 10-2 with their seventh game passing the 40-point mark and fifth time the opponent was held to single digits or shut out. St. Anne-Pacelli’s season ended at 7-5, two of those losses coming against Stratford, which cruised 46-14 on the road in mid-August. “After watching film, I know they’ve gotten better, and we have, too,” Carroll said. “I knew defensively they were going to take some things away from us … and we did