CEDAR PARK — Bastrop’s 7-on-7 fate was decided by a single dropped pass in the endzone.
And the Bears weren’t even on the field.
During the Cedar Park-Stony Point game Saturday at the Westwood State Qualifier Tournament in Cedar Park, the Timberwolves dropped a pass in the endzone on the final play of the game that would have sent Bastrop to the State 7-on-7 Football Tournament for the second straight year.
If Cedar Park would have caught the touchdown pass, Bastrop would have won a tiebreaker by scoring the most points (128) in their pool and would have qualified for the state tournament.
The dropped pass, however, meant Stony Point, who defeated Bastrop earlier in pool play, would defeat Cedar Park and qualify for the state tournament.
The Bears didn’t have a bad day overall in Cedar Park.
Bastrop defeated the host Timberwolves 41-24 in their first game, but dropped a 50-39 decision to Stony Point in the second game, which saw the Tigers score 14 points off Bastrop turnovers.
Stony Point is the defending large school state 7-on-7 champs.
In their third game, Bastrop defeated Belton 48-26.
The Bears will have another shot at qualifying for the state 7-on-7 tournament on June 12 at a state qualifier tournament in Belton.
Last year, Bastrop made its first trip in 10 years to the state 7-on-7 tournament.