ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014\u00a0When you put the work in, big things can happen.<\/p>\n
Senior quarterback Chase Burrill and his St. Pete Catholic teammates are enjoying the spoils of a successful season.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
\u00a0The St. Pete Catholic Barons have advanced to the regional finals of Class 1A
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\u00a0Enroute to the postseason, the Barons were undefeated in the regular season for the first time in school history
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\u00a0Quarterback Chase Burrill has posted impressive stats, including a new Pinellas County passing touchdowns record
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SPC (12-0) faces West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman (9-3) on Friday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m.; The winner advances to the state semifinals<\/p>\n
The Barons are in the playoffs where the stakes get higher each week. But Burrill thrives when the game gets bigger.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to handle the pressure and everything that comes at you,\u201d Burrill said. \u201cI like a challenge. So as soon as I decided to play football, it was definitely something that caught my eye.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Barons have caught the eye of a lot of people this season.<\/p>\n
They set out to win a lot of games. Turns out, they won them all. The Barons an undefeated 10-0 in the regular season for the first time in school history. That string of victories catapulted them into the postseason. And Burrill is a big reason why they\u2019ve enjoyed unprecedented success.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny great quarterback, everybody has to gravitate to and I think when he walks into a meeting room or into a huddle, everybody kind of feels that presence of Chase and the guys want to play for him, they want to play with him,\u201d head coach Jesse Chinchar said.<\/p>\n
Burrill\u2019s stats this season are impressive: 2,789 passing yards and 45 touchdowns, through the first week of the playoffs. But as eye opening as those numbers are, it\u2019s his two interceptions that stands out the most.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you talk about quarterbacks, you want to have at least a two to one touchdown to interception ratio so when you have his, which is almost 50 to 2, its unbelievable,\u201d Chinchar said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a testament to him knowing the game and being able to protect the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
His 45 touchdowns set a new Pinellas County record. And he\u2019s not done. Chase has a shot at the state record. But that\u2019s not his focus. He wants to see how far this team can go this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a blessing to be a part of it,\u201d Chase said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working all year for this, so it\u2019s expected but we definitely have more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014\u00a0When you put the work in, big things can happen. Senior quarterback Chase Burrill and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1238,1236,1745,3745,13013,115,110,202,204,203,199,201,200,135,835],"class_list":["post-60247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-app-sports","tag-florida-sports","tag-high-school-football","tag-high-school-sports","tag-katherine-smith","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}