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Terrell Wells
Receiver/Cornerback
5' 11" 177 lbs
Louisa (VA) High School

Had 6 INTs as Senuior Co-Captain of State Finalist while scoring 10 TDs as Wingback

MaxPreps Profile

After final, Lions talk new beginnings

By TODD JACOBSON

Date published: 12/13/2006

The college coaches began calling Mark Fischer the day after Louisa's 34-27 Group AA Division 4 championship game loss to Amherst Saturday, and each phone message had a specific theme.

They all wanted to see a little more of senior quarterback Jeff Mehlhaff.

Louisa's historic run ended a touchdown shy of a state championship, but Mehlhaff, who was often overshadowed in the Lions' run-first single-wing offense, had his finest game.

He threw for a career-high 162 yards and ran for 78 more, and Fischer said the performance ratcheted up interest in the seldom-showcased quarterback.

"It helped a lot," said Mehlhaff, who has been on unofficial visits to Division I-AA schools Coastal Carolina, Richmond and William & Mary. "That was probably my best individual game."

Like Mehlhaff, Louisa's players have spent the last few days recovering from Saturday's disappointing loss, and Monday, the team assembled in Fischer's film room to snack on pizza and watch a video of the loss to Amherst.

They gasped at big plays, pointed out a few mistakes and replayed the controversial fourth-quarter fumble-that-wasn't "about seven times," senior wingback/cornerback Terrell Wells said.

With Louisa trailing by a touchdown, Amherst's Alonzo Poe fumbled Eric Church's pooch kickoff after calling for a fair catch and Lions senior Brian Grubbs recovered the ball, but an inadvertent whistle negated the play. Poe safely caught the re-kick.

"We turned the speakers as loud as we could to see if we could hear the whistle," Wells said. "Still no one understands what happened."

They didn't dwell on the play long.

In the days since the loss, the team's focus has been moving past the loss and moving on, and for the team's 17 seniors, that means college plans.

Wells, who caught five passes and ran for a 31-yard touchdown Saturday, said he's been offered a full scholarship to I-AA Norfolk State, but he won't make any decisions until January at the earliest. He's also being courted by Colgate, Liberty, Virginia Military Institute and Richmond.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006 ... 006/243378

Wells runs in a touchdown late in the highlights of the Louisa Playoff Victory over Harrisonburg. Try not to get hypnotzied by the hand movement of the C-Ville Sports Guy:

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