Article: Bledsoe leads East to win with late TD; PREP FOOTBALL; A 13-yard run by Drew's distant cousin is the game-winner.(Sports)

Byline: Jim Riley; Special to The Seattle Times

EVERETT -- Maybe this performance will open some doors for Blake Bledsoe.

Bledsoe, the former quarterback at Central Valley High School in Spokane, made two clutch plays in the final two minutes to lift the East to a 13-12 victory Saturday in the annual East-West All-Star Game at Everett Memorial Stadium.

Bledsoe converted a last-gasp 19-yard completion to Ashton Clark of Heritage (Vancouver) on a fourth-and-11 play, then bounced like a pinball into the end zone from 13 yards with 1:40 left to provide the margin of victory in the game for Class 4A and 3A high-school seniors.

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