It was the drive the Otay Ranch High football team has been waiting for all year.

All the Mustangs’ early-season frustrations went away as they drove 80 yards in 11 plays, scoring the game-winning touchdown with 32 seconds left to claim a thrilling 35-31 victory over arch-rival Olympian in a non-league game Friday night at Olympian High School. Otay Ranch improves to 2-4, while Olympian fell to 5-1.

The loss ended Olympians’ perfect season, another reason for joy for the Mustangs.

“My heart was pounding on that last drive,” said junior running back Jaidon Castillo, who carried the ball seven times in the drive, accounting for 63 yards. “It was my time. I was tired, but I had to go. Plus, we broke their streak!”

After Olympian rallied to take a 31-28 lead with 6:04 left in the game on a

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