St. James receiver Jakias Villanueva capped a dramatic back-and-forth game with a 12-yard touchdown reception on the game’s final play to give the Wildcats a 34-28 win over St. Charles Catholic in a nondistrict battle between ranked powers Friday night at Wildcat Stadium.

Villanueva was guarded closely in the front-left corner of the end zone but managed to get his hands on the pass from JaJuan Johnson, pop it up in the air and grab it as he fell to the turf as the final horn sounded.

“Coach (LaVanta Davis) trusted me on the final play call,” Villanueva said. “I wanted to be a big-time player and needed to make a play, and I did.”

St. James (4-1) trailed by 14 in the first half, rallied to lead by 14 midway through the fourth quarter, then found itself in a tie game with just over two m

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