SAN BERNARDINO – Improbable. Dramatic. Uplifting.

That was host Pacific football’s 21-14 overtime, championship-clinching victory on Friday night against Indian Springs.

The triumph gave Pacific (8-2, 4-2) a Mountain Valley League tri-title with Indian Springs (6-4, 4-2) and A.B. Miller (5-5, 4-2).

A pre-game coin flip that went in Pacific and Indian Springs’ favor and against Miller sends Indian Springs to the playoffs as the league’s No. 1 team and Pacific as No. 2. Miller will hope for an at-large berth into the playoffs.

When Indian Springs quarterback Nikolas Padilla got flushed out of the pocket on fourth-and-19 in overtime with Pacific leading by a touchdown and could barely get a pass off, it was celebration time for the Pirates.

A program that was so in the doldrums in 2024 t

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