WOODSIDE — A magical season came to an end Friday for Woodside when San Mateo sophomore TJ Johnson took a pitch on a reverse and scored on an 8-yard run in overtime to give the No.8 seed Bearcats a 20-13 upset win in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals.

Woodside went into the game 10-0 and dominating every team it had played, averaging 41.8 points per game. San Mateo (8-3) advances to play at No. 4 Live Oak in the semifinals.

“I told the kids it’s hard going 10-0, a lot of pressure,” San Mateo coach Jeff Scheller said. “That’s a really good team. But we’re battle tested, we’ve gone through adversity. I told the seniors they were only guaranteed one game. But they didn’t want to quit and we don’t want to stop coaching.”

This one had the look of a game from a previous era

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