The Mainland Regional High School football team improbably rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to seemingly force overtime on Nate Kashey’s 41-yard field goal with 33 seconds to play Saturday.

The kick tied Saturday’s NJSIAA/Xfinity South Jersey Group 3 final against Cedar Creek at 28. But the Pirates showed there was more than one championship-caliber team on the field.

On the next offensive play after Kashey’s clutch field goal, Cedar Creek quarterback Frenchmon Bethea rolled right and zipped a pass down the right sideline to Gyan King, just past a defender.

King caught the ball, stayed in bounds, slipped a tackle attempt and sprinted for a 65-yard game-winning score with 21 seconds to play. The Pirates held on for a 34-28 win for their fourth sectional title despite not pl

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