Luke Strada called it anticlimactic.

Maybe for him it was.

He had a tough moment, as the officials gathered to discuss whether his overtime game-winning goal was indeed golden -- but finally they pointed; which meant Middletown South wasn’t done making history yet.

The Eagles, No. 17 in the NJ.com statewide Top 20, defeated host Moorestown, 2-1, on Strada’s goal with 6:38 left in the first overtime. They’ll face No. 15 Ramapo, a 3-0 winner over Cranford, in the NJISAA Group 3 state championship game, Saturday at 12:30 at Franklin High School.

Strada was the man standing at the far post when a long Eagles’ restart made its way across the goal mouth. Two Middletown South players leapt to finish it. Neither could get a head on it, but it hit Connor Saul’s left shin as he came down. From t

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