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NEW BRITAIN – Brookfield had just scored the go-ahead touchdown with 48 seconds left in the Class M state championship game Saturday night.

Berlin hadn’t scored since late in the first half.

“We were just thinking, ‘We prepare, we do two-minute drill all the time,’” Berlin senior quarterback Cody Puzio said. “We know what we got to do in big moments and this is the biggest stage we can do it on.”

Berlin senior Eli Rice stood waiting for the kickoff. He was hoping Brookfield would kick it toward him and when the ball came his way, he was ready.

“The first thought before they kicked it was, ‘They better kick it to me,’” Rice said. “I want them to kick it to me. I thrive in high pressure moments. I saw the lanes, made the cuts and got to t

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