In a weekend of wild high school football playoff finishes,
St. Bonaventure (Ventura, Calif.) might top them all.
The Seraphs beat
St. Augustine (San Diego) 21-20 in the CIF Southern California 1-A Regional Final on a double-pass with no time left to punch their ticket to state finals on Saturday against
Folsom (Calif.).
It wasn't just the final play that provided heart-stopping action as the final 14.8 seconds were full of
several unbelievable moments you can see in the video above.
St. Bonavenuture quarterback Anthony Wolter led the Seraphs to a wild 21-20 win over St. Augustine on Saturday in the CIF Southern California 1-A Regional Final. The Seraphs play Folsom in the state finals on Saturday. (Photo: Kevin Ballton)
St. Augustine, up 20-14, faced a fourth-and-24 from its own 15 and let the clock run down to just under 15 before punting the ball away.
But a 15-yard punt gave St. Bonaventure a shot with 8.4 seconds left and trailing by six
Quarterback
Anthony Wolter found
Max Peters on a skinny post down to the 5 with 4.2 seconds left.
After stopping the clock to move the chains, the Seraphs set up for a spike to stop the clock with 2.1 seconds remaining.
Only St. Augustine freshman nose guard
Asofa Lauifi appeared to submarine the center and intercept the spike before it hit the ground. But the referee immediately ruled incomplete, setting up the game's final play.
On second-and-goal, Wolter tossed a backward pass to Peters who turned and fired a strike to
Kayin Booker in the back of the end zone for the game-tying score.
When junior George Mann blasted the extra point through the uprights, the Seraphs rushed the field in celebration of their ticket to the state finals.
