One of the craziest plays of the weekend didn’t belong to a college upset or an NFL showdown — it came from the final seconds of a high school football game in upstate New York.
In the Empire State’s Section III Class A quarterfinals Friday night, fourth-seeded Whitesboro needed a miracle. Down 30-25 with under four seconds left, a Hail Mary to senior wide receiver Connor McDonald was deflected by an opposing Carthage defender — but the Warriors weren’t going to give up that easily. Junior receiver Landon Pearsall kept it alive, grabbing the popped ball and trying to scramble forward, but couldn’t generate much motion against a wall of defenders.
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