Servite beats Long Beach Poly in OT: Live updates recap
The first half was full of fireworks and the second half was a chess match, but Servite prevailed in overtime Friday night over Long Beach Poly at Cerritos College.
Servite advances to the semifinals of the Division 2 Southern Section high school football playoffs in California after a 27-20 win in overtime.
Quaid Carr led Servite with 20 carries for 121 yards and scored what proved to be the winning 18-yard touchdown in overtime.
Long Beach Poly had a touchdown called back by a penalty in overtime that would have tied the game with the extra point, and then a fumble ended the game.
Servite will play next at Gardena Serra, which beat Los Alamitos on Friday night.
(Scroll below for a live updates recap of the game.)
FINAL: Servite 27, Long Beach Poly 20 (OT)
OVERTIME UPDATES
FUMBLE! Servite recovers and that's the ballgame!
TOUCHDOWN SERVITE! Extra point is good this time and it's 27-20 Friars, with Poly up next to try to tie or win.
Poly wins the toss and chooses to start on defense. Servite ball on the Poly 25.
FOURTH QUARTER UPDATES
FIELD GOAL NO GOOD! Poly misses a 37-yard kick and we are headed to overtime! The kick had plenty of leg but missed wide left.
Poly is at the Servite 25-yard line with 18 seconds left, tied 20-20.
TOUCHDOWN SERVITE! But an errant hold on the extra point keeps the game tied 20-20 with 1:24 left. Gavin Gutierrez somersaulted in for the tying touchdown.
Three minutes left in the game and Servite has it on the Poly 42. Touchdown and extra point could win it.
FUMBLE! Servite strips Darius Curry and it's back in the Friars' hands on their own 35, just over six minutes remaining.
TURNOVER SERVITE! It's Poly ball on the Friars' 30-yard line, Jackrabbits still leading 20-14.
THIRD QUARTER UPDATES
Still 20-14 heading into the fourth.
TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Servite gets the ball back on its own 9 after a fourth-down stop, still trailing 20-14.
INTERCEPTION! Jaden Welch gets the pick on the first play of the half on a deep ball. Servite ball on its own 30.
Second half is underway! Long Beach Poly starts with the ball on its own 26 with a 20-14 lead.
SECOND QUARTER UPDATES
Servite just missed blocking a Poly punt in the waning seconds, and the half ends with the Jackrabbits leading 20-14. Poly will get the ball to start the third.
TOUCHDOWN POLY! Jordan Malau'ulu catches a 21-yard touchdown pass, Curry's third TD toss of the half. Extra point makes it 20-14 Poly, 1:56 left in the half.
Holding penalty wipes out a long Quaid Carr touchdown run and Servite has to punt. Poly ball on its own 34, 4:43 left.
TOUCHDOWN POLY! Kamarie Smith grabs his second TD reception, a 29-yard dart from Darius Curry on fourth and 7. A 52-yard kickoff return by Michael Beresford set it up. Extra point is no good and it's 14-13 Servite.
TOUCHDOWN SERVITE! Gavin Gutierrez runs it in from 2 yards out to give Servite a 14-7 lead, 11:09 left in the half.
INTERCEPTION! Justin De La Rosa picks off Curry and returns it to the Poly 13.
Poly will start with second and 2 on the Servite 47.
FIRST QUARTER UPDATES
Quarter ends tied 7-7.
TOUCHDOWN SERVITE! Ethan Naudin with a 3-yard TD run one play after an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on fourth and short by Poly. James Alanis' long kickoff return started the Servite drive at the Poly 14. 1:31 left in the quarter, tied 7-7.
TOUCHDOWN POLY! Kamarie Smith catches a 57-yard touchdown pass on a perfect throw from Darius Curry. It's 7-0 Poly with 3:27 left.
The teams trade punts and it's Poly ball on its own 43 with 3:37 left in the quarter.
TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Long Beach Poly breaks up a fourth-down pass and takes over on its own 24, 8:56 left.
Game on! Servite starts on its own 49, great field position for its first drive.
PREGAME READING
Long Beach Poly (10-1) escaped with a 30-21 win last week over Vista Murrieta despite Darius Curry throwing two pick-sixes.
Servite doubled up Valencia 48-24 last week to push its record to 6-5 under new coach Chris Reinert, just a year removed from finishing 1-9.
Both teams have faced some stiff competition, with Long Beach Poly's only loss this season coming against national No. 1 Bishop Gorman, while Servite has lost to Mater Dei and St. John Bosco and beaten Santa Margarita.
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(File photo by Connor Morrissette)
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-- Mike Swanson | swanson@scorebooklive.com | @sblivesports
