By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n
(San Marino)–For the first time since 1988 San Marino is going to the CIF Finals, but they had to survive two late touchdowns, and a final Summit series, before advancing to the Central Division championship with a 35-30 victory on Friday night.<\/p>\n
In a game of big plays the Titans took control in the first half with a 21-10 lead. The teams traded touchdowns in the third quarter, but it was Mark Wicke\u2019s 1-yard scoring run that gave San Marino a 35-17 lead with 7:54 to play.<\/p>\n
Time to pop the champagne?<\/p>\n
Not quite.<\/p>\n
SkyHawks\u2019 quarterback Cade Sparks rallied his team with a pair of touchdown passes to Damian Alloway to make it a 5-point game with 2:36 to play.<\/p>\n
Having burned through all of its timeouts Summit went for the onside kick and recovered at the Titans 49.<\/p>\n
Sparks\u2019 first pass went down the middle of the field and was nearly intercepted by Wicke. Stephen Carr carried for 3-yards on the next play. On third down a pass to Carr was tipped and fell incomplete. Then on fourth down the pass down the sideline was tipped away by Wicke.<\/p>\n
Game over.<\/p>\n
The SkyHawks took three plays to get on the board in the first quarter. Sparks hit Ronald Draper II on a 19-yard touchdown pass.<\/p>\n
San Marino answered back in five plays with JP Shohfi taking a slip-screen 46-yards to paydirt. After a Summit field goal, Shofhi put his on top 14-10 when scored on a 9-yard pass from Carson Glazier.<\/p>\n
Glazier, who fired four touchdowns passes on the night to improve his season total to 43, hit on a 26-yard strike Aiden Santino with a minute to play in the first half. The senior wide receiver caught the ball at the SkyHawk five and then dragged a defender across the goal line. The touchdown gave his team an 11-point lead but irritated an ankle injury that left him on crutches in the second half.<\/p>\n
The third quarter opened with another Sparks to Alloway touchdown. This one came from 34-yards out. The Titans responded with Shohfi beating double coverage for a 56-yard touchdown that made it 28-17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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