The back-and-forth second half had shifted back toward Oceanside. And so Massapequa was looking up from five points down and starting a drive from its own 32 on its Berner Middle School turf with just 1:52 showing on the scoreboard clock.

The thought from the offense? “It’s time to go to work,” senior Anthony DiNello said.

Junior quarterback Luke Garguilo moved them to the Oceanside 47 with two throws. Three plays later, he kept the ball, bounced outside to his left and raced 38 yards for the go-ahead score.

Hold on. Holding penalty. More work to do.

Four plays later, DiNello ran left and carried the ball in from the 4 with 40.2 seconds left. Garguilo hit Cole Villalta for two. And Joe Brooks stopped the Sailors with an interception on the fifth play of their desperation drive.

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