ARLINGTON — It was a game for the ages.

After Stanwood football built up a 21-0 halftime lead against Arlington in the annual Stilly Cup at John C. Larson Field on Friday, Arlington stormed back to tie it 28-28 with 2:05 left. On the next drive, Stanwood got down into the red zone, on the cusp of converting the go-ahead score, when Arlington senior Aiden Jones nabbed a goal-line interception with 20 seconds left, preserving the tie and setting Arlington up on their own 1.

Just a couple of yards forward and some seconds burned off the clock, and the Eagles would send this thriller into a worthy overtime. If only it were that simple.

Arlington fumbled the snap, and there the ball sat, on the goal line for the taking with seconds ticking away on the clock. Amid a frenzy of bodies piling on

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