RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Etiwanda flag football coach Jacob Ahmad knew his team already had the Baseline League title secured, and he heard the whispers that a loss in Tuesday’s regular-season finale might help his team’s playoff draw.

But Ahmad doesn’t subscribe to that mentality.

So with his team trailing by five points in the final minute, he opened his bag of tricks to a play he calls “Oiler.”

“Oiler” resulted in the winning touchdown scored by Nahdeen Purvis-Romero with 8.4 seconds remaining as host Etiwanda defeated Upland 19-18.

Etiwanda finishes the regular season 22-3 overall, 10-0 in league, and will likely be placed in Division 1 for the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Upland finishes in a tie for second with Rancho Cucamonga at 18-6, 7-3 and will likely be in Division 2.

The play

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