PHILADELPHIA – Archbishop Ryan kicker Thanas Strati kept his head down for a moment after his 34-yard field goal try in the final seconds of a scoreless tie Saturday afternoon with Lansdale Catholic.

“I didn’t look up because that’s my biggest thing, every time you look up the ball, it could go anywhere, so I didn’t look up,” Strati said. “And looked up only like a few seconds after everybody started yelling and I was like ‘Oh wow, it’s almost in.”

The sophomore’s first-ever field goal attempt – he started kicking in the summer and did only extra points up until that crucial moment – sailed through the uprights with just six seconds left in the fourth quarter, lifting the Raiders football team to the Philadelphia Catholic League Blue Division title with a 3-0 win over the Crusaders at No

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