CONCORD — It came down to the last kick of the ball Tuesday night at Garnet Valley. Or, more accurately, the last shoulder of the ball.

Taylor Bryan threw her body at a corner kick and bundled it over the line with 7.2 seconds left in double overtime to lead 13th-seeded Garnet Valley past Souderton, 2-1, in the first round of the District 1 Class 4A tournament.

The clock stopped with 11.1 seconds left, the Jaguars having won a corner but an injury to Souderton’s Hannah Beckett allowing them the time to take it.

Raelyn Smith delivered. Bryan and midfielder Sylvie Behl crashed the top of the six-yard box. Two Souderton defenders and goalie Kahlan Hurley also bounded into the mass of humanity. The ball found the back of the shoulder of a turning Bryan, then escaped the huddle of bodies to

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