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AN OLD-FASHIONED SHOOTOUT; TOP-RANKED MAINE ENDWELL EDGES WALLKILL IN FINAL SECONDS TO WIN CLASS A TITLE.(Sports)

Byline: Neil Kerr Staff writer

In possibly the wildest championship game in the 12 years of the NYSPHSAA football tournament, unbeaten, No. 1 state-ranked Maine-Endwell (12-0) scored the winning touchdown Friday with 19 seconds remaining to defeat Wallkill 39-36 for the state Class A title in the Carrier Dome.

On the deciding score, which gave the Spartans their first-ever state football title, hobbled 6-foot-3 senior quarterback Shane Connolly fired a 17-yard touchdown pass to Shawn Fitchpatrick to finish the decisive nine-play, 68-yard drive.

There were nine lead changes and 913 yards of total offense in the back-and-forth struggle. Neither team's defense was ...

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