Whitesboro needed a touchdown on the final play to keep its season alive and advance to the next round of the New York sectional state playoffs.
What happened next was anything but conventional.
Whitesboro pulled off a remarkable walk-off touchdown against Carthage in a New York high school football playoff game Friday night, turning a desperation Hail Mary into a game-winning score after a tipped pass and a perfectly timed lateral.
Imagine being a 17yo kid.
You’re down 5 with 3.8 seconds left in the State Championship.
Then this happens pic.twitter.com/CeGulJFQmK
— Swan (@AndySwan) October 31, 2026
Trailing by five with 3.8 seconds remaining, Whitesboro sent a pass downfield in a final attempt to extend its season.
The pass was tipped by a Whitesboro player before another teammate, Junior, Landon Pearsall hauled it in in a seemingly miracle catch.
With defenders closing in and the play nearing its end, Pearsall lateraled the ball back to the player who had initially tipped the pass,…
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