The Class 1A boys’ soccer regional final between Hillel and Sagemont was preceded by the playing of the Israeli national anthem.

Then things got really different.

Hillel, a small Jewish school in North Miami Beach that has been around since 1972, beat Sagemont 2-0 Tuesday night at FIU North, reaching the state semifinals for the first time in school history — in any sport.

The school’s fans reacted by storming the field, and the players — some of them shirtless by this point in the celebration — took a victory lap.

“This is surreal,” Hillel coach Ben Magidson said. ”We’re a tiny school. Tomorrow, we are going to watch [the movie] Hoosiers because I want them to get the small-community feel of what just happened.”

Hillel (18-1-1) advanced to Friday’s state semifinal against Melbourne Central Catholic at a site to be determined.

Hillel does not have a field on its campus, although one is being built for next season. The kids practice every day at 6 a.m. because that is the only time slot available for them at the Jewish Community Center.

All that sacrifice paid off on Tuesday as the Hillel Hurricanes stormed past Sagemont (15-8-5) on goals by Julian Ribak and Albert Dichy.

Sagemont had provided the only blemishes on Hillel’s record this season, drawing 1-1 and winning 2-1 in two previous meetings. But on Tuesday, Ribak got Hillel off to a good start, taking a corner kick from David Furmanski and heading the ball over the hands of goalie Reinaldo Marquez.

This was the first playoff game of the season for Ribak, a freshman who has 17 goals but had been out six weeks due to a red card.

Dichy’s goal, which came with 18 minutes left, came on a hard right-footed shot from 15 yards. Dichy, a junior, has scored in every round of the playoffs.

The shutout was turned in by freshman Alan Laundau, who suffered a nose bleed after a first-half collision but hung in and made some tough saves.

Hillel’s youth — there are no seniors on its roster — is even more apparent when compared to Sagemont. The Lions start seven seniors.

“Some of our kids don’t even have driver’s licenses yet,” Magidson said.

Magidson, who played Division II soccer in Pennsylvania after competing locally at Gulliver Prep, is in his fourth season at Hillel, and the Hurricanes have won three district titles under his watch.

But what’s happening now is special, he said.

“This is the best team we’ve ever had,” Magidson said.

“Sagemont was bigger and stronger than us. But we have skills. I knew that if we kept the ball on the ground … we dominated them. We could have put up four or five goals.’’

WALTER VILLA

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