Archbishop Carroll made a 19-yard field goal with 3:18 remaining and withstood a last-minute drive to defeat American Heritage 31-28 on Friday night in a Region 4-2A semifinal at Curtis Park.

Carroll, ranked No. 14 in The Miami Herald's South Florida Top 20 poll, will play play Gulliver in the semifinals next Friday at Curtis Park.

With the score tied at 28 and less than six minutes remaining, Archbishop Carroll recovered a fumble inside American Heritage's 10-yard line.

After three unsuccessful attempts at the end zone, Carroll settled for a field goal by Peter Perez.

Heritage (8-3) then drove 74 yards to Archbishop Carroll's 26-yard line with 18 seconds left.

Quarterback Ryan Williams dropped back, shook off a blitzing tackler and threw toward a receiver in the right corner of the end zone. But Carroll's Jeff Scott intercepted the pass in the end zone.

''It wasn't a very comfortable position for me on the sideline knowing that these guys are coming down the field and [American Heritage coach] Byron Walker's on the other sideline,'' Carroll coach Jorge Zagales said. ``So, yeah, I was a little nervous there, but I have confidence in my guys. The senior class is unbelievable.

``They've carried us through this whole year and they persevered.''

• Booker T. Washington 55, Naples Gulf Coast 32: Torrence Moise completed 13 of 15 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns for Booker T. Washington in front of a crowd of 500 at Milander Stadium.

''When he's clicking, the offense's clicking,'' Booker T. Washington coach Earl Tillman Jr. said.

Booker T. totaled 429 yards on offense and advanced to play district runner-up Hallandale, which defeated Naples Barron Collier.

Naples Gulf Coast finished its season 7-4. Gulf Coast quarterback Jeff Schmidt passed for 211 yards, and rushed for 75 and two touchdowns. Shawn Normil led Gulf Coast with 100 rushing yards on nine carries and two touchdowns.

Gulf Coast totaled 406 yards on offense, but that didn't bother Tillman. His team was hampered by injuries, and freshmen and sophomores filled in.

''We tried to give all the kids and opportunity to play and played a lot of young guys so they can get some experience, especially during post season play,'' Tillman said.

Dwight Hopkins lead Booker T. Washington rushing with four carries for 74 yards and a touchdown.

Last season, Gulf Coast lost 49-0 to Booker T. But on Friday, it played tough enough to take an early lead. With Gulf Coast leading 7-0, Moise led Booker T. to touchdowns on the first five drives of the first half.

Booker T. tied the score with 7:32 left in the first half on Moise's 1-yard run. 6. Freshman kicker Angel McBoyle hit the first of seven extra points to make the score 7-7.

Booker T. took the lead to stay when Moise capped a 10-play, 80-yard drive with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Quinton Dunbar to make the score 14-10 with 1:08 left in the quarter.

Booker T. scored 21 points in the second quarter to take a 35-10 lead at the half.

Just seven seconds after the start of the second quarter, Booker T. defensive end Lynden Trail batted a pass by Schmidt, intercepted it and returned the ball to Gulf Coast's 4. Eduardo Clements scored on the next play to make the score 21-10 with 11:48 in the second.

Booker T.'s Willie Williams made the score 28-10 when he capped a 12-play, 80-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run, and Moise threw his second touchdown pass, a 3-yarder, to give Booker T. a 35-10 lead.

Gulf Coast put up 22 points in the second half to make it interesting, but Booker T quarterback Jeremiah Hay completed 6 of 7 passes for 72 yards, including a touchdown pass Ricky Delancy that made the score 42-10.

Tony Gallon made it 48-24 with an 18-yard touchdown run with 5:24 left in the fourth. Hopkins' 61-yard touchdown run made the score 55-32.

-- JOSUE SAKATA

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