With four seconds left on the clock, 3 yards stood between Pace and victory. Unfortunately for the Spartans, Chaminade-Madonna also stood in the way.

The Chaminade defense came up with a big defensive stand on the final play of the game to hold on to a 24-20 win over new district foe Monsignor Pace on Friday at Chaminade Field.

The Spartans (2-2, 1-1 district 8-2B) had taken advantage of a Chaminade turnover on downs deep in their own territory and worked their way down to the Lions 5-yard line. After Chaminade (4-1, 1-0) was called for a pass interference penalty on third-and-goal, the Spartans were moved to the 3-yard line.

On the final play, Spartans senior quarterback Stephen Morris faked a handoff and tried to scramble around the outside but was met by two Chaminade defenders and stopped short of the goal line.

• Stranahan 39, South Plantation 16: Quarterback Willie Tidal threw for three touchdowns, and running back Dominic St. Gerad rushed for 94 yards along with scoring three touchdowns as the Dragons defeated the host Paladins.

After a big kickoff return by running back Dominic St. Gerad to start the game, the Dragons scored first-after quarterback Willie Tindal connected with Christopher McGee for an 8-yard touchdown pass to lead 6-0. The Dragons offense continued to shine in the first half as Tindal snuck past the Paladin defense for a 1-yard run to make the lead 12-0.

After Paladin running back Bernardo Dacruz muscled his way for a 2-yard touchdown run, quarterback Johnny Marshall connected with tight end Jonathan Joseph for a 19-yard touchdown pass to make it 18-16 at Halftime.

• Lakeland 46, Plantation 14: Jarred Haggins threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as Lakeland defeated visiting Plantation.

The Dreadnaughts stormed out to an 18-0 lead in the first quarter and amassed over 350 rushing yards in the game.

Lakeland (4-0) needed just two plays to take an early 6-0 lead when junior slotback Javares McRoy gained 35 yards on an option pitch and Haggins connected with Ben McRoy for a 29-yard touchdown pass on the next play.

Plantation (2-2) got on the board right before halftime when Timothy Burke returned a punt 68 yards for a score to trim Lakeland's lead to 26-6.

Haggins' second touchdown pass -- a 34-yarder to Javares McRoy gave the Dreadnaughts a 36-6 lead. Plantation answered right back when Imoni Carswell connected with Michael Anderson on a 15-yard touchdown to pull the Coloniels to 39-14. They would not get any closer.

-- COREY LONG

• Piper 47, West Broward 7: The Bengals (3-2) defeated the Bobcats in their homecoming game.

Tashorn Salmon ran in two touchdowns late in the fourth quarter. Salmon ran 50 yards down the middle to score the Bengal's last touchdown of the game.

Nevin Lawson had 153 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Quarterback Gabriel Gonzalez completed 6 passes for 140 yards.

-- AMANDA NICOLE BROWN

• Pahokee 31, North Broward Prep 20: Ethan Grant caught a 77-yard touchdown from Brandon Doughty and rushed for 106 yards to lead the Eagles (3-2) in the road loss. Daniel Paponetti scored on a 41-yard touchdown run, and Doughty finished 7 of 15 for 200 yards.

• Pine Crest 21, Cardinal Newman 13: Senior quarterback Nick Becker had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs in the second quarter to lead the visiting Panthers (4-1). De'Andre Brown opened the scoring for the Panthers with a 3-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

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