NBC battled back to tie it at 42. Cinnaminson took a 49-42 lead when quarterback Dom Elly scored on a 2-yard run with 1 minute, 57 seconds remaining in regulation.
NBC drove down the field behind quarterback Colin Fitzpatrick. The Greyhounds tied it at 49 on a 5-yard pass from Fitzpatrick to Frank Palermo with 30 seconds on the clock.
"I've never seen anything like it," Cinnaminson coach Mario Patrizi said of the game.
Elly was 22-for-28 passing for 328 yards and also ran 25 times for 176 yards. Chris Kirby caught three touchdown passes and returned a fumble 52 yards for another score.
Fitzpatrick ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more. NBC's Tosin Adeyamo scored three touchdowns, including a 1-yard run that gave the Greyhounds a 56-49 lead on the first possession of overtime.
Cinnaminson came right back and scored on Elly's 1-yard run. At that point, Cinnaminson kicker Michael Jones was 7 for 7 on extra points.
But Patrizi said he knew at the start of overtime that he would go for a two-point conversion if the situation arose. He felt like his team was getting thin on the defensive side, and he wanted to go for the win.
"The [offensive] kids never even left the field," Patrizi said. "They wanted to go for it."
Elly ran a quarterback draw. He was stopped "two inches short," according to Patrizi.
Reising was thrilled with the call but glad he didn't have to make it.
"It was very, very close," Riesing said. "The officials do a great job, but that was such a tough call to have to make."
Here comes Cherokee. The two-time defending Group 4 champions stumbled a bit through the first half of the season. But a 21-17 victory over then-No. 7 Shawnee on Friday night raised Cherokee's record to 4-2 and put the Chiefs in position to qualify for this year's tournament.
