The Thunderbolts (8-0), the No. 5 team in The Inquirer Top 10, will enter the South Jersey Group 4 tournament as the lone unbeaten team. They are likely to land a top-three seed, depending on how the residual power points play out this weekend.
Atlantic City (6-2), the No. 8 team in the rankings, will be a tough out in the same tournament, assuming the Vikings get invited. Their postseason fate will be decided by a few games involving other Group 4 contenders on Saturday afternoon.
In any case, what was most clear during this game was that the Cape American once again will represent in the South Jersey Group 4 tournament.
Just like the Shore Conference.
And the traditional Group 4 powers in the West Jersey Football League - teams that used to carry the Burlco Olympic banner.
"They battled and we battled," said Millville senior running back Alquann Jones, who gained 267 yards on 31 carries. "I knew they wanted it just as bad as we wanted it."
The 5-foot-8, 164-pound Jones broke loose for a 55-yard touchdown on his 31st carry, with a little more than two minutes to play.
"Icing on the cake," Jones said.
Atlantic City roared back behind senior quarterback Kabir McCoy, who was 17-for-31 passing for 319 yards and two touchdowns. The Vikings reached the 5-yard line, and McCoy gained four on a keeper, but lost the football trying to reach across the goal line.
Millville's Rashon Sorrell recovered the fumble in the end zone, the last big play in a game that was filled with them.
One of the best things about South Jersey Group 4 in football is the way the three regions always seem to play off each other come tournament time.
It happens in other groups, too, as Group 3 often has a Shore Conference power such as Lacey Township to battle with the Cape-Atlantic and WJFL teams.
