No. 13 Somerset Berkley football team's hopes of reaching the Final Four came down to inches on Friday night.

Trailing No. 5 Tewksbury by six points early in the fourth quarter of the Division 4 Round of 8 game at John F. Ryan Elementary School, it appeared Raiders quarterback Brendan McDonald had enough for a first down on a fourth-and-2 play.

But after a measurement, the ball was short the nose of the football. It was the first stop of the contest for either side.

That defensive stand ignited two late scores for the Redmen, who iced the game and went on to beat the Raiders, 40-20.

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