Jah'kwan Gordon

A touchdown pass from Jake Kazanowsky to Dominick Jacob with 13 seconds left capped an instant classic and gave Toms River North a 43-39 win over Long Branch to clinch the American Division title.

Long Branch lost a lot of impact talent from a 12-1 state championship team and will try to ride the state's top rusher from a year ago to another championship season.

Long Branch made two key stops and forced two fumbles on defense to lead the Green Wave past Jackson Memorial and into the Central Group IV final.