The @jserra.football team and the Servite Friars clashed in a down-to-the-wire Trinity League battle on Friday night, with the Friars rallying for a 38-35 victory at JSerra Catholic High School.

Lions senior quarterback Hayes Cloutier put JSerra ahead 6-0 with a one-yard scoring run less than three minutes into the opening quarter.

Servite tallied the game’s next two touchdowns to take a 14-6 lead, but JSerra knotted the game at 14-14 on a 10-yard scoring pass from Cloutier to junior Luca Deleon and a successful two-point conversion reception by senior Clark Cokley with 6:02 remaining in the second quarter.

Senior Grayson Matvay produced a spectacular close to the first half, when he hauled in a 43-yard Hail Mary pass from Cloutier to give JSerra a 21-14 halftime advantage.

Servite tied the contest at 21-21 early in the third quarter, but JSerra recaptured the lead with 7:55 remaining in the third quarter on Cloutier`s second one-yard scoring run of the game.

The Friars recorded the game’s next 10 points to take a 31-28 lead with 10:00 minutes remaining in the fourth period.

Deleon found the end zone for the second time in spectacular fashion with 5:23 remaining, when he fielded a Servite punt at the 47-yard line and raced 53 yards into the end zone to give JSerra a 35-31 lead.

But the Friars’ final possession of the game produced the game-winning touchdown with 20 seconds remaining.

JSerra closes out the regular season with a record of 4-6 and will await its’ postseason fate with the release of the CIF-SS Football playoff brackets, which is scheduled for Sunday. ...