On the first play, Barkley throws a knuckler that Campbell goes up for and brings down for the TD.Final score — Mater Dei 46, Carson 43.A text message from our Damien Calhoun: “I’m exausted!”

A 28-yard FG is good on fourth down.So it is 43-40, Carson.Mater Dei gets the ball at the 10. You have to like MD’s chances here.

An incompletion by QB Torres under duress — -and they call intentional grounding … that’s a tough call, since Torres was being hit while throwing, so that could have been why the ball got nowhere near a receiver.Second down — Torres runs left to the Mater Dei 6.Third and goal at the 6 — Carson lined up for a 25-yard field goal attempt … and another bad snap. The holder pounced on the loose ball …So on fourth and goal a 33-yard field goal attemp is blocked.If I have a handle on this now, Carson gets the ball first and MD has to match what Carson does.This is the longest game, in time required for completion, I have covered in 19 years, I am pretty sure.

… so it’s Carson’s turn at the 10.And if Carson scores, that’s it. No opportunity for Mater Dei to match that.

… but nullified by a Mater Dei holding penalty. Fropmo the spot of the foul — the 13 — that puts the Monarchs back to the 23-yard line. And they cannot get first downs.I like the CIF-Southern Section tiebreaker rules a bit better.

And now Mater Dei gets the ball first, and Carson has to match what the Monarchs do.LA City rules are interesting.

Barkley hit Campbell for a touchdown — and the PAT is blocked by Carson’s Chris Hill, who had an INT earlier.Wild game!

Since Carson is the home team and Carson is a CIF-Los Angeles City Section team, we are going by LA City OT rulesSo the ball is at the 10 — four shots at the end zone. You can get PATs and two-point conversions.Carson just scored — and while lined up for the PAT a lineman moved, so that backs it up 5 yards, which could be significant.

During the pre-OT break, with the Mater Dei players kneeling around him, MD coach Bruce Rollinson yelled, “They’re out of gas! They’re out of gas!”