Neither team scores on their first possession

Altuve passes to Reasons on the left and his shot sneaks into the left corner for a 4-2 NC lead!

Veldman responds with a goal on the other end for Sandburg!

Rogina blocks Rickert's shot; NC with a steal on the other end; Gintautas also earns a steal for Sandburg

Bonnar fires from outside but the shot bounces off the right post and goes out-of-play

Rickert draws an ejection and assists Altuve on his third score to make it 5-3 Central!

Niemeier quickly responds on the other end with his first goal

Rickert scores after an ejection for his second goal of the game

Both teams can't muster a shot on their next possession; Stablein blocks a 7m shot by Zieler

Rogina denies Rickert's shot from 7m; Central with a steal on the other end

Altuve tips a pass to himself and then out to May, whose shot skips past the goal

Niemeier scores his second goal to trim the lead to 6-5 as we get to late stages of the second quarter

Zieler is in on the right side but his shot dinks off the right post and doesn't cross the line as it came across goal

Rickert shows patience on the counter and lobs a shot over Rogina to put the Redhawks ahead 7-5!

The teams trade possessions, Central with a counter chance but they turn it over

Gintautas with a shot, but it's blocked by Rickert

Zieler with a steal on the other end as the halftime whistle sounds; Central leads Sandburg 7-5

NC 7 Sandburg 5

The game is still firmly in the balance, but the early stages of the second half could tell a lot more about who will advance to the state semifinals...

NC draws a kickout, but Rogina denies May's shot from the left corner

Veldman exploits a double team and finds Gintautas open on the left side and he easily scores to make it 7-6!

Turnovers on both ends...then Altuve gets open at 2m and scores to make the score 8-6!

Sandburg with two chances, but the Redhawks with two straight stops

Altuve on the breakaway, but he hits the right post and Rogina gets to the loose ball

Weeks surprises Rogina with a shot from the right side and Central goes ahead 9-6!

Krull shoots from 7m and Stablein elevates to bring it down

Steal on the other end for Krull; Veldman gets an open look and he beats Stablein to trim the lead to 9-7!

Defensive play on both ends keeps the score the same for the next minute of play

Rogina stops Rickert's lob attempt from 5m

Veldman draws an ejection and Zieler slots a shot past Stablein from the right side to make it 9-8!

Krull with a steal; Rickert a steal on the other end, he later tries a sweep shot but it's right at Rogina

Late steal for Central and they can hold for the last shot

Rickert's shot goes wide right; still time left but Howenstine blocks Veldman's last shot attempt

NC 9 Sandburg 8

Too close to call with seven minutes left...

May wins the swimoff, Rickert feeds Howenstine on a drive to 2m but his shot clips the post

Central steal; Altuve turns his defender but Rogina nicks a shot off the post

Rickert with the rebound and he connects on a backhand from the right side to make it 10-8!

Corridino with a chance on the other end but his lob hits the right post

Gintautas earns a steal and Sandburg needs a timeout while trailing by two

Veldman's shot misses, but he blocks a shot by Howenstine on the other end

Niemeier draws an ejection on Rickert, then Gintautas scores from the right side to make it 10-9!

Sandburg forces a turnover and Veldman scores on a quick shot on the other end to tie the game at 10-10!

Herron draws an ejection on Niemeier and Central calls timeout

Central turns it over after the timeout; Herron earns a steal on the other end

Rickert draws an ejection, but his shot is turned away by Rogina!

Central still with it and Rickert scores from the right side to make it 11-10 Central!

Krull shoots wide from 5m

Howenstine passes out from 2m and feeds Altuve, who scores his fifth goal of the game to make it 12-10!

Penalty to Sandburg! Veldman connects and it's 12-11

Corridino forces a turnover by Altuve and Sandburg calls timeout

Can Sandburg tie it up after the timeout? Or will the Central defense get a stop and hold onto the lead?

Gintautas scores from outside 5m on the left side! He was given space to shot and he delivered to tie the game!

Central timeout

Zieler with a steal, Krull draws a foul, then Herron blocks an outside shot by Gintautas!

Central timeout

Rickert's outside shot is blocked by Veldman and time expires as we'll head to overtime!

 NC 12 Sandburg 12

 OVERTIME

May starts with it, but the Eagles' defense forces a turnover

Veldman's creative shot is saved by Stablein

Krull earns a steal on one end; Stablein with a save on the other side for NC

Howenstine draws an ejection; Reasons shoots from 7m and it's tipped away by Rogina...

...Central still with it, Rickert drops a pass to Altuve on the right post and he scores to make it 13-12 Central!

Stablein denies Niemeier on the other end as Central stays ahead by a goal

Steal for Sandburg and a counter chance, but Reasons earns a steal on the other end

Stablein gets elevation to block Niemeier's 5m shot

Niemeier draws an ejection and Zieler finds Gintautas open on the left and he scores to tie it!

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Sandburg starts with it; Sandburg draws an ejection but Altuve blocks Gintautas' shot

Corridino with a field block on the other end

Zieler hits the crossbar, Altuve gets the rebound and Central moves it forward

Rogina blocks Herron's sweep shot

Altuve with a steal, Rickert tries to tip a shot past Rogina but it doesn't make it all the way to the goal

Corridino is left alone on the left side and finds the left corner to make it 14-13 Sandburg!

Reasons' shot is tipped over the goal by Rogina!

OHHHHHHH MYYYYYY!!!!! Rogina blocks Rickert's backhand from 2m! Central gets the loose ball, Howenstine finds Rickert open on the left post and he scores with thirteen seconds left!

GINTAUTAS SCORES AFTER AN EJECTION WITH 0:01 left! His shot from the left side finds the bottom right corner!

Howenstine's last second shot goes astray and Sandburg wins!

Sandburg 15 NC 14