Darlington (3-0) advances to play Pepperell in the semifinals on Thursday night at 8:30 p.m.
âWe knew what we were going to get when we played Model,â Darlington coach Nathan West said. âTheyâre a well-coached team, a blue-collar team, kind of like how we envision ourselves to be. So we knew we were going to just have to keep working hard, and that it was going to be a dogfight.â
Model (3-2) had the ball with a chance to tie or take the lead with 11.6 seconds left in the game, but turned it over on a 5-second call when they couldnât get it inbounds.