The clock hit the ninety-minute mark just as the ball was being brought back to the center. The fourth official held up his board: 4 minutes of added time.
[> "Four minutes of stoppage time," <] Michael Harrison noted. [> "Foxmere just want to go home. Northcastle look like they want to play another ninety minutes." <]
Maddox checked his watch. Four minutes. In his previous life, he had seen games won and lost in these final moments. He wanted to see if his players could keep their "killer instinct" until the very last second of the fourth minute.
The ninety-first minute began with Foxmere losing possession almost immediately from the kickoff. Zayn Carter and Myles Garrison swarmed the ball carrier, forcing a hurried pass that went straight to Toby Kuipers.
