GRAY — In a game dominated by defensive wizardry, it was fitting that the only points Friday night at Burbank Field weren’t produced by either offense.
Ben Ekedahl returned an interception 60 yards for a touchdown with 9:33 remaining, then kicked the extra point to seal undefeated Cape Elizabeth’s 6-0 victory over Gray-New Gloucester.
Each team had a goal-line stand in the game. Cape (6-0) stopped Gray-New Gloucester (4-2) inside the 20-yard line in the final minute to close it out.
The Patriots stalled a Cape series at the GNG-15 in the first quarter. The Capers answered by stopping the home team on downs at the 24 early in the second.
Cape drove inside the 5 with two seconds remaining in the half. An apparent touchdown on the next play was waved off.
Gray-New Gloucester pushed to the 1-yard line on its initial drive of the second half but was stonewalled.
The Patriots used a trick play to convert fourth-and-3 from their own 15 to extend the game, eventually crossing well into Cape territory before the tank ran dry.
Cape travels to Yarmouth for a showdown of the only 6-0 teams in Class C South next Friday.
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