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Look: De La Salle's 33-27 overtime win at San Ramon Valley

View exclusive photos by Eric Taylor of the Spartans' thrilling victory over San Ramon Valley which trailed 27-12 with less than five minutes to play in regulation

Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports

All who stuck around will be talking about this game for years to come. 

And perhaps, those who didn't will be talking even more. 

(See video game highlights above and photos at the bottom by Eric Taylor)

Visiting De La Salle had a three-touchdown flurry ended off in the middle of the fourth quarter to take a 2 7-12 lead and it seemed all was well in hand for the mighty Spartans, who entered with a 265-game unbeaten streak against North Coast Section squads. 

The last De La Salle defeat to a NCS team: 35-27 to Pittsburg in the 1991 NCS 3A title game at the Oakland Coliseum. 

San Ramon Valley remarkably not only tied the game in the final minute of regulation, it had a chance to win after a De La Salle fumble. The game got to overtime and after SRV came up empty on its possession, Derrick Blanche Jr. scored on a 6-yard run to win it. 

(See Damin Esper's story here and look at the more than 40 remarkable photos taken by Eric Taylor below):  

De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320230 (1)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320230 (3)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320230 (2)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320230 (4)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320231 (1)
Photo: Eric Taylor
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320230
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320231 (3)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320231 (4)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320231 (2)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320231
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De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320233 (3)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320234 (2)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320234 (3)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320234
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De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320238 (3)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320238 (4)
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De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320239 (3)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320239 (2)
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320239
De La Salle 33, San Ramon Valley 27 by Eric Taylor 10-13-2023101320239 (4)
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Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports
MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.

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