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Gonzaga wins a wild WCAC championship on last-second Hail Mary

By By Samantha Pell, Washington Post, 11/19/18, 9:45AM EST

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The football came off Gonzaga quarterback Caleb Williams’s fingertips and hung in the air — past the harsh stadium lights at Catholic University’s Cardinal Stadium and into the outstretched arms of wide receiver John Marshall in the end zone as time expired.

This was the play the No. 2 Eagles had been waiting for: the WCAC championship-winning, history-making, doubter-silencing play in a 46-43 win over No. 1 DeMatha on Sunday night. 

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