Heritage High School’s varsity football team made a deep playoff run again this year but fell short in the final minutes of Friday night’s playoff game against Bryan St. Joseph’s Academy, 62-58.

“St. Joseph had to earn the win,” Head Coach Tim Shipman said. “We dug a bit of a hole in the first half and came storming back in the second half.”

The game was a tough one to swallow for the Eagles.

“I was proud of the heart, fight, guts and grit that our team showed,” Shipman said. “T...