Last modified: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:41 PM EST Seekonk's Matthew Sagar walks off the field while Hingham players celebrate their playoff victory. (Staff photo by Mark Stockwell) Cinderella Seekonk given the boot BY PETER GOBIS / SUN CHRONICLE STAFF NEW BEDFORD - Alex Lyman couldn't pull the Warrior blue jersey, proudly bearing No. 20 on his chest, over his shoulders. There was a pained expression on his face, a look of bewilderment. "When we went out on the field, that's all that we wanted to do, leave it all out on the field because a lot of us knew that this might be our last football game," said the Seekonk High School senior on the northern edge of Riley Stadium on the campus of Greater New Bedford Voke Tuesday evening. It was painfully and cold-heartedly the Warriors last - because Hingham High senior Mike Egan socked his fifth field goal of the season, a 26-yarder through the uprights with 38 seconds remaining to be played - providing the Harbormen with a 10-7 decision over Seekonk in the semifinal round of the MIAA Division 2A Super Bowl playoffs. Both the South Coast Conference champion Warriors (10-1) and the Patriot League champion Harbormen (11-1) scored touchdowns in the final minute of the first half, Seekonk taking the lead on Chris Hanoian's 18th touchdown of the season with 42 seconds left and Hingham's Chris Constantine tying it on his 30th touchdown of the season on the final play before intermission. But, what really determined the fate of the previously unbeaten Warriors was the fact that Hingham owned possession of the ball and the clock for 12:20 of the second half, including all but the final 38 seconds of the fourth quarter. "We needed a break, we needed to get a turnover, we just didn't make the big play," sighed Seekonk High coach Dave Morgado. Seekonk advanced to the Hingham 24-yard line on its first series of the second half, but a fourth-and-one play fell an inch shy of advancing the first down chains. Then with 20 ticks on the clock remaining, Lyman's six-yard, fourth-down run to the Hingham 45-yard line presented Seekonk with a first down and a few more chances. Josh Roza completed an eight-yard pass to Jacob Najas, who in turn lateraled to Cody Callahan for nine additional yards, advancing the ball to the Hingham 38. But, the Warriors could get no further on two passing plays, an incompletion and a sack. "Getting that touchdown at the end of the first half was a big, big key," said Hingham coach Paul Killinger of the Harbormen converting a 52-yard, five-play drive, taking possession of the ball with 31 seconds left until halftime. "Had we been down 7-0 at the half, who knows what might have happened?" Who knows? Because Seekonk out-quicked Hingham through the entire first half on both sides of the ball, forcing the Harbormen to punt on each of its first four offensive series, not allowing the once-beaten Harbormen past midfield, allowing just one first down through the first 19 minutes of play and Constantine, with 1,795 rushing yards entering the game, went nowhere fast - having just 29 yards on 10 carries, eight of those for gains of four yards or less. And on offense, Hanoian (34 yards on 10 carries) and Lyman (30 yards on five carries) were supplying enough offensive motion that Seekonk reached midfield on its first three series, but was unable to advance deeper until late in the second quarter. "We played tremendous defense, to hold them to 10 points, to not give up any big runs by Constantine, we came out ready to play," added Morgado. But, the Warriors just couldn't bring the Harbormen to port in the fourth quarter before Egan booted his game-winning field goal - on a fourth-and-four play no less. In that 70-yard, 17-play series which kept the Seekonk offense on the sidelines, Hingham four times converted third down plays for first downs, including senior quarterback Pat McAuley escaping a rush and a potential sack for a 13-yard gain to the Seekonk 27-yard line. And on a third-and-eight situation, Constantine took a quick forward pitch from McAuley (surrounded by three Warriors) for a nine-yard gain to the Seekonk 16-yard line. "Seekonk is a very good football team, well-coached, they're a great defensive team - they're super," said Killinger, knowing full well that Hingham was two yards away (Constantine's TD) and an inch (stopping Seekonk on fourth down in the third quarter) away from losing. Hingham drove 52 yards to tie the game, a 27-yard pass from McAuley to Mike Murphy, moving the ball to the Seekonk four-yard line setting up Constantine's six-point plunge and Egan's conversion kick for the seventh and tying point. Seekonk produced its lone touchdown on a 49-yard, 11-play drive that consumed 5:25 of the clock. In that sequence, Lyman twice converted third down plays, a four-yard run to the Hingham 37 and a seven-yard run to the Harbormen's 22. Then on a third-and-one situation, Hanoian barged through for three yards to the 10 and another first down. Two plays later, Hanoian followed the blocking by right guard Shawn Kelly and left guard Dylan Rose in for the go-ahead touchdown and setting up Ron Case's conversion kick. But, it just wasn't enough for the Warriors, who had begun first half drives on the 49 (ending on downs), 46 (ending on a pass interception) and 38 (ending on downs) yard lines prior to scoring. Seekonk made any number of inspirational plays of impact during the first half - Marc Miller and Lyman dropping Hingham runners for no gains on the Harbormen's first two plays of the game; Miller returning a Hingham punt 32 yards to the Seekonk 49; Lyman making a great cover on a Warrior punt forcing Hingham to begin possession of a series at its six-yard line; Bobby Jeannotte dropping Constantine for a six-yard loss on a potential third down conversion rush; Lyman knocking down a third down pass late in the first quarter to deny another conversion; Miller making two straight stops to nullify Hingham's first two plays on its fourth series. "Hingham was tough, they defended us well, they were all over the passes," said Morgado, six of the Warriors' nine aerials falling incomplete. "The other thing was that they punted the ball well (four first half kicks, all near the 40-yard mark) and in the second half, we didn't have the ball enough." Other than a 43-yard run by Hanoian on the first play of the second half (to the Hingham 33, but nullified a bit by a Warrior personal foul penalty), Seekonk netted just 59 yards of offense on 16 plays. "We scouted them, we knew what we had to do because they had so many weapons," added Lyman. "I have mixed emotions, we made some plays and didn't make some plays when we needed to - we could have won." Hingham will take on Gloucester, a 39-0 winner over Masconoment, in the Division 2A Super Bowl on Saturday at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.