Lexington’s hopes of hosting a home playoff football game are intact.

Easton Crocker scored on a 1-yard run in overtime Friday night as the Wildcats shook off a rough start to defeat Chapin 31-24 at Cecil Woolbright Field.

“We were resilient .... and we didn’t flinch,” Lexington coach Stewart Young said.

The win sets up a huge matchup to close the regular season next week against rival River Bluff. The winner of that game finishes second in Region 3-5A and is guaranteed a first-round home playoff game Nov. 6.

For the second-straight game, Lexington trailed and was down 14 points in the first half. After the Wildcats tied it early in the third quarter, Chapin answered with a field goal to take a 17-14 lead.

But Ian Danson returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown to put the Wildcats up 21-17. The lead grew to 24-17 on a field goal.

Chapin answered as Tyler Black found Connor Finney for a TD to tie the game at 24 with just over three minutes left.

Lexington had a chance to win it in regulation, but Crocker was picked off on a deep pass by Rory Dreher inside the 5-yard line.

Lexington got it first in OT, and Crocker scored on a quarterback sneak.

Chapin got it to the 6-yard line on its possession, but the Wildcats defense got the stop to preserve the win.

“We didn’t execute the way we wanted near the end and let them tie it,” Young said. “But in overtime we were able to pull it out.”

Chapin jumped out to a 14-0 lead on a pair of Black TD passes. He hit Finney for a TD with 3:23 in the first and then hit Ny’shawn Palmore on a swing pass for a score with 4:02 left before halftime.

Lexington answered on Crocker’s 10-yard shovel pass to Victor Kaczenski to cut the lead to 14-7 with 1:19 left in the second quarter.

Saluda 31, Strom Thurmond 27: Avery Coyle threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Darryl Hill with 45 seconds left to help the Tigers knock off No. 1 Strom Thurmond and win the region title.

The victory snapped the Rebels’ 18-game winning streak and gives Saluda a first-round bye in 2A Lower State playoffs and a chance at the top seed in the bracket.

Coyle finished with 218 yards passing and two touchdowns. Hill had five catches for 144 yards and two scores. Tristan Daniels rushed for 149 yards and a TD.

Camden 41, Lower Richland 13: Greyson Rimpf threw a pair of touchdown passes as the Bulldogs wrapped up the region championship. Camden has a chance at being the No. 1 overall seed in the 3A Lower State playoffs.

Isaiah Smith caught a touchdown and also returned a kickoff for a score.

Irmo 52, Aiken 0: Britton Davis threw five touchdown passes as the Yellow Jackets wrapped up second place in Region 5-4A and a home playoff game.

AC Flora 28, Westwood 7: The Falcons won their second-straight game and knocked off the Redhawks. Riggs Scott, Jaylin Simmons, Zion Gaddist and Noah Livingston all had touchdown runs for AC Flora.

Ridge View 57, Gray Collegiate 28: The Blazers won their first region title since 2007 with a convincing win over the War Eagles on Thursday.

Ridge View (6-2, 3-0) scored on its first six possessions on its way to the Region 4-5A title and a first-round bye in the Class 5A playoffs. Quarterback Tre Howard threw for 258 yards and four touchdowns, two to Kanye Reed. Khristian Jackson and Mercer commit Isaiah Small each had TD catches. Jackson also returned a kickoff for a score.

Spencer Bobian rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown. Chris Capers and Bijon Virgo also had TD runs for the Blazers.

Xavier Wright threw three TD passes to Corey Gleaton and also ran in a TD for Gray (4-6, 2-2), which concluded its regular season. The War Eagles will begin the 5A playoffs on Nov. 6.

Mid-Carolina 37, Keenan 28: The Rebels’ perfect season continued with a key region win over the Raiders (6-3, 2-2) on Thursday.

Wyatt Mazza ran for two touchdowns and Ryker Woolstenhulme ran for a score, scored a defensive TD and kicked a field goal as Mid-Carolina (9-0, 4-0) moved to a win away from its first outright region title since 1991. The Rebels can do it next Friday against rival Newberry.

Mid-Carolina trailed 22-21 at halftime before Mazza’s touchdown in the third quarter put the Rebels up for good. QB Davis Ruff also had a TD run for the Rebels in the second half.

Keenan QB Dante Howse threw two TD passes and also ran for a score.

River Bluff 49, White Knoll 6: Davis Taylor threw three touchdowns and Ashton Boyd ran for a pair in the Gators’ win.

The win sets up a showdown next week against rival Lexington, with second-place in Region 3-5A and a first-round home playoff game on the line.

Lugoff-Elgin 43, Richland Northeast 12: Zach Williams threw four touchdowns and ran for a score as the Demons defeated the Cavs.

Lugoff-Elgin travels to Lancaster next week with the Region 4-4A title on the line. EJ Richardson had three touchdown catches for L-E. Tiyon Fanning had a TD run for L-E.

Hammond 55, Cardinal Newman 0: The Skyhawks rolled to their ninth win of the season. Cade Amell threw four touchdown passes and Blaze Barnes had two TD runs.

Hammond will go for a perfect regular season Thursday against Heathwood Hall. Wham Walker, Jackson Ross, Asher Gause and Jackson Farmer had TD catches for Hammond.

Blythewood 34, Spring Valley 14: Landyn Strong had two touchdown runs and James Veasey threw a TD pass and ran for one in the Bengals’ win. Tay’shawn Johnson also had a touchdown for Blythewood.

Isaiah Hunter returned a fumble for a score and My’kell Seymour had a touchdown run for SV.

Brookland-Cayce 40, Airport 28: Avery King had five touchdown runs as B-C held off a late rally from rival Airport.

Brookland-Cayce led 33-13 in the second half before Airport cut it to 33-28. King sealed the win with a TD with 1:55 left. Reco Crawford three touchdown passes for Airport.

Gilbert 43, Swansea 14: Kendall Wright threw two touchdown passes to Chandler Guthrie and also ran for two scores in the Indians’ win.

Wright threw for 224 yards and rushed for 71. Guthrie caught eight passes for 177 yards. Jaylen Brost rushed for 101 yards and two TDs.

Batesburg-Leesville 63, Whitmire 6: QB Terrance Cook ran for four touchdowns and threw two as the Panthers wrapped up the region title

Cook finished with 235 yards of offense for B-L.

Newberry 28, Chester 23: Sincere Glymph ran for three touchdowns as the Bulldogs kept their region championship hopes alive. Newberry trailed 17-14 at halftime.

Lancaster 28, Dreher 22: The Bruins scored the game-winning touchdown with 3:30 left to set up a region title game with Lugoff-Elgin next week.

Florence Christian 27, Northside Christian 20: The Crusaders suffered their first loss of the season. Hayden Schwab had the game-winning touchdown with 5:01 left. Josh Weston scored two touchdowns for Northside.

Eau Claire 30, Clear Dot Charter 22: The Shamrocks picked up a road win over the Bats.