Posted on Fri, Oct 28, 2011 : 11:14 p.m.
Images from Manchester's gut-wrenching last-minute playoff loss
By Joseph Tobianski
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Leslie's Brendon Smith, left, slips away from Manchester's Tyler Stennett, right, during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32. Joseph Tobianski I AnnArbor.com
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Leslie's Brendon Smith, left, slips away from Manchester's Tyler Stennett, right, during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester celebrates with Austin Wilson, center, after Wilson scored a touchdown during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Jim Kurasz runs the ball during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Nick Cozart, right, tackles Leslie's Kyle Bryson, left, during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Devin Jose runs with the ball after making a big catch during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Devin Jose, left, jumps and avoids a tackle from Leslie's Kyle Bryson, right, after Jose made a big catch during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Devin Jose runs with the ball after making a big catch during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Nate Bossory, left, celebrates with Devin Jose, right, as Jose runs off after a Manchester touchdown during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester head coach Wes Gall gives high fives to his team after they scored a big play during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Eric Coval celebrates after Manchester stopped Leslie for a fail forth down conversion during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Eric Coval, right, tackles Leslie's Andrew Arras, left, during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Nick Cozart runs the ball during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Leslie's Brendon Smith escapes a tackle during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Leslie's Zach Strahle, left, and Kane Nevins, right, kneel and watch the game from the sideline while their team is still behind during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Leslie's Brendon Smith, left, pitches the ball while under pressure from Manchester's Tyler Stennett, right, during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester players gather on the sidelines during the last minute of the game for words of encouragement during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Leslie's Chanler Carmer, center, catches the game winning touchdown during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester's Bennett Ridenour crouches in disappointment after Leslie intercepted the ball in the final minute during a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Disappointed Manchester Dutchmen sit outside the the after game huddle in with the team in solitude after a District Semi-Final game at Manchester High School on Friday evening. Leslie defeated Manchester 34 to 32.
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Manchester appeared to have Leslie beat when it scored a go-ahead touchdown in the final minute of Friday's Division 6 playoff game at Manchester High School. But Leslie had some last minute heroics of its own in the 34-32 Blackhawks win.
AnnArbor.com photographer Joseph Tobianski was there to catch all the action.
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