The Victoria Knights claimed their second straight 8-Man Division 2 state championship Saturday afternoon with a 36-28 win over Argonia/Attica.

With the game tied at 28 and under 30 seconds to play the Knights faced a four and less than a yard at their own 25-yard line senior quarterback Brady Dinkel took the snap, started up the middle and cut to his right, racing up the sidelines and into the end zone for a 55-yard touchdown with just two seconds left. Dinkel added the two-point conversion clinching the Knights undefeated season and their seventh state title in school history.

The two teams traded touchdown scores to start the ball game with Dinkel scoring on the Knights first possession to go up 8-0 but the Titans answered right back with a seven-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Alec McDaniel to tight end Aaron Harsh.

Early in the second quarter the Knights and Dinkel struck again with a 25 yard touchdown pass to Taylor Corley that put Victoria up 14-8. After that the two defenses stepped up and it turned into a hard hitting defense battle until Dinkel found the end zone on a 79 yard run putting the Knights up 22-8 at halftime.

But much of the second half belonged to the Titans as they outscored Victoria 20-8 through the third and fourth quarters tying the game at 28 with just 2:52 to play.

With under a minute to play the Titans punted the ball back to the Knights who took over on their own 15-yard line. An incomplete pass and then a pair of runs set Victoria up with fourth and inches to go from their own 25-yard line. The very next play Dinkel capped off the game and the Knights magical season with his fourth rushing touchdown.

Dinkel led all players with 184 yards rushing and those four touchdowns. He also completed 6-of-11 passes for 83 yards and a touchdown.

The Knights finished the year a perfect 12-0 and have won 24 straight games.

Knights coach Doug Oberle after the game: