Same team. Same spot. Same result.

The dreamy season for St. Andrew’s ended as Calvary Christian came to Boca Raton and edged the Scots 20-13 in a first-round state regional battle before a large crowd at Don Jones Memorial Field.

The Scots committed four turnovers, including three interceptions by senior star quarterback Dylan Mayers, in an uncharacteristically sloppy evening. Calvary Christian, now 8-3, faces Cardinal Gibbons in the next round. The Eagles were led by the sleek running of Yohan-Li Louis, who also kicked two field goals.

It's the second straight November in which Calvary Christian ended St. Andrew's season in the first round of the playoffs. In Fort Lauderdale in 2022, St. Andrews fell 49-34.

This was closer. Calvary Christian was bigger but only a little better. The Scots rallied from a 17-3 second-half deficit to close within 17-13 early in the fourth quarter on a 31-yard field goal by Jack Kampe.

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“Very hard to win a football game when you have four turnovers," coach Jimmy Robertson said with tears in his eyes. “But I’m proud that even how poorly we played with the turnovers, we still had a chance to win. I’m proud of everything they accomplished."

Five minutes after the final whistle, Mayers was the lone player who still hadn’t taken his helmet off and said through his facemask, “It was too many turnovers, too many mental mistakes, especially by me, too many fumbled snaps," Mayers said. “That’s what happens when you lose."

Mayers’ lowest moment came on the first possession of the third quarter when he overthrew Teddy Hoffman for his second INT — the ball sailing right into the mitts of Calvary Christian’s Colin Tracey. It set up the Eagles at the Scots’ 32, and Louis kicked a 23-yard field goal with 7:09 left in the quarter to make it 17-3.

“I just overthrew him," Mayers said. “It was just mental mistakes. It wasn’t about their defense. It was on me."

After closing to 17-13, St. Andrew’s couldn’t stop Calvary Christian on the ensuing drive. The visiting Eagles converted a fourth-and-1 from the Scots’ 35 on Lucas Yalale’s 2-yard plow, and then Louis kicked a 26-yard field goal to move the lead back to a touchdown.

On the Scots’ final drive, facing fourth-and-9 at the Eagles 47, Mayers was flushed out of the pocket, rolled right and threw his final interception with 1:33 left, sealing the defeat. Mayers had come into the game with 25 touchdown passes and just five interceptions.

“We had success running the football, we just made bad decisions and made bad throws and it led to turnovers," Robertson said. “Defense played great. To win a playoff game, you have to protect the football."

St. Andrew's had won its first district championship for the first time since 1985 and finished at 9-2. There was plenty of pomp and circumstance beforehand with the Palm Beach Pipes and Drums unit on hand playing Scottish music in their kilts.

“I’m proud of everyone on this team," Mayers said. “We had a great year — more than anyone expected and everyone should keep their heads up."

That was easier said than done as the Scots’ frustration boiled over.

After Mayers’ first interception, when he was picked off by Thomas Baxter after the pass ticked off Hoffman’s hand, an ugly scene ensued. Receiver Dylan Faison raced to the sidelines screaming for nearly 30 seconds that he was open on the other side. Too, Faison was visibly angry in the final 1:30 of the contest, shouting more stuff on the sidelines as the game was all but lost.

As Mayers, heading to Texas A&M commit as a preferred walk-on, struggled, the Scots’ lone touchdown pass came via the arm of sophomore Cayden Hofbauer in taking a rare snap in the third quarter.

Hofbauer threw a 12-yarder to Hoffman that made it 17-10. Hofbauer will return next season as the presumed starting QB. He took about four snaps per game this season, mostly as a rusher.

“I came in and did what I could do," Hofbauer said. “It was a hard-fought game. We just had turnovers. We had a good plan but couldn’t execute."

“He’s going to be in the mix," Robertson said of next season’s starting QB. “You saw how explosive he is."

Calvary Christian kept the ball on the ground most of the night, rotated quarterbacks Cecil Stone and Camden Hartzell and kept feeding the ball to Louis.

“O-line did the job, defense did the job," Louis said. “They gave us a good fight. But we knew it would be a good fight."

Two turnovers in the first half led to two Calvary Christian scores and a 14-0 lead late in the second quarter. Kampe kicked a 32-yard field goal with 32 seconds left in the half as the Scots closed to 14-3.

On the Scots’ first possession, Mayers’ shovel pass to Faison led to a fumble with Calvary Christian getting possession at the St. Andrew's 35. The Broward County school easily punched it in with Louis’ hard running and a 19-yard pass from quarterback Hartzell to TJ Ganter. On fourth-and-goal, Louis scampered in for a 7-0 lead with 3:58 left in the first quarter.

The tone was set.

As is Calvary Christian tradition, after the tight contest, the two teams gathered at midfield for a five-minute prayer, the players from both teams kneeling side by side.

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Saint Andrew's football ousted by Calvary Christian once again