HOOVER — While 7-on-7 play can’t quite replicate the action players will see on Friday nights, it can create similar situations.

Like last-second heroics.

Spanish Fort, Foley and Daphne each had a nail-biter victory on the final day of the 10th annual National Select 7-on-7 Championships on Saturday, as the Toros finished in third place and the three schools combined for a 28-11 record in the 32-team, double-elimination tournament.

“Most of these games come down to the wire and you find out how you’re going to respond and who's going to play well when the game’s on the line,” Foley coach Todd Watson said.

Foley’s thriller came in a 27-21 victory over No. 18-seeded North Gwinnett, Ga. in the third round of winners’ bracket play. Maison Taylor hooked up with Demarcus Bingham for the go-ahead score with six seconds left, and the Lions’ defense stopped a Hail Mary pass as time expired.

Foley later lost to eventual tournament champion Hoover and was knocked out by fourth-seeded Spanish Fort in the elimination bracket quarterfinals. The Toros jumped out to a 17-0 lead before holding on to win 30-21.

Spanish Fort then outlasted No. 2 Carver 35-33 in overtime. Jonathan Cook hauled in a touchdown catch from about 30-yards out on the last play of regulation, and Joel Poe found Sammy Harris wide open in the end one for the extra point and the tie. On the second play of overtime, Ed Autry caught a pass in the middle of the end zone, and Harris caught the 2-point try. Carver answered with a touchdown, but the 2-point pass attempt sailed high.

Needing a win to reach to the championship game, Spanish Fort lost 34-14 to No. 17 Evangel Christian, La. in the elimination bracket final.

“We didn’t play our game in the first game of the day,” Toros coach Mark Freeman said of his team’s 19-18 loss to Evangel to open winners’ bracket play. “And that was a pivotal game; instead of this last game (the rematch against Evangel) being our third game, it was about our sixth. It’s hot and it got to the end where, in the big picture, I’ve got to carry our kids back healthy. We had a couple of kids, they played I don’t know how many snaps today, but they played their guts out. At the end of the day, I’m not going to be any more prouder at the end of the championship than I am now. Our kids played good and they competed. This will carry a long way to our season.”

North Gwinnett was also the victim of Daphne’s comeback performance.

Following a Gwinnett touchdown, the sixth-seeded Trojans got the ball with 30 seconds left and a 21-20 deficit. Daphne promptly moved the ball to the 1-yard line with four seconds left, and T.J. Fleeton connected with Chris Sain as the buzzer sounded.

The Trojans followed with two more elimination bracket wins before falling into an early hole in a 29-14 loss to Carver.

“When you get up here, you better compete,” said Daphne coach Glenn Vickery, whose team won the tournament last year. “This is probably the best 32 teams, overall, that have been here. You’ve really go to rise up and play. I think, for the most part, we did that. Overall, we busted our tails playing hard.”