Community Christian School kicker Lucas Merlo drilled a 22-yard field goal to beat Cashion 10-7 on Friday, Nov. 6. The walk-off kick gave the Royals a perfect 10-0 regular season and the first district title in school history.

The win at Cashion clinched the Class 2A-II District 1 championship for CCS, which joined the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) in 2014, according to the Norman Transcript. The Transcript reported it is the best season for the Royals since joining the OSSAA.

The game turned on sophomore quarterback Ben Jolley's fourth-quarter performance. Jolley had struggled to find open receivers through the first three quarters of a scoreless defensive battle. When Cashion broke through early in the fourth with a touchdown drive, the Royals trailed for the first time all night.

Jolley found his rhythm. He went 6-for-6 with 63 passing yards and a touchdown in the final quarter, according to the Transcript.

After a massive kick return put the Royals near the Cashion 40-yard line, a facemask penalty on the Wildcats moved CCS inside the red zone. On a critical third down, Jolley pulled the ball down and scrambled for a 10-yard gain to put the Royals inside the 5-yard line. Two plays later, he threw a touchdown pass to Carson Rehkop to tie the game with under six minutes remaining.

Cashion drove deep into Royals territory and threatened to retake the lead. A missed field goal by the Wildcats flipped possession and gave CCS a chance to win with less than two minutes left.

Jolley completed four passes on the final drive. Running back Chris Razook added a few massive runs that pushed the Royals inside the 5-yard line with seconds remaining. That set up Merlo's walk-off kick.

Head coach Mat McIntosh had identified a district championship as the team's top goal. In an Oct. 17 Transcript article, after the Royals beat Christian Heritage Academy 34-0 to reach 7-0, McIntosh said winning the district was the priority.

"There's not a whole lot of teams in the state of Oklahoma that are 7-0 right now, but we're one of them," McIntosh said. "But, to where we want to get to, our first goal is we want to win a district championship and 4-0 part of it in district is how that happens."

The Royals earned their district’s No. 1 playoff seed and will host Dibble in the Class 2A-II first round at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13.