With Woodbury leading, 28-21, and Pennsville quarterback Ken Emmons engineering a drive from his 45-yard line with 1 minute, 30 seconds left, junior Amir Petrose, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound defensive lineman, sacked the signal caller for a 10-yard loss.

Emmons, on the next play, threw a bomb to a receiver streaking along the right sideline, but freshman Anthony Averett intercepted the ball to kill the drive and Pennsville's hopes of advancing to the next round.

Woodbury (8-1), the No. 3 seed, will play Penns Grove (8-1), the No. 2 seed, at a time, date and place to be announced.

"I just looked back and caught it," said Averett of his second interception of the afternoon. "I didn't see it coming."

Petrose said he looked at the clock and the score, and decided to go all-out to sack a quarterback that had hurt the Herd with his feet and arm all game.

Emmons, a 5-9, 165-pound junior, had scored touchdowns on runs of 1 and 4 yards and thrown for another, a 20-yard pass that tied the game, 14-14, with 12 seconds left before halftime.

Emmons was 20-of-40 for 208 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. He alsoran 23 times for 83 yards, which put him 13 yards over 1,000 in a career.

On offense, Averett and Petrose were instrumental in putting the Herd ahead, 28-21, with 7:04 remaining in the game.

Averett scored the winning touchdown on a seven-yard run, followed by a conversion pass from quarterback Brian Purnell to Petrose.

Woodbury had jumped out to a 14-0 lead over the sixth-seeded Eagles (7-2) on a 10-yard run by Jared Roberts and a 1-yard run by Karon Gibson but saw its advantage disappear quickly. Pennsville scored twice by intermission to tie the game at 14.

"Last year, the same thing happened against Penns Grove and we were thinking we had to stop their [Pennsville's] run, stop their momentum," said Woodbury's Purnell, another quarterback with the ability to use his feet and arm to score points.

"Penns Grove will be a rematch and we're ready. We were up 21-0 at the half and lost, 28-21."

Purnell, a senior, completed 5 of 8 throws for 50 yards and an interception, and ran 11 times for 104 yards and a touchdown.

The Eagles took their only lead of the game, 21-20, on a four-yard run by Emmons 2:03 into the fourth quarter.

Pennsville   0 14 0 7 - 21

Woodbury   6 8 6 8 - 28

W: Jared Roberts 10 run (kick failed)

W: Karon Gibson 1 run (Gibson pass from Brian Purnell)

P: Ken Emmons 1 run (kick blocked)

P: Colton Newsome 20 pass from Emmons (Emmons run)

W: Brian Purnell 77 run (kick failed)

P: Emmons 4 run (Clint Herrmann kick)

W: Anthony Averett 7 run (Amir Petrose pass from Purnell)

Contact staff writer Bill Iezzi at 856-779-3826 or biezzi@phillynews.com