With one play left to win the Jubilee 7-on-7 tournament Thursday afternoon at Trione Park, Saraland coach Jeff Kelly knew exactly where to go.

“I told (quarterback) Jamison (Roberts) that we are going to run all go and, unless they just put two on top of him, let’s give Deshawn (Spencer) a shot to make a play. That’s what he did, and Deshawn made a play.”

Spencer hauled in Roberts’ pass down the left seam to give the Spartans a 23-21 walk-off victory over St. Michael in the championship game.

“We brought two teams over here,” Kelly said. “I was proud of our young guys. They did a great job. Our older guys got in a bunch of competitive situations. We had several games that came down to the wire. We got a chance to get a lot of good work against a lot of good people and had a chance to work on our coverages on defense, our concepts offensively. The best thing was we got a lot of conditioning in, and that’s big-time important as we get ready for August.”

Saraland went 3-1 in pool play in the 15-team A Division. St. Michael and Spanish Fort were both a perfect 4-0.

In the tournament play, the Spartans defeated Foley 31-12, Mary G. Montgomery 24-18 and Spanish Fort 33-9 to advance to the title game.

St. Michael defeated Mary G. Montgomery’s B-team 25-15, Fairhope 33-16 and host Daphne 29-20 to reach the championship game.

“It’s always a well-run tournament,” Cardinals coach Philip Rivers said. “We love coming over here. It’s kind of our summer finale. It was good competition. Good work. A lot of good teams here. I know it’s 7-on-7, but you still like to find a way to win your last day, your last play, but it was a lot of good work against good teams.”

Thursday’s tournament marked the end of 7-on-7 season and really the end of the summer. The teams now gear up for the start of fall camp in a few weeks and the openers in five weeks.

Saraland travels to take on reigning 4A champ Jackson on Aug. 22, while St. Michael hosts Bayside Academy.

“Summer is over,” Rivers said. “We tease about summer being over even when it starts because it goes so fast. I think we are 35 days from Bayside tomorrow.”