HAMMOND | Morton players were dropping from injury like swooning fans at a rock concert.

Everywhere you looked, yellow flags cluttered the field.

Fans were leaving their bleacher seats to lean against the fence for a closer look, ready to celebrate.

And this was just the final three minutes of Friday night's wild 14-13 Morton win over Times No. 2 Munster.

Chris McCormack's 12-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Watson as time expired overcame a 13-8 deficit and had Hessville rocking.

"Coach (Roy Richards) told me to be calm, patient, throw it. I had no time to lick my chops," McCormack said. "Once I saw (Watson), I was like: 'Oh, yeah. Touchdown.'"

Richards alternates quarterbacks but stayed with McCormack in the closing moments.

"It was really the first good look at clean coverage we saw the whole game," Richards said. "Chris had a window of about two seconds to make the play."

The fourth quarter was marred by injuries to both teams and a shower of penalty flags, most of them on the Mustangs (4-1).

"What it was ... was every flag in the world they could call the last three minutes and we can't control that," an upset Munster coach Leroy Marsh said.

No. 5 Morton (4-1) can thank junior defensive back Jaborie Rucks for keeping it close the first half with interceptions at his 34- and 39-yard lines to thwart Munster drives.

Glidewell had given Morton the early lead on his 9-yard scoring pass to Watson. Munster answered in the second when Alex Martell's 44-yard run set up the first of Sean Ziemba's two TD runs. He finished with 126 yards on 18 carries.

"I ran a post and just knew nobody was around me," Watson said. "As he released it, I knew the game was over."

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No. 5 Morton 14, No. 2 Munster 13

Chris McCormack's 12-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Watson as time expired gave Morton the comeback win.