FOXBOROUGH – FOXBOROUGH – It’s rare you get to see a familiar foe in a statewide tournament. It’s even rarer when you play a familiar foe for a state championship.

When Hull and Randolph kicked off a three-day football-a-palooza at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday afternoon for the Division 8 Super Bowl, it was a rematch of a South Shore matchup earlier in the year that Pirates won by 20.

With much more on the line this time, it was the Blue Devils winning a thrilling 20-14 game to capture the program’s first ever Super Bowl.

“We talked about turning this from a team to a program and that’s what we did tonight,” said Randolph head coach Jon Marshall. “Kids have bought in. We have a middle school program, we have a JV team, we did it as a program, not just as a group of guys.”

Randolph (8-4) tied the game at 14-14 early in the fourth quarter when quarterback Sebastian Jouissance punched in his second short touchdown run of the game, but the ensuing two-point attempt was no good. Hull punted on its next drive and Randolph began moving the ball, but Sean Reilly came up with a forced fumble and Nick Tiani recovered at his own 16.

Hull (9-4) quickly went three-and-out, and the ensuing punt ultimately decided the game. The punt ended up ricocheting off the back of another Pirates’ player and shot up into the air. Randolph’s Malik White caught the ball, turned around and rumbled into the end zone for a 20-yard blocked punt touchdown with 2:43 to go. The two-point attempt was no good, leaving the Blue Devils’ lead at just six.

Hull wasn’t done yet, moving into Randolph territory in the final moments, but an interception from Osaruyi Izedonmwen thwarted that drive. The Hull defense did get the offense the ball back one last time in the final seconds, but a sack by Mark Barnes finished it off and set off a wild celebration at midfield.

“Special teams is a huge part of what we do in practice,” said Marshall. “You come watch a Randolph practice it’s how we start and finish every day. To execute on a special teams play just shows the kids what we do in practice is extremely important.”

“I heard the ball hit somebody in the back, I looked up and I saw the ball there,” explained White. “I knew I needed to get it and get into the end zone.”

Offense was almost non-existent in the first quarter and the teams played to a 0-0 stalemate. Hull got on the board first with 11:47 left in the second on a 5-yard touchdown run by Jaden Stilphen. Logan Chenette added the PAT to make it 7-0. The Blue Devils embarked on a 14-play march that eventually ended with a 1-yard keeper from Jouissance and a two-point run from White (24 carries, 110 yards) put the Blue Devils up 8-7 with 4:05 to go in the half.

The Pirates answered seven plays later when Luke Richardson hit John Gianibas (9 catches, 125 yards) for a 40-yard touchdown and Chenette’s PAT made it 14-8 at the half.

Both teams traded turnovers in the third when Izedonmwen came up with an interception and Hull’s Ryan Dunn came up with a fumble recovery prior to the touchdown that made it 14-14 and set up the frantic finish in the fourth.

In just a matter of roughly two hours, Randolph has gone from a team to a program no one can ignore.

“Last year, we had 17 kids on our team, now we’re Super Bowl champions because they wanted to be,” Marshall added.

“I feel like Randolph is definitely on the map now,” said White. “We’ve set a new standard.”