SALISBURY TOWNSHIPWith the exception of last month's 4-1 victory for Salisbury over Northwestern, the two teams have been in the midst of close games for years.

In the first regular season meeting between the two clubs, Northwestern edged out Salisbury 2-1. It took overtime in last year's district semifinals to crown a winner a 3-2 victory for the Falcons. In Thursday's District 11 Class AA quarterfinals, not much changed from last season's playoff game.One thing that did change from 12 months ago was the victorious team.On a cross from Thomas Creighton, Cody Gangaware broke a 1-1 tie with 5:34 to play in overtime after firing a strike passed Salisbury goalie Tyler Keller. The win sends the Tigers back to the district semifinals, a round Northwestern saw their season come to an end last year. Tuesday's semifinal game is against No. 1 seed Lehighton. Time and place are TBD."It feels great," Gangaware said. "Last year they knocked us out of districts, and this year we could only hope to knock them out of districts."When you go into overtime, you just have to think that it's your last chance. It could be over at any second. You just have to lay everything out on the line."In the previous three regular seasons in league play, the Tigers have won two of three meetings by a goal each. The Falcons won 2-1 in 2011, making it six out of the last seven times that the winner has won by a goal. Thursday's victory ended another chapter in this book between rivals over the last couple of years.About a minute prior to his game-winning tally, Gangaware had an opportunity on the Falcons' goal. His shot, however, sailed just wide of the upper left corner, keeping the teams at a 1-1 tie.But when Gangaware collected the ball a bit closer to Salisbury's cage moments later, he took a bit more time in measuring up his strike. That change resulted in his biggest goal of the season."The whole game I was trying to one-touch that cross," Gangaware said, "and it wasn't working. I realized that I could take an extra touch. At the last second I thought of that. I took an extra touch, and I knew it had to be done."Despite a number of chances on goal for both teams in the first half, neither was able to get on the scoreboard. The Falcons in particular generated numerous opportunities deep in the Tiger territory.In the 11th minute, Levi Renninger's header off a Falcon corner was on target. The shot, however, hit one of his own teammates, and the Tigers were able to clear away any threat. Ben Heydt then had another header off a corner kick five minutes later, but a Tiger defender on the goal line was there for the critical save."We had guys attacking the ball," Salisbury head coach Mark Allinson said, "which we hadn't had doing in the past few games. We were able to get on the ball, but to their credit, they had people where they needed to be."When the second half got underway, the Falcons finally broke through when Connor Wagner took a shot that ricocheted off a Tiger defender for a 1-0 lead. Gangaware and the Tigers responded a little more than nine minutes later on a rip from roughly 25 yards out.When overtime hit after both teams remained scoreless the rest of regulation, the Tigers took the same approach from the first 80 minutes into the extra session."We just thought we should play the same that we have been," Gangaware said. "Don't force anything, play smart, don't play any stupid balls and don't lose it in any tight positions. Keep playing the way we have been."Next week's game comes against an unfamiliar foe Lehighton, who defeated No. 8 Notre Dame-Green Pond in Thursday's quarterfinal round."We don't know what to expect, but we are going to come out like it could be our last game," Gangaware said. "We're going to work as hard as we did tonight, and hopefully we get a good result."