TOPEKA – It wasn't necessarily a premonition, per se.
 
But as Saturday's Class 4-1A state championship game at Topeka's Hummer Sports Park went to overtime, Bishop Miege coach Nate Huppe couldn't help but have a bit of a flashback.
 
"We told the guys before overtime, 'The streak started on this field, in overtime, with a golden goal, on that goal. Now go do it,'" Huppe said. "Six years later, we do it again."
 
Indeed. Six years after beating Basehor-Linwood 1-0 in overtime at Hummer to capture the 2016 Class 4-1A state soccer championship, history somewhat repeated itself for Miege on Saturday.
 
An inadvertent handball by Wichita Trinity Academy in the box with 1:29 left in the first overtime set up Mauricio Salas' penalty kick. The Stag senior midfielder cashed in on the gifted opportunity, knocking the kick home to give Miege a dramatic 2-1 victory.
 
The championship was the sixth straight for the Stags, the second-longest title streak in state history behind the eight straight championships St. Thomas Aquinas won from 2003-2010 (two in Class 6A, six in Class 5A).
 
"It never gets old and it's always tough," Huppe said of Miege's title streak. "Nothing's easy. Winning is not easy and it gets harder and harder and harder every year. The pressure just build – you have new guys come in, you lose seniors from the year before, you have injuries. It's never easy, but it never gets old and it's always satisfying."
 
The sudden end was heartbreaking for Wichita Trinity, which finished as state runner-up to Miege for the third straight season.
 
"It hurts," Trinity Academy coach Casey Casemento said. "We win, we lose as a team and it is hard on a call like that, to see a run like this come to an end. … What do you say? Obviously, you'd like to see that call go differently, but it is what it is and they took advantage."
 
Miege and Trinity seemed headed to a second overtime after some solid back-and-forth action before the Stags sent a long shot toward the box that deflected off the arm of a Trinity defender racing back.
 
The unfortunate break for the Knights turned out to be a fortuitous one for the Stags. Huppe didn't hesitate choosing Salas for the kick.
 
"He took a PK last year against them and we told him to switch it up," Huppe said. "We practiced and practiced and got the keeper where it was wide open."
 
Salas stepped up to the kick with plenty of confidence. Well, mostly confident.

 
"I was kind of nervous at first," he said. "But once I saw it hit the net, it just felt so good."
 
In such situations, there can be plenty of debate as to which way to send the kick. But Salas knew all along where he was going against Trinity keeper Alex Kirsten-Westgard, last year's Class 4-1A goalkeeper of the year.
 
"Honestly, I tried to stare at his eyes and see if he would bluff (his direction) before me," Salas said. "I knew I was going right the whole time. We talked about it even before the playoffs started."
 
Salas' game-winner ended a dandy of a game that saw Miege jump out to a 1-0 lead less than two minutes into the game. Senior forward Victor Lopez scored off a set play at the 38:08 mark and just like that the Stags seemed on their way to title No. 6 in a row.
 
Instead, Trinity bore down and time and time again thwarted Miege's charges. Down 1-0 at halftime, the Knights started mounting their own offense and finally broke through with Landon Green's header at the 29:11 mark of the second half the equalizer.
 
"It speaks to the heart, character and talent of our team," Casamento said. "We knew we had plenty of time and needed to settle in. We knew the style of play we wanted to dictate and create the best opportunities. There were moments we did that exceedingly well.
 
"I'm beyond proud of our team, not just this game but this season. But particularly in this game to give one up in the first two minutes, and then find our way and really compete today speaks to the heart of our team."
 

Miege finished the season with a 13-8-0 record, while Trinity finished 15-6-0.
 
"That was a tough game," Huppe said. "We've been the two best teams all year. I think everyone kind of knew that. Louisburg was really great and should have been down here, but we played them early (in the playoffs). I'm proud of our guys. They stuck it out."
 
Tonganoxie downed Augusta 3-2 in double-overtime to finish third.
 
Miege beat Augusta 5-1 in Friday's semifinals, while Trinity advanced to the championship game with a 3-0 win over Tonganoxie.