The Southern Regional football team scored a 24-13 win over Shore Conference Class A South division rival Toms River South in its last regular-season game on Nov. 3, but the victory wasn’t enough to secure an NJSIAA South Jersey Group V playoff spot. Instead, theteam will play its season finale in one of the dozens of regional-crossover contests this week.

Against the Indians, who led, 13-12, at halftime, Southern (3-6) grabbed the lead in the third quarter when Joe Guglielmo ran the ball in…