HARRISON CITY — It took the Butler and Norwin boys soccer teams more than 200 minutes to decide who was better this season.

Butler's KevinMcCune provided the answer off the top of his head.

Seven minutes into the second overtime, McCune took a crossing pass from Ben Horner and headed the ball over Norwin goalkeeper Tyler Rupert for a 1-0 Butler win in the second round of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs at Penn-Trafford HighSchool Thursday night.

It was an unlikely goal for a player who doesn't get many chances at scoring glory. McCune's work is mostly done on the defensive end of the field.

But for a split second Thursday, he was a regular David Beckham.

"I was in the right place at the right time — thanks toBen Horner," McCune said. "We knew it was going to be a battle. It was just going to take one break, and we got it."

Butler (17-1-1) and Norwin (14-5-2) played earlier this season to a 2-all draw.

The teams went 107 minutes without deciding anything in this rematch.

It wasn't from a lack of chances, however.

The two teams played even in the first half. Butler had eight shots; Norwin had seven.

The Golden Tornado had several near misses in the second half and in overtime.

Horner had two golden opportunities in both overtimes to end the match, but narrowly missed wide left on both occasions.

Norwin also had its chances.

Butler keeper Tim Duffy made a spectacular save on a shot by Norwin's Mike Juricich from five yards away in front of the net late in the second half. Duffy stretched out and snatched the ball out of the air.

"That was the save of the season," said Butler coach Troy Mohney. "That was the match."

Both defenses played well, thwarting many chances before they had a chance to develop.

As time ticked away in the overtime periods, the pressure and intensity was palpable.

"I told the guys, stick out a toe, do anything you can to get the ball in the net," said Norwin coach Kevin Chitester. "We made some mistakes, but we had guys fill in and make up for them. (Butler) did the same thing, too."

Butler changed its strategy in the overtime periods.

It started the contest with two forwards, then switched to one for most of the second half.

Once the match went to overtime, Mohney went back to a two forward attack.

"We were trying to pull out a victory," Mohney said.

McCune said he felt the tension mount the deeper the match went into overtime.

"We didn't want it to go to penalty kicks," McCune said. "I don't think penalty kicks really decide who is the better team. It's just who gets lucky."

Butler will play Peters Township (18-2-1), which beat Pine-Richland 1-0 in its quarterfinal game, Monday at a site and time to be determined.