Gulfport narrowly survived a 35-34 contest at St. Martin Friday night as a 2-point conversion try came up shy late in the fourth quarter for the Yellow Jackets.

Gulfport led 28-7 at the half, but watched the lead quickly evaporate in the second half as Mileon Graham ran 8 yards for a touchdown with 27 seconds left in the third quarter to tie the game at 28-28.

Gulfport senior quarterback T.Q. Newsome put the Admirals back in the lead on a 13-yard touchdown toss to Deshun Shields to go up 35-28 with 6:41 remaining.

St. Martin decided to go for the win after Graham threw a 20-yard touchdown to Ham McGee with 3:29 left, but Graham’s run came up short on the two-point conversion.