I'm also mystified at the fact Elder only outgained La Salle 283-275.
This is why Fridays are the best football. La Salle never seemed like it was in the game until it was just like that. There were also three plays that really went Elder's way that very possibly could have turned the momentum: the muffed punt that immediately went out of bounds, the tipped pass that was just out of the reach of a La Salle defender in the first half and the tipped pass that the DE just couldn't bring in the fourth quarter. Both of those last two near turnovers would have ended scoring drives.
So with that in mind, let me praise the less-experienced Lancers team for really hanging in and having a chance to win at the end despite none of the bounces going their way. They could have stopped playing and they didn't.