​ATLANTIC CITY — A year ago on this field, the Atlantic City High School football team wanted it so badly. The Vikings ached to bring their school its first sectional title since 1999. They forced the issue too much. They chased the game. They fell to Kingsway by 17.Now, the drought is dead.Thanks to a roster full of guys who matured after that tough loss and a sluggish start to this campaign, Atlantic City found its way back to the top here on Friday night. The Vikings (8-3) claimed the Central Jersey Group 4 title by virtue of a 35-14 rout of Millville (6-5).“We just want it more,” junior quarterback Marvin Burroughs said. “Last year we felt like we had it more with all the seniors and all the offers we had, this year I feel like we have a way hungrier team.“… We are way more experienced and playoff experienced, especially stepping up our competition. If I played out how I played last year, it would have been way worse. Just taking what they’re giving, not trying to force anything.”Atlantic City showed its poise on the first touchdown drive of the game. The Vikings converted on 3rd-and-7, 3rd-and-3 and they scored when Burroughs hit Kenai Austin for a 25-yard strike up the seam on 4th-and-17.That made it 7-0 late in the opening quarter. The score stayed there to intermission. Just before the break however, the game took a major turn when Thunderbolts do-it-all star Reggie Holley left the game with what appeared a shoulder injury.Holley, who’d been the offensive catalyst through extensive Wildcat packages, did not return to the game.Once the second snap of the third quarter occurred, Ahmad Chambers took a handoff and raced 65 yards for six. At 14-0, all the patience for AC started to pay out.Burroughs found Austin again for a 23-yard score to make it 21-0 late in the third and the final totals were all that remained left to decide.That and which big orange Gatorade jug was to be emptied on coach Keenan Wright.“Our kids don’t get too up, they don’t get too down,” Wright said. “Last year, I thought we were pressing a little bit and we didn’t have to“… That was kind of like our theme this week, ‘Hey listen, we don’t have to make the big play, it’s going to come. Eventually it did.”4TH AND 17?NO PROBLEM!MARVIN BURROUGHS HITS KENAI AUSTIN FOR A 25-YARD SCORE!ATLANTIC CITY 7MILLVILLE 047 SECONDS LEFT 1QCENTRAL JERSEY GROUP 4 FINAL pic.twitter.com/xwYzOJhZem— Mark Trible (@Mtrible) November 13, 2026Or, in other words to Wright — course management. The avid golfer explained it in those terms as the wind whipped through the night — British Open-esque.“I don’t have to hit driver, I can just put it in the fairway, take my 5-iron and just put it out there,” Wright said. “Not my 4, my 5. Depending on the hole, this is where I’ll probably use a 3-wood.”He’s got clubs with all types of uses on this team. Don’Taye Thompson, one of South Jersey’s most talented players, grabbed two late touchdown ca