The swinging gate came back to hit the Selma 49ers All-Stars hard on Saturday.

The Demopolis Bulldogs used the swinging gate pass play to score a last-minute touchdown and beat Selma, 18-14, in the 11-12-year-olds Youth Football Game at Memorial Stadium.

Leading 14-10 late in the fourth quarter, Selma appeared to have the game well in hand. But two Demopolis defenders stripped the ball from Kennan Woods and the Bulldogs recovered at their 48.

It appeared Demopolis had taken the lead three plays later when quarterback Jeremy Wallace’s screen pass found T.J. Hinton at the Selma 45.

Hinton then hustled down the Selma sideline, then cut back inside to the end zone for what appeared to be the go-ahead touchdown.

The score, however, was nullified by a holding call and Demopolis found itself pushed back to Selma 45 with 1:23 to go.

On the next play, Wallace scrambled to his left, came back to the middle of the field and lobbed a lateral to Jermarkis Teacher at midfield. Teacher then broke two tackles and romped to the Selma 24.

Wallace followed up that play with an identical call. He scrambled to his left, came back to his right and threw to Dayton Mickens, who pulled in the pass and went down the left sideline for the game-winning touchdown. The two-point conversion gave the Bulldogs their four-point margin with 1:08 to go.

Selma had an opportunity for a score of its own, but quarterback George Michael Rowe’s pass was intercepted, and Demopolis ran out the clock.

“We didn’t play good ball,” Selma coach Butch Pritchett said. “We played, but we gave up.

“We haven’t practiced for the swinging gate,” Pritchett added. “That’s something we weren’t prepared for. We’ll be ready next time.”

After the Bulldogs’ offense was stymied, the Demopolis defense scored the game’s first points when a Selma running back was tackled in the end zone for a safety and a 2-0 Demopolis lead.

The 49ers defense followed with its own big play when Selma recovered a Demopolis fumble at the Selma 25.

The 49ers offense went on a seven-play march to take the lead. Orlando Jackson capped the drive with an 8-yard blast up the middle. Rowe found Woods on the two-point conversion pass and Selma owned an 8-2 advantage with 39.7 seconds to go before halftime.

The Selma defense then got into the act when the 49ers forced a fumble and Rishad Holliday recovered the ball at the Demopolis 48.

Rowe then hit Jeffery McMillian on a 48-yard touchdown route on the following play as Selma stretched its lead to 14-2 at the half.

Demopolis cut the margin to four in the fourth quarter when Wallace found Tramaine Irbyn for a 23-yard scoring toss. The two also hooked up on the two-point conversion to make it a 14-10 game.