For the second straight contest, the River Bluff football team faced its biggest deficit of the season.
Just like the previous game against Lugoff-Elgin, the Gators used a dominant second-half surge to remain undefeated on the season.
In spoiling Gilbert's "Homecoming" Friday with a 42-30 road victory, River Bluff (5-0) scored 21 unanswered points to rally from 10 points down. 
Gilbert capitalized off an interception by Cody Temples to take a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Dre Cook scored on a 1-yard run on 4th and goal for the game's first score.
River Bluff tied the game at 7-7 with a 4th and goal score of its own. Antonio Gantt scored on the first of his four touchdowns from a yard out to tie the game.
In the second quarter, a miscue on special teams enabled Gilbert to take the lead. As punter Braden Walker fielded a low snap, his knee was ruled down at the Gators' 10-yard line.
Quarterback Josh Strickland found Wells Sykes for a 8-yard touchdown to put Gilbert ahead 14-7 with 8:58 left before halftime. 
Gantt's 6-yard touchdown run on fourth down with 2:49 left in the first half tied the game at 14-14. The Indians marched downfield to the Gators' 3-yard line, setting up a 20-yard field goal by Ranjodh Cheema with 11.1 seconds left to put Gilbert ahead 17-14 at the half.
The Indians took the opening drive of the second half 76 yards for a 10-yard touchdown run by Jy Tolen. 
The Gators proceeded to score on its next three series. It started with a 18-yard touchdown run by Walker to cut Gilbert's lead to 24-20 with 5:56 left in the third quarter.
With 10:11 left in the fourth, Gantt scored his third touchdown to put the Gators ahead 28-24. After forcing an Indians' punt, Walker scored on another 18-yard run to extend River Bluff's lead to 35-24 with 7:14 left. He finished with a game-high 183 rushing yards. 
Gilbert answered with an 80-yard scoring drive capped by a touchdown run by Tolen to make it 35-30. The Indians' missed the 2-point conversion with 4:01 left and Gantt put the game away with 12 seconds later with a 58-yard touchdown run. He finished the game with 165 rushing yards. 
River Bluff will have two weeks to prepare for its next contest Oct. 5 in "The Swamp" against fellow unbeaten Dutch Fork. Gilbert (3-2) opens defense of its Region 5-3A title on Sept. 28 at Swansea.