LYNN ? Peabody’s Jared Rizzo had missed out on a number of scoring opportunities throughout the Agganis All-Star Men’s Soccer Classic, thwarted time and again by the defense.With two minutes left in a 3-3 game, he made sure to find the back of the net.Rizzo got the ball in front of the net with only North goaltender Brett Battistelli of Beverly to beat, and he lofted the ball into the back of the net for the winning score.The goal earned the South a 4-3 victory and Rizzo MVP honors for his team in the 13th edition of the game.”I had about 10 opportunities in the game, but that was obviously the biggest one,” Rizzo said. “I knew if I hit it, we’d win. I did, and that’s what got me the (MVP) trophy, I guess.”Rizzo’s goal helped the South survive a furious comeback effort by the North that was led by team MVP Mike Kennedy of Lynnfield, who finished the game with three goals.With 27 minutes remaining and the South leading 3-1, Kennedy took a touch pass from Anthony Pittman of Pope John to the right of the net, which he directed past South goalie Andrew LaMacchia of St. Mary’s to close the gap to one goal.Then, with just over 10 minutes to play, Kennedy was taken down on his way to the net and awarded a penalty shot. He made good on the try, rocketing the ball to the right of a diving LaMacchia to tie the game.”Guys were joking around with me, saying it was like a field goal try,” Kennedy said of the penalty shot. “But you just need to have confidence and pick your spot, then not change your mind.”Earlier in the second half, the South got two goals from Lynn Tech’s Prince Tchoumi, scored just three minutes apart from each other.The first half featured a goal each from Kennedy, who scored just one minute into the game, and Masconomet’s Kevin Van Lenten.Tchoumi was named South offensive player of the game, and Sean Bishop of St. John’s Prep was the team’s defensive player of the game. North Reading’s Josh Rocco and Battistelli were named North offensive and defensive players of the game, respectively.After the game, Rizzo said one of the major reasons he wanted to win so badly was because his high school coach, Stan McKeen, was the South coach along with Saugus’ Chris Coviello.”Josh Boyce, Carlos De Oliveira and I were captains at Peabody this year,” he said. “We wanted to win it for our coach.”The North coaches were Lynnfield’s Brent Munroe and Beverly’s Kevin Leahy.Kennedy’s hat trick was just the third in the game’s history. Chris D’Agostino of St. Mary’s had three goals in 2001, while Peabody’s Mike Cefalo had five in 2003.”This was definitely the icing on the cake for high school,” Kennedy said. “We couldn’t ask for a better way to end.”The referees for the game were Susan Sparks, Ryan Davis and Frank Scalito.