The Clear Fork Colts season came to an end on Friday, as their comeback fell short in the 4th quarter in a 35-28 first round playoff game at the Colt Corral on Halloween.
The Colts (6-5) jumped out first with a 2 yard TD run by Alex Schlosser to go up 7-0 in the 1st quarter. But, Orrville would score 3 straight times to take a 21-7 lead into halftime. The Red Riders got a 3 yard TD run from Parker Hostetler and QB Cam Craft threw 2 touchdown passes to 6'5 wide receiver, Braylon McDuffie. The final score came with :22 seconds per the half.
Orrville scored on a touchdown run by Hostetler to start the 3rd quarter to go ahead 28-7. The Colts would answer as Porter Schmidt had a touchdown just over halfway through the 3rd quarter.
The Red Riders would score again with just over 10 minutes left in the game and led 35-14 early in the 4th quarter.
However, Clear Fork would rally and score two times on a Marcus Hoeflich pass to Nash Evans and a TD run by Ben Campbell.
The Colts got the ball back and had a chance to tie the game, but a sack by Orrville helped them turn Clear Fork over on downs and the Red Riders held on for the win. Cam Craft accounted for 4 TDs ( 2 rushing and 2 passing) in the win. Orrville (7-4) now plays at Shelby (10-0) on Friday, Nov. 7th in the Regional quarterfinals.