STEVENS POINT-The SPASH Panthers, 6-1, 5-0 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference, faced the Marshfield Tigers, 6-1, 4-1, at home for the conference championship.
SPASH scored in the first quarter to go up 6-0 as Fritz Beversdorf scored on a carry from seven yards out.
Marshfield took the 7-6 lead as quarterback Ethan Foemmel threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Landen Trubee to begin the second quarter.
A 34-yard touchdown pass from Braeden Jankowski to Sam Kornowski gave SPASH a 12-7 lead, and the two connected again on the two-point conversion as the lead was extended to 14-7.
Marshfield tied the game at 14-14 with a 19-yard touchdown pass from Foemmel to Gavin Larsen.
Logan Cisewski put the Panthers up 22-14 with a five-yard touchdown run and a successful two-point conversion run towards the end of the third quarter.
A 17-yard touchdown pass from Foemmel to Cam Kolstad late in the fourth quarter, and a two-point conversion catch by Derek Stroetz tied the game 22-22.
With 40 seconds left, Cisewski scored his second touchdown of the game as SPASH went up 30-22 on a three-yard run, and he followed up with a two-point conversion run.
Cisewski, on getting his number called with the game on the line, said, “If he calls my number, I will run that ball as hard as I can and truck a few dudes while I’m at it.”
SPASH’s defense held up as they thwarted Marshfield’s final attempt at scoring as they knocked away a Hail Mary attempt to seal the victory and win the Wisconsin Valley Conference.
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