KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Quarterback Gino Rometo scored on a 1-yard run with 4:14 left to lift Clarion to a 26-20 come-from-behind win over Kutztown in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) inter-division game at rain-soaked University Field.

Rometo and running back Eddie Emmanuel scored two touchdowns each as Clarion erased a 20-0 halftime deficit with 26 unanswered second-half points. With the win, Clarion snaps a 16-game losing streak.

Rometo finished 13-of-21 for 121 yards, along with the two 1-yard TD plunges. Emmanuel ran for 113 yards on 25 carries, scoring on runs of 4 and 15 yards.

Kutztown built the first-half lead on a pair of Matt Dineen (so. Wilmington, Del./Concord) field goals of 23 and 21 yards, along with a 6-yard run by Cory McFadden (jr. Freemansburg/Bethlehem Catholic) and a 65-yard run by Dontay Wilson (jr. Stamford, Conn./Stamford). Wilson finished with 104 yards on nine carries.

Nick Cresta (sr. Wallingford/Strath Haven) had a sack, interception, forced fumble and four tackles to lead KU's defense. Kevin Bolinsky (so. Ashland/North Schuylkill) had 10 tackles. Craig Croman (jr. Pine Grove/Pine Grove) had an interception and forced a fumble.

The teams combined for 12 fumbles, including eight by KU. KU lost three of those fumbles, while Clarion lost two and had two interceptions.

Clarion took advantage of two KU fumbles to score its first two TDs. Mike Verdon recovered a fumble at the CU 31-yard line and returned it 51 yards to the KU 18. Seven plays later, Rometo scored from 1 yard out, but the PAT was blocked. On the ensuing kickoff return, Jonathan Baldwin recovered Wilson's fumble at the KU 15. Emmanuel scored from 4 yards out three plays later. The PAT was good, making it 20-13 KU.

After a short punt into the wind, Clarion had to go just 45 yard, and Emmanuel capped the four-play drive with a 15-yard run. Robert Mamula's PAT knotted it at 20.

In the fourth, KU stopped one Clarion drive with an interception by Croman at the KU 24. Then, a 68-yard punt by Nye was fumbled by the Golden Eagles, but Clarion recovered it at its own 7. From there, Rometo engineered the game-winning drive, covering 93 yards on 13 plays and taking 6:31 off the clock. His 1-yard run gave Clarion its first lead with 4:14 left, but the PAT sailed wide, making the score 26-20.

KU, however, had a golden chance to win the game. KU drove 70 yards, moving inside the Clarion 1 with just over a minute to play. The drive was fueled by a 19-yard pass from Shane Martin (jr. New Holland/Garden Spot) to Kaleb Klosky (jr. Fisher/Clarion-Limestone), and an 18-yarder to Mike Dietrich (jr. York/York Catholic) that put the ball inside Clarion's 1.

Clarion's defense held, though, as Martin was stopped for no gain and fumbled on the next play. KU recovered, but after an incompletion, Martin was sacked by Joseph Fox on fourth down to seal the game.