St. Vincent earns playoff spot with comeback

Saturday, October 24, 2009

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com St. Vincent's C.J. Pavlovsky celebrates after scoring the second touchdown against Portageville during the fourth quarter Friday at St. Vincent. [Click to enlarge] [Order this photo]

The St. Vincent football team came alive in the fourth quarter Friday night to clinch a playoff berth.

St. Vincent scored the game's final 16 points -- all in the last 10 minutes -- to beat visiting Portageville 16-6.

The Indians, who have won four of their past five games, improved to 4-5 overall and 2-0 in Class 1 District 1. St. Vincent has locked up no worse than second place in the district.

Portageville fell to 3-6 overall and 0-2 in the district.

Kyle Rollet's acrobatic 21-yard touchdown reception from Tim Schumer with 7:07 remaining put the Indians ahead for good at 9-6.

For more on this game check back later or read Sunday's Southeast Missourian.