WINTERSET — Creston/Orient-Macksburg trailed Winterset for the entirety of the game until 1:44 left in the game when quarterback Luke Neitzel scored from 22 yards out, dragging a Winterset defender 5 yards across the goal line.

Up 18-13, the Panthers elected to go for the 2-point conversion. On a broken play, just as it looked like Neitzel was about to go down, he tossed the ball into the air and into the waiting arms of Trevor Frain in the back of the end zone.

That 2-point conversion proved to be huge, as Winterset marched down the field — aided by two Panther personal foul penalties — and scored a touchdown with :15 remaining.