In an interior rivalry game with massive playoff seeding implications, the Rutland Thunder were able to pull off a 16-13 overtime victory over the Kelowna Owls.
This is one of the biggest rivalry matchups in the interior. It's always a battle from the get-go when these two teams face off, and tonight was no different.
After the Owls opened up the scoring, both defenses stepped up big and had their opposition's offenses looking for answers. The pouring rain aided both team's defensive units in keeping each other's passing games to a minimum.
Finally, Rutland's offense woke up after multiple possessions, and Luka Frattini took a handoff for a 23-yard score to tie the game at seven. Right before halftime, Rutland's Reid Thompson put the ball through the uprights for a field goal and had the Thunder leading 10-7 at halftime.
After a third-quarter field goal by the Owls tied the game, both teams struggled to finish drives for the rest of regulation. Both teams had plenty of chances to take the lead, but neither team's defenses nor the elements had any of it. After four quarters solved nothing, the game headed to overtime.
After the Owls settled for a field goal on the first possession of overtime, the Thunder got the ball with a chance to win it.
On third and goal, with the game hanging in the balance, thunder quarterback Carter Cook kept the ball and used his legs to fight through multiple tackles and fought his way across the goalline to win the game for Rutland.
With the victory, the Thunder now finish with a 4-2 record in conference play.
