STEWARTVILLE — It was another walk-off victory in the Kasson-Mantorville and Stewartville football rivalry on Saturday, but talk about cutting it close.
The K-M field goal unit made a mad scramble onto the field and KoMets junior Walker Fjerstad kicked a 20-yard field goal as time expired to lift Kasson-Mantorville to a 10-7 victory over host and second-seeded Stewartville in the Section 1, Class 4A semifinals.
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It was a bit of redemption for Fjerstad, in his first year as the KoMets kicker, as he had missed a 39-yard field goal attempt earlier in the game.
“It really feels great, especially after missing that first one, to know my team believed in me to make that last kick,” he said.
Fjerstad nearly didn’t get the chance to kick the game-winning field goal.
The KoMets, the No. 3 seed in the section, had the ball on a third-and-goal at the Stewartville 1-yard line when they called their final timeout with 18 seconds to play in a 7-7 defensive struggle. K-M senior quarterback Logan Louks then smashed into the line but was ruled short of the end zone.
“I thought I was in,” Louks said. “They weren’t calling whistles early all night, but that was one (they did), but it’s O...