Kaleb Stumpenhorst spent half of Saturday’s game walking his way back through what went wrong on a blocked field goal.

The Oswego senior is his team’s secret weapon in the kicking game. Stumpenhorst made a career-long 47-yarder last year, and topped it by going 50 earlier this year.

Stumpenhorst’s leg is a force, likewise, on punts and kickoffs. On Saturday, though, with winds howling he shanked a few of those punts, and the blocked field goal was low.

None of that mattered in the end.

Stumpenhorst drilled a go-ahead 42-yard field goal with a minute left. It proved the game-winner as Oswego beat Lockport 10-7 in a Class 8A semifinal at Ken Pickerill Stadium.

“I didn’t kick my best,” Stumpenhorst said, “but you know what, when it matters I came through for my team. And we’re going to

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