FORT COLLINS — Sometimes when you have two teams that are as evenly matched as top-seeded Windsor and second-seeded Pomona, an x-factor makes all the difference.

With the Class 3A state football championship game tied and just three seconds left, the Panthers revealed their x-factor.

And, that x-factor, junior kicker Chase Keaton, seemingly painted his own “X” right in between the uprights of the south goalposts at Canvas Stadium on the Colorado State University campus Saturday.

Keaton’s picture-perfect 40-yard field goal as time expired gave Pomona a dramatic 17-14 victory and the third state football title in its school’s history.

“Low key, I was really scared,” Keaton said, moments after his team was awarded the championship trophy. “I knew everyone was with me. Everyone was going t

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