FORT COLLINS — After his team narrowly lost in the Class 3A football semifinals to Mead a year ago because of a couple errant kicks, Pomona head coach Nathan Johnson had an offer that Chase Keaton ultimately couldn’t refuse.

Johnson had a spot for Keaton on his football team, as the team’s kicker, if Keaton wanted it.

As the final seconds ticked off the clock during this season’s 3A finals, Saturday at Canvas Stadium on the Colorado State University campus, Johnson and his team couldn’t have been any happier that Keaton accepted Johnson’s attractive offer.

Keaton’s picture-perfect 40-yard field goal as time expired gave second-seeded Pomona a dramatic 17-14 victory against top-seeded Windsor.

With that kick, and the nail-biting win, the Panthers secured the third state football title i

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