GENOA — Genoa scored on an 11-yard touchdown run by Aidan Andtry nearly four minutes into the game, and the Comets never relinquished the lead in defeating Otsego, 28-26, Friday.

Both teams scored four touchdowns each, but the Knights failed on two conversion attempts, which proved to be the difference in the game.

Genoa is 5-3 overall and 4-1 in the Northern Buckeye Conference while Otsego falls to 5-3 and 3-2.

For Otsego, Tyler Michael scored on a five-yard run, Owen Atkinson scored on an interception return, Devin Farley threw a 72-yard TD pass to Jack Simpson, and Farley scored on a three-yard run.

For the Comets, Antry scored his second TD on a five-yard run, Aiden Brunkhorst threw a four-yard TD pass to Robert Messenger and Brunkhorst scored on an 18-yard run, while Cameron Agler converted on all four conversion kicks.

For the Knights, Farley completed 16-of-20 passes for 169 yards and he ran for 14 yards on nine carries.

Simpson caught three passes for 88 yards, Kenton Wallace had five catches for 41 yards and Jake Limes had six catches for 26 yards.

Jordyn Lee-Barnett had 36 yards rushing on three carries and Blake Steele ran for 16 yards on four carries.

Michael led Otsego’s defense with five solo tackles, Brady Nicely had four solo tackles, and Simpson had three solo tackles.

For Genoa, Brunkhorst completed 15-of-21 passes for 139 yards, including seven to Messenger for 73 yards.

Brunkhorst also ran for 122 yards on 11 carries, Antry ran for 78 yards on 21 carries, and Messenger ran for 45 yards on 12 attempts.