Warren's Tanner Pepper (1) makes a catch at the goal line during a high school football game against Logan Friday in Vincent. (Photo by Mike Morrison)

VINCENT — Too many turnovers and too many missed opportunities were just too much to overcome for the Warren Warriors Friday night as they fell to the visiting Logan Chieftains 20-14 at Warrior Field.

Despite all of their struggles the Warriors had the football deep in Logan territory in the final minutes to play with a chance to tie the game or take the lead but were unable to come up with the big play.

“We played hard and we fought, we have just got to find a way to get over the hump,” said second-year Warren head coach Jimmy Peyton. “We can’t put the ball on the ground that many times and have just got to find a way to take advantage of our opportunities.”

The two teams combined to fumble the football 10 times in the game with each team turning the ball over three times.

The turnovers started early and proved costly right out of the gate for the Warriors.

After the Warrior defense forced Logan into a three-and-out on their opening possession, Warren took advantage of a bad punt and quickly moved the ball deep into Logan territory.

Things would change in a hurry when Logan defensive back Jacob Kahrig stepped in front of a Warrior receiver to intercept Jacob Sealey’s pass and then raced 96 yards the other way for a pick-six to give Logan the 7-0 lead.

The Warriors next drive ended in a turnover on downs but the Warriors quickly got the ball back when they forced a Logan fumble with Sealey recovering at the Chieftain 32-yard line.

Warren quickly capitalized on the Logan turnover as they took just five plays to strike paydirt with Landon Fairbanks plowing into the end zone for a one-yard touchdown to tie the game at 7-7 with less than a minute to play in the quarter.

The Warren defense was solid all game long as they allowed Logan just 199 total yards in the game with over 100 of those yards coming on long runs by Kaden West.

West’s 65-yard run early in the second quarter moved the ball deep into Warrior territory with Jack Brown going the final two yards for a touchdown and a 14-7 Logan lead.

Warren put together their longest drive of the half but missed a golden opportunity to tie the game up before the half ended.

The Warriors started the drive at their own 27-yard line with nine minutes to play in the half and methodically moved the ball into the red zone.

With the ball on the 12 yard-line Sealey fired a pass that Tanner Pepper caught with his feet in the end zone but the ball out which gave the Warriors a first and goal at the one-foot line.

The Warriors fumbled on the next play and recovered with the ball moving back to the three-yard line.

Warren tried to run the ball in twice more but the Logan defense came up with the huge stop both times to maintain their seven-point lead at the break.

Neither team could muster much of a threat in the third quarter but Logan was able to extend their lead in the fourth thanks to another huge stop by their defense.

With the Warriors facing a fourth-and-one at their own 29-yard line they elected to go for it but one again the Logan defense came up with a huge stop and took over possession in great field position.

Jack Walsh entered the game at quarterback for Logan and connected on a 24-yard pass to Lucas Wolfe to move the ball inside the five and three carries later Walsh busted into the end zone to give the Chieftains a 20-7 lead.

Logan elected to go for two but weren’t able to convert.

Down 13, Warren went into a hurry-up offense and the results were great as Sealey connected with Aden Strahler on a 45-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to six with 6:40 to play.

In need of a stop on defense, the Warriors rose to the occasion as defensive lineman Cooper Sparks along with a whole host of Warrior defenders were able to tackle Chrim Gompf well behind the first-down marker to force Logan to punt.

One again the Logan punt was a poor one as it went just 21 yards giving the Warriors possession at their own 39-yard line with just under five minutes to play in the game.

Warren began the drive by using a bit of trickery as Sealey handed the ball off to Pepper who in turn fired the ball down the field to Nick Cressey for a 29-yard completion to move the ball to the Logan 32.

A 10-yard pass from Sealey to Cressey and a 9-yard run by Sealey pushed the ball down to the Logan 7-yard line.

Unfortunately for the Warriors for the third time in the game the Logan defense bent but wouldn’t break as they came up with a stop on a Warren running play on third down and West was able to break-up a Sealey pass attempt on fourth down to bring an end to a valiant Warrior comeback bid.

“We were resilient and got it all the way down there we just needed a little bit more,” said Peyton. “That’s the way it goes and we’ll keep fighting and trying to figure it out.”

In addition to the huge defensive play at the end, West led Logan by rushing for 132 yards on 10 carries.

Sealey completed 16-of-25 pass attempts for 193 yards for Warren while Fairbanks ran for a team-high 84 yards on 22 carries.

Pepper caught 7 passes for 96 yards while Cressey totaled 72 yards on his five catches.

Next up for the Warriors is a tough road battle against the unbeaten Fort Frye Cadets.