CLINTON — There was the ball, sitting all alone for Warren Central defensive tackle R.W. Comans.

John Gustavis had just stripped it from Clinton quarterback Wesley Mounger with the Arrows clinging to a one-point lead. Comans scooped up the pigskin and raced untouched for an improbable touchdown, spurring his team to a stunning upset of Clinton Friday night at Arrow Stadium.

Coman’s score put the Vikings up 28-23 with 2 minutes, 27 seconds left in the game.

“I’m speechless,” Comans said after the Vikings held on for the 28-23 upset, their fourth straight win over the Arrows. “I just have to give credit to my team.”

WC still had some work to do in the remaining time, but defensive back Darius Buck came up with a play to preserve the win.

Clinton (6-3, 3-2) drove to the Viking 10 with 45 seconds left where they faced a fourth-and-two. Mounger, who had effectively moved the Arrows through the air, tried to convert the fourth down with his legs. Much like his earlier fumble, it was the wrong move.

The Viking pass rush forced Mounger to the sideline and Buck made sure he went out of bounds, four yards shy of the first down. The turnover on downs gave WC the win and reinvigorates its playoff hopes at 3-2 in Region 2-5A.

“All week the coaches preached about 16 (Mounger) because he is the man for them,” Buck said. “When he came outside, I had to knock him back.”

Mounger finished with 205 yards and three touchdown passes, but his gaffes in the running game hurt Clinton at the worst time.

The Arrows were leading 23-22, had just made a first down, and less than three minutes remained in the game when Mounger, instead of handing the ball off to Johnny Jones, kept it.

Gustavis met him five yards behind the line.

“He just made a dumb play,” Clinton coach Scott Brown said. “I don’t know why he took the ball out.”

WC coach Curtis Brewer didn’t care how it happen, just that it did.

“This was the first game where we made our own break,” Brewer said. “Every one like this is special. I don’t care how we scored 28 points, the biggest thing is we kept the same great attitude that we’ve had all year.”

Clinton jumped out to a 10-0 lead on Mounger’s 49-yard touchdown pass to Marti Shelby in the first quarter and a 26-yard field goal from Craig McRaney with 3:13 left in the second.

The Vikings comeback began with a 64-yard drive that was capped by a 27-yard TD strike from Keaton Sanders to Quinton Truly with 54 seconds left before the half.

Clinton then fumbled WC’s pooch kickoff to start the second half. The Vikings went 30 yards in three plays with the score coming on a 17-yard run by Travis Bell. Jared Thames’ second PAT made it 14-10 with 11:22 left in third quarter.

Mounger answered with a 5-yard TD pass to Steven Smith to cap a 58-yard match. The kick failed leaving the score at 16-14 with 6:31 left in third.

WC retook the lead when Bell scored on a 43-yard run with 9:32 left in the game. Bell finished with 97 yards on eight carries. Sanders ran in the 2-point conversion to put the Vikings up 22-16.

Back came Clinton as Mounger hit on three of four passes for 40 yards. The last was his third TD toss of the game, a 23-yarder to Shelby.

McRaney’s kick put Clinton up 23-22 with 6:14 left. After WC scored the go-ahead TD, Clinton was stopped deep in WC territory with 40 seconds left.