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TRAVERSE CITY -- The Calumet Copper Kings football season came to an end Saturday with a 35-14 loss to the Traverse City St. Francis Gladiators on the road.
After Calumet held them off the board in the first quarter, St. Francis scored twice in the second to take a 14-0 lead into halftime.
Things did not get better in the third, as the Gladiators found the end zone twice more to take a 28-0 lead into the fourth.
Tyler Halonen got Calumet on the board with a 4-yard touchdown run, but the two-point conversion failed.
He was then picked off on the Copper Kings' next possession for a touchdown for St. Francis.
Trailing 35-6, Calumet got one more score when Keith Koivisto exploded for a 42-yard touchdown run. Trent Anderson ran in the two-point conversion, putting the game at 34-15, where it stayed.
Halonen was 2-of-9 through the air for 61 yards. On the ground, he ran 22 times for 158 yards. He scored once, but also fumbled the ball twice.
Koivisto had five rushes for 45 yards and a touchdown.
Oskar Loukus led the defense with six solo tackles and six tackle assists. He also had a tackle for a loss as well. Jax Carlson had three solo tackles and four tackle assists.
Calumet's offense had 55 plays for 312 yards. St. Francis had 54 plays for 314 yards.