Nick Erbe had never caught a touchdown pass in his high school career.

So when Marian's senior tight end got his opportunity, he wasn't going to let anyone or anything deny him.Not a hard hit by the defensive back, not a crashing fall to ground, not even the fact that the ball wasn't intended for him in the first place.Erbe's eight-yard touchdown reception in overtime gave Marian a dramatic 27-24 victory over Penns Valley on Friday night."I never even played offense before this season," said Erbe. "So I made the first catch of my career in the first half and then the first touchdown catch of my career in overtime."I've never had a bigger thrill in sports than making that catch and have all my teammates mob me. I even got to keep the ball. It's a moment I'll never forget."Erbe and the Colts needed their overtime score after Penns Valley's Marcus Wodford opened the OT with a 23-yard field goal.On a second-and-eight play, Dakosty decided to call a play the Colts haven't used in a couple of seasons."We just call it, 'two-point play,'" Dakosty explained. "It's (assistant) coach (Charlie) Connely's play. We have it to use in case we need a late-game two-point conversion. It's been a while since we've needed it, but we felt we were at a spot on the field and at a point in the game where it could work. Obviously, it turned out pretty good."But even though the play produced the game-winning touchdown, it didn't exactly go as planned."I'm not the primary receiver on the play," said Erbe. "I was a yard or two into the end zone and when I saw it coming I went up high to get it."But when (quarterback) Ethan (Kuczynski) hugged me after the game he told the pass was for Anthony Collevechio who was a few yards behind me in the end zone. The rest of the team told me Anthony was wide open, but I didn't know he was even there. All that I was thinking was 'there is no way I'm not catching this ball.'"Penns Valley coach Martin Tobias said he felt good after his team took the overtime lead."With a fourth-and-seven call, we knew we needed to make sure we put points on the board," said Tobias about the decision to kick the field goal. "Marian had a good kicker so we figured if we come out of there with no points they were going to win."I also thought our defense had some momentum after the last two or three series of regulation. Unfortunately, they made one more play than we did. To play an outstanding program like Marian and take them down to the wire and lose is extremely disappointing."Trailing 14-7 at halftime, Marian opened the second half with touchdowns on its first two possessions of the third quarter. The Colts had the momentum and appeared to be on the verge of taking control of the game.But they went without a first down on three straight possessions and Penns Valley eventually tied the score at 21-21 with 5:41 remaining in the game."It wasn't always pretty and I thought we left some plays on the field," said Dakosty. "But give Penns Valley a lot of credit. They have 18 seniors back, they have some really nice size, and their quarterback is a great player."I'm just happy to get the win. Now we need to build on this heading into next week."MOMENTUM CHANGERS ... Both the Colts' third quarter TDs came after turnovers as a fumble recovery set up a seven-play, 44 -yard TD drive. Kuczynski then intercepted a pass and Seth Paluck raced 23 yards for a score on the next play.EMERGENCY DEFENDER ... Kuczynski ran for 51 yards and a score and passed for 129 yards and another TD, but his most impressive contribution might have come on defense. With two projected starting defensive backs out with injuries and a third being knocked out of the game for part of the first half, Kuczynski stepped in and made the huge interception. "Ethan has never played defense for us in his career," said Dakosty about the four-year starter at quarterback. "But he stepped in at defensive back tonight when we needed helped and made some big plays."OVER HEATING ... The hot and humid conditions led officials to have several water breaks during the game. But that wasn't enough to prevent multiple players from cramping up. The Colts had at least a half-dozen players forced out of the game by cramps, although most were able to return to the field.