Late turnovers sealed the Bayfield High School football team’s fate against Class 1A No. 1 Paonia on Friday in Paonia.
The defending state champions Eagles intercepted Bayfield up 40-34 with BHS driving to tie the game late in the fourth quarter.
Paonia (4-0) scored twice more to put the game out of reach and drop BHS (2-2) to .500 on the season.
BHS junior running back Zane Phelps gave the Wolverines their only lead of the game on a 2-yard run in the third quarter.
Phelps finished with 30 carries for 86 yards and two touchdowns.
Paonia quarterback Taylor Walters tied the game on the next drive with a 34-yard touchdown run.
Walters scored three touchdowns on the ground and added another through the air.
The Eagles led 20-6 after the first quarter, but BHS battled back to tie the game at 27 at the half.
Paonia has won 13 in a row.
The Wovlerines were playing their third consecutive road game and have one more to go before they play at Wolverine Country Stadium again.
BHS will play Olathe at 7 p.m. Friday in Olathe.
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