The Lancers had four chances to punch the ball in from the four-yard line for a game winning score, but the Attica Blue Devil's defense held firm and preserved the team's fifth victory of the season.
Attica won 14-8.
Attica, Elba/Byron-Bergen and Notre Dame all finish the regular season with 5-2 records and a three-way tie for second in the Genesee Region League. Barker/Roy Hart (7-0), with its win Friday over Notre Dame, secured the league championship.
In Saturday's only local football game, the Lancers fell behind 7-0 in the second quarter when Zach Kozma picked off a pass from Elba's Zac Gillard and returned it 42 yards for a touchdown.
Elba pulled ahead in the third quarter on a block punt that Alex Jasinski carried 22 yards into the end zone. Zach Dubois ran the ball in on a two-yard conversion.
Attica's winning score came on a six-yard run in the fourth quarter by Brad Ruzewski.
Given an opportunity to tie the score (and pull ahead on a conversion), Elba had the ball on the four-yard line with 1:30 remaining in the game, but four run attempts failed. Attica's David Clark, who had 16 tackles on the day, came up big in the stand, making two key tackles.
On the day, DuBois had 86 yards on 23 carries. With those 83 yards, Dubois went over the 1,000-yard mark for his HS career.
Gillard completed four passes for 50 yards and Dan Ramsey had three catches for 47 yards.
On defense, Emeliano Acosta had two blocked punts. Tom Fowler had nine tackles.
For Attica, Earl Howard had 76 yards on 23 carries.
