BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com Great Bend's dream of climbing the ladder to a state football championship was spoiled by a player with the name "Jesus." Salina Central's Jesus Delgado caught the game-clinching 23-yard touchdown pass from Griffin Hall to seal a wild 30-28 semifinal victory in Friday's 5A state semifinals. Give Salina Central football coach Mark Sandbo all the credit for the victory. The Mustangs converted 4-of-4 fourth downs on four scoring drives, keyed by touchdowns on their final two scores. Panther standouts Cooper Ohnmacht and Ian Premer played brilliantly. Ohnmacht scored on 46- and 56-yard passes from Daxton Minton. Premer played the best run-stopping defense of his career, forcing a fumble and making several key tackles. The Mustangs' ball-control offense gained 322 yards on 73 plays. The Panthers had 297 yards in 39 plays. The Panthers kept battling after trailing 23-6, scoring a trio of second-half touchdowns. After Delgado scored with 43 seconds left, Ohnmacht caught a 46-yard touchdown before leaving postgame using crutches. The Mustangs ran off 71/2 minutes on a 67-yard scoring drive to start the second half. Sandbo's genius showed when Hall flipped the football to Abram Owings, who completed a 7-yard scoring pass to Bodie Rodriguez from field goal formation for a 23-6 lead. Great Bend's defense kept battling and delivered two chances to take the lead. Cooper Ohnmacht's dazzling 56-yard touchdown reception was followed by Daxton Minton's 23-yard scoring dash for a 23-21 deficit against Salina Central. Jaxon Wondra recovered a fumble and Premer stripped the football from Reves to hand the Panthers the football at the 44- and 48-yard lines. Salina Central's hard-running Cooper Reves lived up to his reputation. Reves dashed for 156 yards and scored two touchdowns for a 16-6 halftime lead. The Mustangs led 6-0 on a Reves 4-yard run. The Panthers tied the game on Conner Holladay's 14-yard run. Keaton Smith's 4th-down conversion set up Reves' 16-yard score for a 13-6 lead. Eli Kreighbaum's fourth-down pass to Bodie Rodriguez set up a 32-yard field goal. Delgado's pass from Hall secured a 2-score lead (30-21) on the Mustangs' final fourth down conversion. Salina Central 6 10 7 7 — 30 Great Bend 6 0 15 7 — 28 SC—Cooper Reves 4 run (kick fails) GB—Conner Holladay 14 run (kick blocked) SC—Reves 16 run (Eli Duxler kick) SC—Duxler 32 FG SC—Bodie Rodriguez 7 pass from Abram Owings (Duxler kick) GB—Cooper Ohnmacht 56 pass from Daxton Minton (Ohnmacht pass from Minton) GB—Minton 23 run (Geovanni Cruz kick) SC—Delgado 23 pass from Hall (Duxler kick) GB—Ohnmacht 46 pass from Minton (Cruz kick) RUSHING—SC—59-225; Reves 38-156; Griffin Hall 20-74; team 1-(-5); GB—22-127; Ian Premer 11-84; Minton 7-23; Holladay 3-18; Kale Kern 1-2. PASSING—SC—Hall 7-12-0, 84; Owings 1-1-0, 9; Eli Kreighbaum 1-1-0, 7; GB—Minton 9-17-0, 170 RECEIVING—SC—Keaton Smith 4-37; Rodriguez 3-26; Delgado 1-23; Gannon Cole 1-11; GB—Premer 3-15; Ohnmacht 5-146; Holladay 1-9. Hoisington 0 0 0 0 — SE Saline 0 0 0 0 — H— SE— RUSHING—H—Taylen Morales; C.J. Bryant; Mason Martin; Brody Pfannenstiel; SE—30 Grady Gephardt; 10 Tiernan Ptacek; 9 Lavone Hopkins. PASSING—H—Martin; SE—10 Tiernan Ptacek. RECEIVING—H—Carson Mason; Pfannenstiel; Morales; SE—11 Kadan Barragan; 9 L. Hopkins; 30 Gephardt; 39 Amarion Holub; 24 Kanyon Douglas; 48 Bryson Lippold.