It was already on Nathan Chin’s radar that his ninth-ranked North Medford football team might be in for a challenge Friday night against Roseburg at Finlay Field.

Still, clinging to a slight 14-9 advantage as the game moved into the fourth quarter was a little unexpected between teams on the opposite end of the spectrum in the South/Central Football Conference standings.

Fortunately for the Black Tornado, they could do no wrong in the final quarter and Roseburg found the other side of that coin as North Medford capitalized on three costly errors by the Indians to pull away for a 30-9 triumph.

“I’m proud of our kids and the mentality to go get a tough win,” said Chin. “It’s always tough to play in Roseburg, and the kids found a way to get one.”

The host Indians (1-5, 0-4 SCFC) practically gifted the game to North Medford with three miscues in the final 12 minutes that led to 16 straight points by the Black Tornado (5-1, 4-0).

“They were tough,” Chin said of Roseburg. “They played hard and it was a good, solid group, but being able to capitalize on mistakes was huge.”

The fourth-quarter barrage started early on when Roseburg senior Cayden Eckel fumbled away a punt to give North Medford the ball on the Indians’ 20-yard line. Three plays later, Jeremiah Robbins ran 4 yards for his third touchdown of the night to make it 21-9.

On the ensuing possession, Roseburg was called for a penalty on the kickoff return and started at its own 14, only to have the first snap of the drive sail over the head of quarterback Owen Bentea and into the end zone, where Kaden Austin fell on the ball for the Indians as Cameron Nix and Connor Trinca closed in to secure a safety.

Roseburg was able to force another punt by North Medford after a defensive stand, but the first snap to Bentea slipped through his hands and was kicked away as he tried to recover and Trinca scooped it up for the Tornado.

On the next play from scrimmage, North quarterback Traeger Healy lofted a 10-yard pass to Nolan Kelly into the corner of the end zone to collect a 30-9 advantage and put the game away.

Robbins had a big night with his three TDs, also running in from 6 yards out in the first quarter and taking in a screen pass from Healy in the second quarter for a 25-yard TD reception.

“Jeremiah played well, really, on both sides of the football,” said Chin. “He caught one touchdown and ran in two, so he played tough for us on offense, and then, obviously, on the defensive side he played well as always.”

Robbins finished with 18 carries for 76 yards and two catches for 39 yards, while Healy completed 23 of 34 passes for 255 yards. Kelly proved to be the sophomore’s top target with seven catches for 83 yards after senior tight end A.J. Pugliano was lost for the game with a leg injury in a scary situation in the second quarter.

Pugliano raced across the field to try and make a downfield block for Healy as the QB pulled the ball down and scrambled left. As he neared Roseburg’s Brayton Loomis, Pugliano began to stumble and collided awkwardly into Loomis, who went down on the play as well and had to be removed from the field by stretcher and ambulance as a precautionary measure.

No update on the status of either player was available from Chin after the game.

“Obviously, A.J. is a big part of what we do offensively so we had to adjust,” said the coach. “They were doing a good job of taking stuff away from him anyway and so we still had to adjust already from that standpoint. We had to change some personnel groupings and get some different guys in there.”

North Medford 7 7 0 16 — 30

Roseburg 6 3 0 0 — 9

NM — Robbins 6 run (Morris kick)

R — St. Clair 78 pass from Bentea (kick failed)

R — FG Michael 24

NM — Robbins 25 pass from Healy (Morris kick)

NM — Robbins 4 run (Morris kick)

NM — Safety, Austin tackled in end zone

NM — Kelly 10 pass from Healy (Morris kick)

GRANTS PASS 29, NORTH SALEM 22: At Grants Pass, freshman quarterback Jordan Rossetta passed for two touchdowns to Cole Carnes while Pete Amotai ran for two scores and had an interception to lead Grants Pass to an upset victory on homecoming night at Mel Ingram Field.

Amatoi, a senior, rushed for 85 yards on 21 carries to help the Cavemen (2-4, 1-3 SCFC) earn their first conference win against North Salem (4-2, 2-2). Carnes hauled in TD passes of 10 and 40 yards to boost a GP offense that was held scoreless a week prior by North Medford.

Braeden Reese, a junior, got the start at quarterback for GP but Rossetta took over on the third offensive series, with Amatoi also running from behind center in wildcat packages to mix things up.

Grants Pass 7 7 15 0 — 29

North Salem 7 8 7 0 — 22

NS — Wilson 32 run (Brambila kick)

GP — Amotai 1 run (McIntosh kick)

GP — Carnes 10 pass from Rossetta (McIntosh kick)

NS — Singleton 78 interception return (Wilson run)

GP — Carnes 40 pass from Rossetta (McIntosh kick)

NS — Thompson 5 run (Brambila kick)

GP — Amotai 21 run (Amotai run)

THURSTON 47, EAGLE POINT 6: At Springfield, Eagle Point’s Bryton Livingston completed 8 of 13 passes for 77 yards and a touchdown pass to Easton Raber in the Midwestern League loss.

Peyton Smith ran nine times for 60 yards but the Eagles (3-3, 3-1 MWL) were held to 138 yards of total offense.

Whiatt Deutschman led EP with 4 1/2 tackles and Smith had four.

Noah Blair threw three TD passes in the first half for Thurston (4-2, 4-0), which also saw Ethan Burkhead return a kickoff for a score and run for another to build a 33-6 advantage.

CASCADE CHRISTIAN 49, PHOENIX 0: At Phoenix, Cascade Christian sophomore Caleb Scaglione ran for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries and senior Luke Wilson had a TD run and an interception return for a score to highlight the Far West League triumph.

Ashton Moody completed 8 of 15 passes for 157 yards and TDs of 20 yards to Peyton Maurer and 31 yards to Dylan Westlake for the top-ranked Challengers (6-0 FWL), who built a 36-0 lead by halftime.

Wilson finished with 66 yards on three carries, while Maurer had four catches for 73 yards.

Phoenix (0-6) managed only three first downs and 9 yards of total offense against the stout Cascade defense, with first-time starting quarterback Erik Calhoun completing 5 of 7 passes for 27 yards. Tobias Akpan had two catches for 27 yards.

Cascade Christian 9 27 7 6 — 49

Phoenix 0 0 0 0 — 0

CC — Safety, Phoenix punter out of end zone

CC — Scaglione 20 run (Hoffman kick)

CC — Wilson 9 run (Hoffman kick)

CC — Maurer 20 pass from Moody (Hoffman kick)

CC — Wilson 32 interception return (pass failed)

CC — Westlake 31 pass from Moody (Hoffman kick)

CC — Hoffman 5 run (Hoffman kick)

CC — Scaglione 23 run (kick blocked)

ST. MARY’S 28, DOUGLAS 21: A two-man tandem of quarterback Joel Kiene and running back Indiana Olson powered St. Mary’s to the Far West League victory at Lithia & Driveway Fields.

Kiene threw two touchdown passes and completed 12 of 24 passes for 217 yards. The freshman also scored on a 14-yard interception return to seal the victory for the Crusaders (3-3 FWL). T.J. Flowers and Tyler Archie also had interceptions against the Trojans (1-5).

Olson had a 77-yard TD catch from Kiene for 97 of his receiving yards. The senior also rushed for a 19-yard TD and led the Crusaders with 10 tackles.

St. Mary’s 7 7 0 14 — 28

Douglas 14 0 0 7 — 21

SM — Olson 77 pass from Kiene (kick failed)

D — Baird 2 run (Archie run)

D — Willis 14 pass from Robbins (kick failed)

SM — Flowers 25 pass from Kiene (Kemmling pass)

D — C. Robbins 14 pass from Robbins (kick good)

SM — Olson 19 run (Jones kick)

SM — Kiene 14 interception return (Jones kick)