ADA, Okla. – Southeastern was unable to overcome four turnovers in a 22-17 loss to rival East Central on Saturday afternoon in the 109^th edition of the Great American Classic in Ada, Okla.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 8-3 overall on the season and moves the series record to 52-51-6 in favor of SE.
 
Levay Duncan rushed for 112 yards and added 61 yards through the air with two touchdowns and two interceptions on 6-of-16 passing.
 
Kameron Lockhart finished the game with 93 yards on the ground, while Jeylen Holloway chipped in 41 as the Storm piled up 235 rushing yards on the afternoon.
 
Jax Sternberger hauled in two catches for 33 yards and a touchdown, with Lockhart making two catches for 17 and Colton Simpson had one three-yard catch for a touchdown.
 
ECU took the lead on its opening drive after going 57 yards on 12 plays before Gabriel Ogura connected on a 35-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead.
 
Southeastern would move the ball on its ensuing drive, but an interception would set up the Tigers at midfield and they would cap a nine-play drive with a 23-yard Sergio Kennedy to Jonathan Brown touchdown to take a 10-0 lead with 28 seconds to play in the first quarter.
 
The Storm would cash in its next offensive possession after going 67 yards on nine plays before Fernando Villanueva connected on a 26-yard field goal to close the gap to 10-3 with 12:21 to play in the half.
 
SE would force a pair of ECU punts, but was unable to take advantage, turning the ball over on a fumble on the second of those possessions, allowing the Tigers to tack on a 20-yard Ogura field goal with 2:17 to play.
 
The Storm committed its third turnover of the first half on the ensuing drive, an interception with 39 seconds to play and four plays later Ogura hit a 51-yard field goal as the first half clock expired and SE trialed at the break 16-3.
 
Southeastern ran seven minutes off the clock on its first drive of the second half before it ended in an interception, but the Storm would force a three-and-out on the ensuing Tiger drive.
 
The Storm then moved the ball 65 yards on seven plays before Duncan hits Simpson on a three-yard TD, closing the deficit to 16-10 with 3:30 to play in the third quarter.
 
SE forced another punt and would take over with 1:53 to play in the third and carry that possession into he fourth quarter, bolstered by a 58-yard run by Lockhart that would see the Storm score on a 19-yard touchdown toss from Duncan to Sternberger at the 14"09 mark of the final frame to take a 17-16 lead.
 
The Storm would get a stop And the ball back at the 11:27 mark at the ECU 25, but after failing to pick up a first down saw Logan Dorsey's punt get blocked and scooped up at the one-yard line and taken in for a Tiger touchdown to take a 22-17 lead.
 
Southeastern would get two more drives with an opportunity to take the lead, but both of them would end in four plays, leaving the final score 22-17.