Palatine's Kole Fager (14) moves upfield past a host of Prospect players and in for a touchdown Friday in Palatine. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com

Run, Palatine Pirates, run.

Behold the simple game plan in host Palatine's thrilling 37-34 overtime defeat of Prospect Friday night.

Down 31-17 at 7:58 of the fourth quarter, Palatine — ranked fourth in the Daily Herald's Top 20 football poll — got 3- and 1-yard touchdown runs from senior running back Kole Fager (12 rushes, 86 yards, 4 touchdowns) in the final 5:37 to force the extra session.

Fager then scored the clincher, a 4-yard burst, after seventh-ranked Prospect settled for a 27-yard field goal on its lone possession in OT.

Prospect's Nathan Cichy (6) tries to pull in a touchdown pass before being pushed out of bounds by Palatine'

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