Southwest took the field Tuesday night at Baker University against a one-loss Baldwin High School team for their first ever playoff game.  Baldwin struck first with an 85-yard touchdown pass but failed the two-point conversion.
The Timberwolves drove the ball down to the 5-yard line threatening to take the lead, but the drive was killed after sophomore quarterback Aaron Ramsey was picked off in the end zone on fourth down.
The Bulldogs were shut down on their next drive by Southwest after going four-and-out and were forced to punt.
Southwest was able to drive deep into Baldwin territory with another long drive with a key from Ramsey to junior running back Kyle Scheumann, but it was the same story, different drive for the Timberwolves as the Baldwin defense intercepted a second pass in the end zone on third down.
Baldwin put up their second score off of a touchdown pass from senior quarterback Ryan Rogers to senior running back Josh Hoffman and were able to execute a two point conversion, leaving Southwest down 14-0 at the end of the half.
On Southwest’s first drive of the second half they were threatening once again inside the red zone but failed to make it past the sticks on a reception by senior Brannon Poston.  The Timberwolves were able to make another stop against the Bulldogs offense.
Southwest would score its first touchdown of the game when Scheumann busted out a 47-yard touchdown run, narrowing the deficit to just one score, 14-7.
In the fourth quarter Baldwin finished the drive they started at the end of the third with a 13-yard Hoffman touchdown run.  The Bulldogs failed the extra point kick, 20-7.  Southwest drove down the field once again in large part to a pass hookup from Ramsey to sophomore Scott Anderson that brought them down to the Bulldogs 44-yard line.  The drive was ended with an incomplete pass down field on a fourth and four.
Baldwin would find the end zone one last time when Rogers leaped in on a 1-yard touchdown dive, the two-point conversion was failed, Bulldogs widened the lead to 26-7.  The Timberwolves final drive of the game started with over six minutes left in the fourth quarter, but once again fourth down attempt was failed inside the red zone on the 8-yard line, ending Southwest’s season and playoff run.