PARIS — It was a matter of who was left standing as Cony and Oxford Hills knocked each other around in a football game Friday night.

Cony left with a 34-14 win as the Rams head into the playoffs, while Oxford Hills ends its season with a hard-fought 3-6 record.

“They are a very physical team,” said Cony quarterback Ben Lucas, who finished with 199 yards passing and a touchdown while playing through an ankle injury. “That (Dexter Turner) is one of the best players I have played against all year.”

Cony jumped on the board on its second drive, as Ben Lucas hit Tayler Carrier on an 18-yard reception to give Cony a 6-0 lead. Oxford Hills answered  when the talented Nick Bowie scored on a 47-yard touchdown run. Cony fired back when Brandon St. Michel rushed one in from 7 yards out, and Cony had a 13-7 lead at the end of the first quarter.

“They have a great offense,” said Oxford hills head coach Mark Soehren. “They play very physical as well. You can tell they hit the weight room

Nick Bowie got his second touchdown of the night on the next series, a 10 yarder to give Oxford Hills a 14-13 lead with 10:43 left in the first half.

After St. Michel answered with another touchdown run to give Cony a 20-14 lead, a collision in the backfield sent Spencer Thompson of Oxford Hills off in an ambulance (he waved his arms to the crowd) and Lucas to the sidelines for the rest of the half with an injured ankle. He returned in the second half and provided enough of a boost to help Cony pull away. Chandler Shostak’s 54-yard interception return for touchdown late in the third put it away, and Cony’s Charlie Hallock had a 4-yard run in the fourth to give the game its final tally.

“This was a great group of seniors,” said Soehren. “You hate to see them go. It felt like they were just getting started.”