There's thunder, there is lightning, and then when it gets really nasty, a tornado and an earthquake, that opponents must face each week when taking on the Kenston Bombers.

Each of these elements came up huge in their own special ways to deliver a 45-42 defeat of Copley in Week Four of the football season to even Kenston's record at 2-2.

The Copley Indians first were struck by lightning when Will Hamm led off the game with a 17-yard kickoff return. Thunder then rumbled when Jackson Ehrenbeit took the first Bomber handoff for a nine yard gain. Then a tornado hit when Kahlil Hinton whirled his way past a defender for a 21-yard touchdown reception to put Kenston up 7-0 early.

An earthquake then registered on the seismic charts when Tucker Meeks was unleashed on the Copley backfield, ending in a sack of the quarterback. And despite the Indians putting up the next two scores it would just continue all night long...

The second tornado touched down when a bomb thrown up by Michael Cieslak hit a leaping Hinton, who made a one-handed grab and blew by a defender for a 61-yard romp to the end zone. That one tied it at 14 as the teams hit halftime.

Then it really got crazy...Copley answered out of the locker room with a deep ball of their own when they scored on a 90-yard pass play, giving them a 21-14 lead.

Thunder and lightning teamed up again on the next drive though, when a nine-yard Ehrenbeit run set up Hamm to score on an 11-yard TD run, evening the score at 21. The tandem kept at it and Meeks even toted the rock on the next offensive drive that culminated in a one-yard scoring dive from Ehrenbeit to give Kenston the 28-21 lead.

Copley answered quickly with a 36-yard pass play followed by another deep pass for a 45-yard touchdown, tying it up at 28. On the very next drive lightning struck again, this time a 38-yard scoring scamper from Hamm to give Kenston the 35-28 lead.

After the teams traded punts, Copley was stopped again, setting up Mr. Tornado himself for an epic return. Hinton bobbled a bouncing ball at his own 34 but did not break stride as he twisted his way through the Indians' special teamers for a program-record 66-yard punt return for the touchdown.

Some breathing room for Kenston at 42-28, but Copley would not go away - another scoring drive brought them within a score. The Kenston offense rode Meeks for 23 yards on the ground but turned it over on downs when he was stopped inches short on a fourth down conversion try.

On the very next play, Bobby Hairston appeared to make an unbelievable interception, stripping the ball in midair from a Copley receiver and landing on his back with the ball in tow. However, it was inexplicably deemed a complete pass and Copley was given life to tie it up at 42 with 1:33 left in the game.

On the ensuing kickoff, Copley kept its streak of squib quicks active and knocked one out of bounds. Kenston elected a re-kick and that one only travelled just 19 yards where it was returned by Meeks for 10 yards, giving Kenston fantastic field position.

Ehnrenbeit, Hamm, and Meeks all took turns carrying the ball up-field and two key completions from Cieslak to Stanton Rosenthal and Jackson Reed, respectively, got the Bombers into the Copley red zone.

A late hit called against the Indians set up Hamm to just get the ball where senior kicker Ethan Dennis wanted it: five-yard line, left hash.

With just three seconds left, Dennis stepped up and drilled the buzzer-beating game-winning field goal to seal the 45-42 victory.

As a team, Kenston ran the ball 61 times for 365 yards with Hamm (138) and Ehrenbeit (127) each eclipsing the hundred-yard mark.

Cieslak was just busy enough, completing five of 10 passes for 106 yards and two scores. Those two touchdowns plus another on the punt return gave Hinton his three scores to go with 82 yards receiving and 161 total yards. The 66-yard return broke the mark of 62 previously set in 2015 by Connor Kure.

Meeks ended up with 46 yards rushing and a rare 21 yards in the return game, but he did most of his damage on defense. He finished with 10 tackles (seven solo), a half-sack, three tackles for loss, and four QB pressures.

Ben Rostocil had arguably the best game of his career, finishing with seven tackles (four solo), a half-sack, four tackles for loss, and a hurry.

Hairston also hit double-digits in tackles with 10 to go with his would-be interception in the fourth quarter.

Kenston will continue its Suburban League slate on September 18 at Brecksville-Broadview Heights.