Culver City, CA — CULVER CITY — Colton Schlimgen could hear the crowd and feel the weight of the moment. Especially when the ball split the uprights. “It felt amazing,” said Schlimgen. “Once in a lifetime.” Schlimgen converted a 27-yard field goal with 1:54 left to spur the Camarillo High football team past host Culver City, 23-21, in the CIF-Southern Section Division 6 quarterfinals Friday night. It was the third field goal of the night for the four-year varsity player, who also kicked a game-winner as a sophomore against Oxnard. “This is my proudest moment,” Schlimgen said. “My most memorable moment.” Quarterback Brody Meyer completed 18 of 37 passes for 352 yards and a touchdown and also ran for a touchdown, receiver Brandon Contreras caught six passes for 213 yards and a score, and Nathaniel Tostado and Reece Winchester snagged fourth-quarter interceptions as the Scorpions (8-4) dug out of a 14-3 deficit to advance to the semifinals for the third straight postseason. “I think we showed a lot of perseverance,” Meyer said. “We kept our heads down and we just grinded that game out.” Camarillo will host Temecula Valley (9-3) in this Friday’s semifinal. “I knew … we’d all rally,” Contreras said. “I knew we were going to rally together and face adversity. It’s nothing we haven’t faced before.” Not that it was easy. Camarillo found itself staring up at a 14-6 halftime hole after turning four first-half red-zone trips into just a pair of Schlimgen field goals. “We just shot ourselves in the foot on offense a little bit,” Camarillo head coach Jack Willard said. “We had opportunities to make it a little different game.” And the Scorpions were having all kinds of trouble with the speed of Culver City junior Ethan Harris, who caught 11 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns. “We needed the offense in the first half because, defensively, it took some time to get adjusted to their speed,” Willard said. “They hit us with some big shots.” Alonzo Esparza’s 35-yard TD pass to Harris and 11-yard TD pass to Jamiere Munson gave Culver City a 14-3 lead with 7:44 left in the first half. After Schlimgen ended the half with a 35-yard field goal, Camarillo tied the game on its first possession of the second half. “It came down to building on what we had already done,” Meyer said. “We drove the ball every drive. The biggest thing we talked about at halftime was this game comes down to us. It comes down to us finishing every drive.” Meyer’s 3-yard TD run, set up by a 44-yard pass to Jack Maulhardt, capped a seven-play, 72-yard scoring drive. Meyer followed with a conversion pass to Max Carter that tied the game, 14-14, with 8:36 left in the third quarter. Three minutes later, Camarillo took a 20-14 lead on Contreras’ 77-yard screen pass, sprung by a beautiful block by junior Branson Lewis. The Camarillo defense was also part of the comeback. After weathering the early storm, it shut out Culver City for a 28-minute span that bridged halftime. Linebacker Robert Valles III had a pair of drive-killing sacks. “We did a fantastic job shutting down their run,” Willard said. “We got a little pressure on them.” Backed up to a second-and-29 on its own 7 with four minutes left, Culver City looked done. “There was no doubt in my head,” Meyer said. Meyer went back to Contreras for the response, hitting his playmaker on a wheel route down the left sideline for a 40-yard drive-starter to the Culver City 24. “I don’t know what move Brandon put on that corner,” Willard said. “When I saw him downfield, I said, ‘Did they not cover him?’ “Brody played catch real well there and gave us a chance.” Four snaps later, Schlimgen took the field to deliver the game-winning points. “Special teams wins games,” Meyer said. “It came down to everyone blocking for Colton and then Colton executing those kicks. He booted some punts and made a clutch field goal. That’s all you can ask for.” In addition to the three field goals, Schlimgen also delivered a field-flipping 70-yard punt that helped Camarillo weather the storm in the first half. “I have confidence in him,” Willard said. “As long as the other 10 guys do their jobs, I have confidence. … He saved our (butt) tonight.”