By John RittenhouseAn outstanding comeback by Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth Tuesday in Cleveland propelled the Patriots into the semifinal round of the Section 2 Nine-Man Football Playoffs.Trailing by 12 points with less than 18 minutes left to play, H-BC-E rallied to score 18 unanswered points in a span of 4:10 to pull out a 34-26 victory.The win ups H-BC-E’s season record to 2-6, and it sends the Patriots to Edgerton Saturday to play the top-seeded Flying Dutchmen at 3 p.m.Cleveland, the section’s fourth seed, ends the season with a 2-7 record.It looked like Cleveland might be headed to Edgerton when it snapped a 14-14 halftime deadlock by recording a pair of touchdowns in the first 6:54 of the third quarter.The Clippers moved in front 20-14 with a 16-yard touchdown pass at the 7:43 mark of the fourth quarter, and they increased their lead to 12 points (26-14) with an 80-yard touchdown run with 5:06 remaining in the stanza.H-BC-E, however, controlled play the rest of the night.Facing a fourth-and-two situation late in the third quarter, H-BC-E received a boost in confidence when quarterback Adam Finke hooked up with Cody Rozeboom for a 34-yard pass that pushed the ball to Cleveland’s one-yard line. Jon Klaassen scored on a one-yard plunge on the next play to make it a 26-20 game with 2:17 remaining in the third period.Finke, who passed for 253 yards and three touchdowns in the contest, tossed two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter to put the Patriots in front to stay.Finke and Rozeboom connected for a 34-yard touchdown pass at the 11:02 mark of the final stanza. Finke booted the extra point to give the Patriots a 27-26 edge.H-BC-E’s Kerry Fink intercepted a pass moments later, which set up a 38-yard touchdown pass from Finke to Rozeboom with 10:07 remaining in the game. When Finke added the extra point, the scoring was complete."It was great to be down by two touchdowns then come back to win," said H-BC-E coach Dan Ellingson.Klaassen, who carried the ball for 113 yards during the game, opened the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown run at 1:31 mark of the first quarter. Finke’s extra point made it 7-0.Cleveland trimmed the difference to one point (7-6) with a 75-yard touchdown run with 37 seconds left in the first quarter before moving in front 14-7 with a 12-yard touchdown pass and a successful two-point conversion with 3:19 remaining in the second quarter.H-BC-E tied the game at 14 when Finke tossed a 15-yard touchdown pass to Weston DeBerg before booting the extra point with one second left in the first half.Team statisticsH-BC: 201 rushing yards, 253 passing yards, 454 total yards, 20 first downs, 10 penalties for 90 yards, three turnovers.Cleveland: 160 rushing yards, 232 passing yards, 392 total yards, nine first downs, six penalties for 45 yards, three turnovers.Individual statisticsRushing: Klaassen 26-113, Finke 13-52, Jarid Hoogendoorn 8-30.Passing: Finke 15-29 for 253 yards.Receiving: Rozeboom 10-169, DeBerg 4-70, Devin DeBoer 1-14.Defense: Jason Martens nine tackles, Tom Leuthold six tackles, Mitchell Leuthold five tackles, Fink two interceptions and one fumble recovery.