The East rallied in the fourth quarter Saturday to earn a 15-12 win over the West in the 64th-annual East-West Shrine All-Star Football Game at Baker Bulldog Memorial Stadium.

The win, the East’s second straight, gives the East a 31-30-3 overall lead in the series played to benefit the Portland Shriners Hospital for Children.

The East defense started the rally.

Forced to punt trailing 12-7, East punter Isaiah Cranford of La Grande put the West in a hole when he angled his kick out of bounds at the West 1.

Two plays later the East defense tackled the West’s Braden Clark (Scappoose) in the end zone for a safety. That pulled the East to within 12-9 with 10:25 left in the game.

Then, after the teams traded fumbles, the East regained the ball on the West 27 with 7:59 left in the game.

The East then ran more than 5 minutes off the clock on a 10-play drive, all on the ground.

Cascade’s Garrett Coffey scored the winning touchdown when he dove over right tackle from the 1-yard line with 2:40 remaining.

The West had one last drive to attempt the winning score, but Irrigon’s Fredy Vera intercepted West quarterback Rob Lohman’s (Scappoose) pass with 1:33 left to seal the win.

In a game in which the defenses had the upper hand, the West opened the scoring in the first quarter.

Anthony Johnson (Scio) scored on a 1-yard run capping a 15-play, 70-yard drive.

The score remained 6-0 West until the first play of the second quarter.

That’s when Mazama’s Curtis Anderson picked off a Lohman pass at the East 10 and raced untouched 90 yards for the touchdown.

Cranford’s conversion kick gave the East a 7-6 edge with 11:46 left in the first half.

The West regained a 12-6 advantage midway through the third quarter when Lohman hooked up with Scappoose teammate Brennen McNabb on a 63-yard scoring aerial.

On the play, McNabb got behind the East defender and Lohman hit him in stride for the score. McNabb stepped out of a tackle attempt near the East 20 before scoring.

The East finished with 230 total yards, the West 200.

Coffey led the East runners with 57 yards on 15 carries.

Lohman finished the game 13-of-20 passing for the West for 145 yards. But he had three passes intercepted. McNabb caught six passes for 118 yards.

The teams combined for eight turnovers.

West -6 0 6 0 — 12

East – 0 7 0 8 — 15

W — Johnson 1 run (Pass failed)

E — Anderson 90 interception return (Cranford kick)

W — McNabb 63 pass from Lohman (Pass failed)

E — Safety

E — Coffey 1 run (Kick failed)

Individual statistics

Rushing — West: Shaw 5-19, Lohman 12-16, Clark 7-13, Johnson 7-12, McKnight 1-4, McKay 1-(-6). East: Coffey 15-57, Vera 4-44, Schwarm 7-26, Frank 7-23, Jacobs 8-22, Anderson 7-(-6).

Passing — West: Lohman 13-20-3-145, Shaw 1-4-0-(-3). East: Anderson 4-6-0-32, Schwarm 4-11-3-30.

Receiving — West: McNabb 6-118, Ware 2-12, Lubben 2-4, Clark 2-0, McKay 1-4, Tripp 1-4. East: Halley 3-43, Howell 2-17, Cranford 1-8, Bentz 1-(-2), Jacobs 1-(-4).

Interceptions — West: Lopez, Arritola, Bain. East: Kindle, Anderson, Vera.