AMHERST — Sometimes, statistics do tell the story.

Friday night, the statistic that told the story of Amherst’s win over Wahconah was three — as in three Wahconah fumbles that turned into three Amherst touchdowns, as the host Hurricanes beat the Warriors 32-20. Amherst broke a 20-20 tie by scoring 12 fourth-quarter points.

“I’m just proud of my guys for not quitting,” Amherst coach Jack Putala said. “They really wanted this one. We definitely didn’t play our best football in the first half. We had a lot to clean up. I thought the second half was much cleaner.

“We preached all week about winning the turnover battle, and we did. We took advantage of turnovers and that was the difference in the game.”

The loss drops Wahconah to 2-4, while the Hurricanes are now 4-2. The Warriors entered the game as the No. 12 team in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Division VII ratings, while Amherst came in as the No. 20 team in Division IV.

“I think what I’m hanging up on now is turnovers,” Wahconah coach Gary Campbell Jr. said. “Our own self-inflicted turnovers, that hurt. Then, big plays by them, really big plays. On fourth down they got them twice and had some big long runs.

“We did a a lot of good things tonight, but not enough to win.”

Amherst running back Brady Klaes had a stellar night. The sophomore back carried the ball 26 times for 200 yards. He did gash the Wahconah defense on runs of 54, 22, and 58 yards. The 54 and 58-yard runs both went for touchdowns. The 54-yard TD came on Amherst’s first drive, while the other came after the Hurricanes recovered a Wahconah fumble on the Amherst 35.

“That’s Number 4. He’s a hell of a running back,” Putala said. “I think our guys did a great job setting the edge on their blocking tonight. That was a big thing.”

In a back-and-forth game, every time Amherst scored, Wahconah answered. It did not necessarily come on the next series for Campbell and the Warriors, but it did come. At least, until it didn’t.

A 59-yard punt return by Gio Venable late in the third quarter put the ball on the Amherst one-yard line. It took the Warriors two plays to score a touchdown that tied the game 20-20. Jerry Beaubrun, who had a stellar night for the Warriors in his return to action, scored on second down, tying the game. He was, however, stopped shy of the goal line on the two-point conversion that would have given Wahconah its first lead of the game.

A muffed kickoff gave the Hurricanes the ball on the Wahconah 49. Amherst converted on third-and 14 when quarterback Travis Isabelle hit Raymond Anthony Colon for 22 yards and a first down on the Wahconah 26.

The Warriors had been gashed for four running plays that gained 176 of the 234 Amherst rushing yards, but were stout for much of the night. The Wahconah defense stuffed Klaes, for no gain on consecutive plays. On third down, Isabelle’s pass to Colon was broken up by Lorenzo Lewis, making it fourth down and forcing Amherst coach Jack Putela to make a decision.

Putela had Isabelle throw the ball. Diminutive receiver Taylor Alfaro Leiva dove for a low pass and managed to get his arms under the ball for a huge 24-yard play. On the next play, Klaes went in from nine yards out, but was stopped on the two-point conversion, making it 26-20.

Trevion Hawkins fielded the kickoff for Wahconah, and was poised to give the Warriors good field position. But the ball was jarred loose and Amherst’s Jahrain Whitely recovered on the Wahconah 31.

“We put the ball on the ground,” said the Wahconah coach, “and that’s not good.”

The Wahconah defense stiffened, but on fourth down, Isabelle threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Coy, which accounted for the 32-20 final.