Great Plains Lutheran 28, Hitchcock-Tulare 20
HITCHCOCK - The Great Plains Lutheran Panthers opened up a 22-6 halftime lead and held on for a 28-20 victory over the Hitchcock-Tulare Patriots in Hitchcock on Friday.

The Panthers move to 4-4 behind a strong ground attack that produced 239 yards and four touchdowns.

Hitchcock-Tulare falls to 4-4 despite 114 yards and three touchdowns on the ground from Erik Salmen. Salmen was also 8 of 18 passing for 119 yards and also had eight tackles and a sack on defense.

Brendan Nowell led the Patriots in receiving with five catches for 69 yards. Dalton Rathjen had nine tackles and a sack while Preston Wipf had a pair of sacks on defense.

The Patriots will host Lemmon/McIntosh Thursday in Tulare to open the playoffs.

Great Plains Luth.  8 14   0 6 — 28
Hitchcock-Tulare    0   6 14 0 — 20

Scoring summary
1st quarter
GPL - Brody Scharlemann 8-yard TD run. (Conversion run by Thomas Erickson)

2nd quarter
HT - Erik Salmen 7-yard TD run. (Conversion failed)
GPL - Scharlemann 8-yard TD run. (Conversion failed)
GPL - Scharlemann 1-yard TD run. (Conversion run by Erickson)

3rd quarter
HT - Salmen 4-yard TD run. (Conversion run by Salmen)
HT - Salmen 8-yard TD run. (Conversion failed)

4th quarter
GPL - Scharlemann 24-yard TD run. (Conversion failed)

Deuel 50, Redfield 0
CLEAR LAKE – The Deuel Cardinals ran up 285 yards rushing en route to a 50-0 victory over the Redfield Pheasants Friday in Clear Lake.

Fifth-ranked Deuel finished the season with a perfect 8-0 record after Troy Maaland racked up 113 yards and three touchdowns while also being part of three 2-point conversions.

Gavin Kloos ran for 72 yards on 10 carries, including one score while Carson Marko ran four times for 69 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

The Pheasants were led defensively by Chase McGillvary’s five tackles.

Redfield finished the year with a 1-7 record.

Redfield       0   0   0 —   0
Deuel     18 16 16 — 50

Scoring summary
1st quarter
D - Gavin Kloos 27-yard TD run. (Conversion failed)
D - Carson Marko 10-yard TD run. (Conversion failed)
D - Troy Maaland 2-yard TD run. (Conversion failed)

2nd quarter
D - Marko 36-yard TD run. (Maaland 2-pt pass to Dexter Unzen)
D - Maaland 26-yard TD run. (Owen Haas 2-pt run)

3rd quarter
D - Oliver Fieber 22-yard TD run. (Maaland 2-pt pass to Unzen)
D - Maaland 9-yard TD run. (Maaland 2-pt run)