GETTYSBURG – Grant Luikens and Cooper Logan made sure that Potter County recovered from a slow start to earn a place in the 9B semifinals.
Logan ran for three touchdowns and caught one of Luikens’ two touchdown passes Thursday as Potter County overwhelmed Hitchcock-Tulare 48-8 in a quarterfinal game.
Hitchcock-Tulare scored first, but Luikens found Logan on a touchdown pass late in the first quarter as the Battlers cut the Patriots’ lead to 8-6.
Luikens’ five-yard scoring run early in the second quarter put Potter County (9-2) ahead for good at 14-8. The lead was 20-8 after Luikens’ 20-yard touchdown pass to Ryder Falkenhagen with 11 seconds left in the first half. Logan and Drake Bassett ran for third quarter scores. Logan’s other two rushing scores accounted for the rest of the scoring in the fourth quarter.
Potter County will play at Faulkton Area in a semifinal game on Friday, November 5.
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