The Lynnville-Sully Hawks ground their way through the rain to grab a 20-0 win over AHSTW in the Class A Quarterfinals on Friday. Hawks tailback Corder Noun-Harder opened the scoring with a 69-yard punt return touchdown and ran for another score in the second half to lead the Hawks to the semis.

A driving rainfall was the story of the game, making it difficult for either team to hang on to the ball and put together much on offense. The Hawks were able to tilt the game in their favor by winning the field position battle early. A Viking fumble gave the Hawks a short field in the first quarter and they eventually got the punt return by Noun-Harder with 2:48 left in the first quarter to grab the lead.   The Vikings best starting field position of the first half came on the next possession because the Hawks sent the kickoff out of bounds but the Vikings went three and out. Late in the half the Vikings had a punt from their own end zone tipped and it went out of bounds at the 23 to give the Hawks a very short field. 5 plays later Kyle Squiers punched it in on a 3-yard run to make it 14-0 at half.

The ground game took over for Lynnville-Sully in the second half. Using a tight wing formation and direct snaps to Noun-Harder the Hawks melted away the clock. They had a 12-play drive and 9-play drive on their first two possessions of the second half. The second possession ended with a 1 yard plunge from Noun-Harder to make the score 20-0 with 1:20 left in the third quarter.

Ball security plagued both teams due to the rain but the Vikings seemed to struggle much more than the Hawks. The Vikings had three drives end in fumbles and a large number of snaps and handoffs hit the ground throughout the game.

Lynville-Sully improved to 11-0 on the season and advance to the Class A Semifinals next Thursday against West Hancock at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

AHSTW sees their phenomenal season end with a record of 10-1.