TULARE – Landon Puffer returned three punts for touchdowns and also added a 67-yard TD run to help second-rated Hitchcock-Tulare roll past Jones County 50-0 in the opening round of the Class 9B football playoffs Thursday night.

Puffer finished with game with 71 yards rushing and 191 yards in returns.

Erik Salmen ran for 64 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the Patriots, who improved to 9-0 on the season. TJ Salmen caught a TD pass from Carter Binger for Hitchcock-Tulare’s first score.

Jones County (3-6) 0 0 – 0

Hitchcock-Tulare (9-0) 44 6 – 50

HT – TJ Salmen 29 pass from Carter Binger (Binger run).

HT – Erik Salmen 23 run (Riley Fliehe run).

HT – Landon Puffer 44 punt return.

HT – Puffer 43 punt return (Puffer pass from Binger).

HT – Puffer 58 punt return.

HT – Puffer 67 run (Fliehe run).

HT – E. Salmen 5 run.

OFFENSE: Jones County rushing minus-37, passing minus-5; Hitchcock-Tulare rushing 167 (Puffer 2-71, E. Salmen 7-64), passing 3-6-1 for 45 (Binger 3-6-1 for 45), receiving (TJ Salmen 2-40, E. Salmen 1-5).

DEFENSE: Hitchcock-Tulare, Binger 12 tackles, TJ Salmen 6 tackles, Fliehe 5 tackles and 1 fumble recovery, Mason Bottum 5 tackles.

Warner 53, Burke 0

Burke (1-8) 0 0 – 0

Warner (9-0) 20 33 – 53

W – Hunter Cramer 2 run.

W – Cramer 38 run (Alec Mikkelsen kick).

W – Zach Wood 25 run (Mikkelsen kick).

W –Cramer 17 run (Mikkelsen kick).

W – Cramer 15 run (Mikkelsen kick).

W – Charlie Dulany 10 run.

W – Cramer 21 run.

W – Cramer 1 run (Mikkelsen kick).

OFFENSE: Burke rushing (Gentry Bartling 8-37, Sawyer Tietgen 3-16), passing (Reed Benter 2-11 for 13); Warner rushing (Cramer 12-124, Dulany 8-73), passing (Brodey Sauerwein 4-6 for 95), receiving (Ashton Schuchhardt 2-78, Jesiah Baum 2-17).

DEFENSE: Warner, Devin Woosley 6 tackles, Logan Permann 5 tackles, Schuchhardt 5 tackles.

Herreid-Selby Area 56, Lemmon-McIntosh 6

Lemmon-McIntosh (2-7) 0 6 – 6

Herreid-Selby Area (9-0) 20 36 – 56

Lemmon-McIntosh stats not reported

HSA – Brenden Begeman 45 run.

HSA – Begeman 47 run (Tray Hettick run).

HSA – Begeman 59 pass from Hettick.

LM – Blair Ham 35 pass from Sawyer Thompson.

HSA – Begeman 54 run.

HSA – Begeman 26 pass from Hettick (Houston Hauge run).

HSA – Trevor Gill 24 pass from Hettick (Begeman run).

HSA – Darion Barker 19 pass from Hettick.

HSA – Gill 41 pass from Hettick (Begeman run).

OFFENSE: Herreid-Selby Area rushing (Begeman 9-162, Mason Vetter 4-18, Hettick 4-15, Gill 1-9, Hauge 2-3), passing 245 (Hettick 8-14 for 245), receiving (Begeman 3-130, Gill 2-65, Barker 2-41, Cole Zabel 1-9).

DEFENSE: Herreid-Selby Area, Gill 5 tackles, Kaden Sayler 5 tackles, Nathan Bradford 4 tackles, Begeman 3 tackles 1 sack, Vetter 2 tackles 1 sack, Hunter Friend 2 tackles 1 sack.

Avon 74, Faulkton 48

Faulkton (4-5) 12 14 16 6 – 48

Avon (5-4) 24 14 12 24 – 74

F – Roman DiMaria 44 pass from Layne Cotton.

A – Brady Bierema 18 run (Bierema run).

A – Cody Soukup 9 pass from Paxton Bierema (Cade Faulkner run).

F – Daniel Stoll 33 run.

A – Faulkner 21 run (P. Bierema run).

F – DiMaria 28 pass from Cotton (DiMaria pass from Cotton).

A – B. Bierema 10 run.

F – Stoll 36 pass from Cotton.

A – Landon Thury 12 pass from P. Bierema (B. Bierema run).

F – Cotton 7 run.

A – B. Bierema 60 run.

F – Cotton 4 run (Garrett Cramer pass from Cotton).

A – B. Bierema 9 run.

F – Cotton 7 run.

A – P. Bierema 7 run (B. Bierema run).

A – Landon Mudder 6 run (B. Bierema run).

A – Faulkner 70 run (Jaden Stahl run).

OFFENSE:  Faulkton rushing 250 (Stoll 7-90, Spencer Melius 1-62, Cotton 16-51, Cramer 14-40), passing 260 (Cotton 19-31-1 for 260), receiving (DiMaria 13-197, Stoll 2-45, Cramer 3-18); Avon rushing 573 (Faulkner 17-266, B. Bierema 15-201, P. Bierema 6-76, Mudder 6-21), passing 43 (P. Bierema 3-3 for 42), receiving (B. Bierema 1-21, Thury 1-12, Soukup 1-9).

DEFENSE: Faulkton, Lincoln Dikoff 9 tackles, Cramer 8.5 tackles, Cade Schick 5.5 tackles, DJ McGaugh 4.5 tackles; Avon, B. Bierema 10.5 tackles 1 INT, P. Bierema 8.5 tackles, Terran Talsma 6 tackles, Tyler Tjeerdsma 5.5 tackles, Faulkner 5 tackles.

Deuel 27, St. Thomas More 10

St. Thomas More (5-4) 0 10 0 0 – 10

Deuel (8-1) 7 0 6 14 – 27

D – Trey Maaland 5 run (Brandon Fieber kick).

STM – Matthew Larson 12 run (JD Green kick).

STM – JD Green 21 field goal.

D – Maaland 4 run.

D – Owen Quail 2 run.

D – Quail 12 run (Maaland run).

OFFENSE: St. Thomas More rushing 62 (Larson 14-56, Lee Neugebauer 2-5), passing 120 (Neugebauer 8-22-2 for 120), receiving (Easton Ogle 2-50, Peyton Young 3-31, Aidan Mason 1-20); Deuel rushing 307 (Quail 35-224, Maaland 12-51, Owen Haas 3-20), passing (Maaland 4-8 for 51), receiving (Gavin Benck 1-23, Braydon Simon 3-22).

DEFENSE: St. Thomas More, Larson 10 tackles, Spencer Johannesen 10 tackles, Chase Donnelly 4 tackles, Marcus Stouffer 4 tackles, Tyson Durham 4 tackles; Deuel, Robbie Begalka 7 tackles 1 sack, Quail 4 tackles 1 INT, Tate Kenyon 4 tackles 1 fumble recovery, Maaland 1 INT.

Wolsey-Wessington 41, Deubrook Area 0

Deubrook Area (4-5) – 0

Wolsey-Wessington (6-3) – 41

WW – Keegan Haider 3 run.

WW – Haider 1 run.

WW – Caleb Richmond 40 INT return.

WW – Haider 5 run.

​WW – Austin Wyantt 23 run.

WW – Tate French 7 pass from Blaze Herman.

OFFENSE: Deubrook Area rushing (Jace Vomacka 24 yds, Treven Grimsrud 5 yds), passing (Colin Bauman 75 passing yds), receiving (Nolan Peterson 31 yds, Jacob Jorenby 23 yds); Wolsey-Wessington rushing (Joey Hoverson 37 yds, Haider 33 yds, Austin Wyant 23 yds), passing (Herdman 121 passing yds), receiving (Moshe Richmond 47 yds, Caleb Richmond 38 yds).

DEFENSE: Deubrook Area, Ty Landmark 10 tackles, JP Rogness 5 tackles, Nolan Peterson 4 tackles; Wolsey-Wessington, Haider 5 tackles, Colin Hughes 5 tackles, Wyant 4 tackles.