FAULKTON – Second-seeded Faulkton racked up more than 400 yards from scrimmage on the way to a 50-0 win over Jones County in the Class 9B football playoffs Thursday night.

Garrett Cramer rushed for 179 yards and four touchdowns as the Trojans had 234 yards on the ground. Layne Cotton passed for 170 yards and a pair of TDs as the Trojans improved to 8-1 on the season.

The Faulkton defense allowed just five yards of total offense in the contest.

Jones County (2-7) 0 0 0 – 0

Faulkton (8-1) 32 12 6 – 50

F – Lincoln Dikoff 52 pass from Layne Cotton (Cotton run).

F – Garrett Cramer 58 run (Spencer Melius pass from Cotton).

F – Cramer 2 run (Melius pass from Cotton).

F – Tristan Baloun 4 run (Cramer run).

F – Cramer 5 run.

F – Melius 37 pass from Cotton.

F – Cramer 6 run.

OFFENSE: Jones County, rushing 11-minus 16, passing 5-17-1 for 21 (Bryer Kinsley 5-17-1 for 21), receiving (Thad Kierl 1-12), first downs 2; Faulkton, rushing 19-234 (Cramer 13-179, Baloun 3-31, Melius 3-24), passing 9-22-1 for 170 (Cotton 9-11-1 for 170), receiving (Dikoff 1-52, Melius 2-42, Charlie Deiter 2-41, Cramer 2-25), first downs 17.

DEFENSE: Jones County, A. Schoon 9 tackles; Faulkton, Deiter 6 tackles, Melius 5 tackles.

Deuel 20, Webster 14

Webster (4-5) 8 0 0 6 – 14

Deuel (9-0) 0 6 14 0 – 20

W – Martin Dorsett49 pass from Ian Lesnar (Brent Bearman run).

D – Trey Maaland 1 run.

D – Maaland 40 run (Gavin Kloos run).

D – Maaland 34 run.

W – Gage Baumgarn 17 pass from Lesnar.

OFFENSE: Webster, rushing 22-41 (Carson Mount 9-32, Bearman 9-32), passing 8-15 for 130 (Lesnar 8-15 for 130), receiving (Dorsett 1-29, Mount 2-26), first downs 6; Deuel, rushing 57-341 (Maaland 39-288, Kloos 11-37, Owen Haas 4-13), passing 6-9 for 46 (Maaland 6-9 for 46), receiving (Gabe Sather 5-44, Dexter Unzen 1-2), first downs 21.

DEFENSE: Webster, Matthew Mount 12 tackles, Bearman 10 tackles, Jacob Keller 8 tackles, Trey Dunse 7 tackles; Deuel, Sather 6 tackles, Robert Begalka 5 tackles and 1 sack, Kaden Tekrony 5 tackles, Unzen 4 tackles, Oliver Fieber 4 tackles.

Elk Point-Jefferson 48, Groton 13

Groton (5-4) 0 7 0 6 – 13

Elk Point-Jefferson 13 14 14 7 – 48

EPJ – Carson Timmins 68 pass from Keaton Gale (Timmins).

EPJ – Ashton Fairbanks 36 pass from Gale (Timmins kick).

G – Korbin Kucker 3 run (Kucker kick).

EPJ – Gunner Ewing 8 run (Timmins kick).

EPJ – Fairbanks 27 pass from Gale (Timmins kick).

EPJ – Garrett Merkley 40 pass from Gale (Timmins kick).

EPJ – Gale 1 run (Timmins kick).

EPJ – Luke Schmitz run (Timmins kick).

G – Brevin Fliehs 61 pass from Kucker.

OFFENSE: Groton, rushing 26-58 (Kucker 17-52, Christian Ehresmann 6-12), passing 12-24-3 for 129 (Kucker 2-3 for 73, Lane Tietz 10-21 for 56), receiving (Fliehs 1-61, Teylor Diegel 5-24, Colby Dunker 3-19, Ehresmann 1-16), first downs 8; Elk Point-Jefferson, rushing 31-193 (Jacob Gale 6-50, Ewing 4-33, Merkley 3-25, Schmitz 2-23, K. Gale 4-19), passing 13-26 for 268 (K. Gale 13-26 for 268), receiving (Merkley 4-86, Fairbanks 4-76, Timmins 1-68, Schmitz 1-19, Grayson Girard 1-14, Kayden Moore 1-11), first downs 21.

DEFENSE: Groton, Ehresmann 12 tackles, Logan Ringgenberg 10 tackles, Holden Sippel 10 tackles; Elk Point-Jefferson, Moore 4 tackles, Landon Johnsen 4 tackles.

Elkton-Lake Benton 52, Britton-Hecla 0

Britton-Hecla 0 0 0 0 – 0

Elkton-Lake Benton 16 24 6 6 – 52

Scoring plays not reported

OFFENSE: Britton-Hecla, rushing 21-0 (Bryce Hawkinson 11-18), passing 2-11-2 for 23 (Jaxon Zuehlke 1-9 for 14, Jace Rein 1-2 for 9), receiving (Daniel Person 1-14, Hawkinson 1-9); Elkton-Lake Benton, rushing 24-229 (Colt Beck 7-108, Riddick Westley 8-82), passing 9-15 for 172 (Beck 9-15 for 172), receiving (Tanner Stein 3-66, Savion Stephens 3-56, Carson Griffith 3-47).

DEFENSE: Elkton-Lake Benton, Stein 7.5 tackles, Blake DeVries 6 tackles, Tanner Drietz 2 interceptions.

Hitchcock-Tulare 44, Lemmon-McIntosh 24

Lemmon-McIntosh (3-6) 12 6 6 0 – 24

Hitchcock-Tulare (5-4) 8 20 0 16 – 44

LM – Blair Ham 54 run.

HT – Erik Salmen 3 run (Salmen run).

LM – 55 pass interception return.

LM – Ham 25 run.

HT – Salmen 3 run (Blaze Binger run).

HT – Salmen 11 run.

HT – Patrick Maynard 10 pass from Salmen.

LM – 31 pass from Sawyer Thompson.

HT – Salmen 5 run (Maynard pass from Salmen).

HT – Salmen 5 run (Salmen run).

OFFENSE: Lemmon-McIntosh, 159 rushing, 51 passing; Hitchcock-Tulare, rushing 282 (Salmen31-219, Binger 5-17, Brendan Nowell 3-14), passing 5-9-1 for 43 (Salmen 5-9-1 for 43), receiving (Maynard 2-34, Nowell 2-5, Devin Enander 1-4).

DEFENSE: Hitchcock-Tulare, Jackson Maynard 13 tackles, Binger 10 tackles and 1 interception, Mikael Nielson 12 tackles, Nick Tollefson 7 tackles, Salmen 6 tackles and 1 interception.

Chester Area 28, Wolsey-Wessington 26

Chester Area (5-4) 0 7 13 8 – 28

Wolsey-Wessington (4-5) 7 13 0 6 – 26

Scoring plays not reported

OFFENSE: Chester Area stats not reported; Wolsey-Wessington 47-261 (Gabriel Case 21-105, Moshe Richmond 17-104, Caleb Richmond 7-40), passing 1-5-2 for 6.

DEFENSE: Wolsey-Wessington, Collin Hughes 22 tackles, M. Richmond 13 tackles, Case 8 tackles, Cooper Hochhalter 7 tackles.

Gayville-Volin 36, Herreid-Selby Area 32

Gayville-Volin (3-6) 6 14 0 14 – 34

Herreid-Selby Area (7-2) 8 0 6 18 – 32

GV – Hunter Wuebben 42 pass from Spencer Karstens.

HSA – Trevor Gill 7 pass from Wayde Grage (Houston Hauge).

GV – Karstens 1 run.

GV – Wuebben 27 pass from Karstens (Karstens run).

HSA – Hauge 16 run.

HSA – Mason Vetter 74 run.

GV – Karstens 2 run (Carter Barron pass from Karstens).

HSA – Matthew Neeley 83 kickoff return.

GV – Wuebben 5 pass from Karstens.

OFFENSE: Gayville-Volin stats not reported; Herreid-Selby Area, rushing 43-346 (Hauge 25-174, Vetter 5-95, Porter Gregg 8-68), passing 2-18-3 for 11 (Grage 2-18-3 for 11), receiving (Gill 1-7, Cole Zabel 1-4).

DEFENSE: Herreid-Selby Area, Ethan Thompson 9 tackles and 1 sack, Tanner Dryer 9 tackles, Gregg 9 tackles, Kaden Sayler 8 tackles, Gill 7 tackles and 1 sack.