CORSICA – Landon Larson fired three touchdown passes to help lead Potter County to a 24-20 victory over Corsica-Stickney in the quarterfinals of the Class 9B football playoffs Thursday night.

Larson, who finished with 130 passing yards, threw TD passes to Chance Smith, Ryder Falkenhagen and Jhett Simon, as the Battlers knocked off their second higher-seeded opponent in as many weeks.

Potter County will now take on familiar foe Faulkton in the semifinals next Friday.

Carter Wright rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown, and had 8 tackles to pace Corsica-Stickney.

CS – Brock Hinker 23 pass from Driftin Mulder (PAT good).

PC – Chance Smith 37 pass from Landon Larson (PAT good).

CS – Carter Wright 22 run.

PC – Ryder Falkenhagen 69 pass from Larson (PAT good).

PC – Jhett Simon 4 pass from Larson (PAT good).

CS – Tate Tolsma 3 run.

OFFENSE: Potter County, rushing (Carter Luikens 8-15), passing 9-15 for 130 (Larson 9-15 for 130), receiving; Corsica-Stickney, rushing (Wright 30-116, Tolsma 11-51), passing 1-3 for 23.

DEFENSE: Potter County, Falkenhagen 12 tackles, Luikens 8 tackles; Corsica-Stickney, Wright 8 tackles, Tyson Wentland 8 tackles.

Faulkton 48, Kadoka Area 0

Kadoka Area (4-6) 0 0 0 0 – 0

Faulkton (9-1) 14 20 14 – 48

F – Layne Cotton 3 run (Cotton run).

F – Cotton 19 run.

F – Cotton 1 run.

F – Garrett Cramer 10 run (Cramer run).

F – Charlie Deiter 18 pass from Cotton.

F – Spencer Melius 69 punt return (Cramer run).

F – Landon Coyle 1 run.

OFFENSE: Kadoka Area, rushing 31-58 (Gus Stout 8-21, Cayden Patterson 4-12), passing 2-10-1 for 21 (Garrett Hermann 2-10-1 for 21), receiving (Karson Eisenbraun 1-23), first downs 5; Faulkton, rushing 37-224 (Cramer 11-80, Cotton 9-52, Coyle 5-43, Lincoln Dikoff 5-25), passing 5-7 for 78 (Cotton 5-7 for 78), receiving (Deiter 3-69, Cramer 1-9), first downs 14.

DEFENSE: Kadoka Area, Stout 7 tackles, Hermann 4 tackles, Eisenbraun 4 tackles; Faulkton, Dikoff 9 tackles, Melius 8 tackles, Deiter 8 tackles.

Hamlin 28, Wall 7

Wall (8-2) 0 7 0 0 – 7

Hamlin (9-1) 0 7 14 7 – 28

W – Dawson Handcock 11 pass from Burk Blasius (Jace Blasius kick).

H – Zac VanMeeteren 74 pass from Tyson Stevenson (Easton Neuendorf kick).

H – VanMeeteren 64 pass from Stevenson (Neuendorf kick).

H – Evan Stormo 4 run (Neuendorf kick).

H – Stevenson 3 run (Neuendorf kick).

OFFENSE: Wall, rushing 19-44 (B. Blasius 10-36), passing 17-39-0 for 153 (B. Blasius 15-37-0 for 114, J. Blasius 1-1-0 for 34, Levi Sharp 1-1-0 for 5), receiving (Handcock 7-54, Brodi Sundall 4-46, Kale Crowser 3-24, Thane Simmons 1-17); Hamlin, rushing 42-195 (Tyson Stevenson 20-115, Stormo 11-51, Luke Fraser 5-28), passing 11-19-2 for 234 (Stevenson 11-19-2 for 234), receiving (VanMeetern 6-210).

DEFENSE: Wall, B. Blasius 10 tackles, J. Blasius 6 tackles, Sharp 5 tackles and 1 interception, Sundall 5 tackles); Hamlin, Jackson Wadsworth 7 tackles, VanMeeteren 6 tackles and 3 sacks, Turner Stevenson 6 tackles, Stormo 5 tackles, Dawson Noem 5 tackles.

Rapid City Christian 13, Deuel 8

Rapid City Christian (8-2) 7 0 0 6 – 13

Deuel (9-1) 0 0 8 0 – 8

RCC – Wilson Kieffer 49 pass from Simon Kieffer (Benson Kieffer kick).

D – Gavin Kloos 2 run (Kloos run).

RCC – W. Kieffer 14 pass from S. Kieffer.

OFFENSE: Rapid City Christian, rushing 19-76 (S. Kieffer 8-62, Braylon Marshall 9-9), passing 11-19 for 189 (S. Kieffer 11-19 for 189), receiving (W. Kieffer 6-160, Daniel Jacobs 3-13), first downs 11; Deuel, rushing 66-269 (Kloos 37-163, Trey Maaland 13-61, Owen Haas 12-36), passing 1-8 for 43 (Maaland 1-8 for 43), receiving (Gabe Sather 1-43), first downs 18.

DEFENSE: Rapid City Christian, Drake Lindberg 10 tackles, Malachai Maseman 6 tackles, W. Kieffer 6 tackles, Marshall 6 tackles, Jacobs 1 tackle and 1 interception; Deuel, Sather 5 tackles, Robert Begalka 4 tackles and 1 sack, Kaden Tekrony 4 tackles, Kloos 3 tackles, Maaland 1 tackle and 1 interception.

Avon 38, Hitchcock-Tulare 14

Hitchcock-Tulare (5-5) 0 0 0 14 – 14

Avon (8-2) 8 14 16 0 – 38

A – Aziah Meyer 5 run (Meyer run).

A – Meyer 10 run (Tyler Tjeerdsma run).

A – Meyer 7 run.

A – Meyer 37 run (Meyer run).

A – Landon Mudder 10 run (Meyer run).

HT – Payton Chasing Hawk 1 run (Derek Johnson run)

HT – Chasing Hawk 56-yard pass from Devin Enander.

OFFENSE: Hitchcock-Tulare, 93 rushing (Johnson 2-55, Erik Salmen 6-23), passing 3-5 for 77 (Enander 1-1 for 56, Salmen 2-4 for 21), receiving (Chasing Hawk 1-56, Patrick Maynard 1-19), first downs 5; Avon, rushing 50-276 (Meyer 22-156, Mudden 8-56, Tjeerdsma 10-53), passing 1-1 for 21, first downs 13.

DEFENSE: Hitchcock-Tulare, Salmen 15 tackles, Jackson Maynard 7 tackles, Brendan Nowell 7 tackles; Avon, Al’Shamon Gunter 9 tackles, Meyer 6 tackles, Terran Talsma 6 tackles.