WATERTOWN – Bryce Hawkinson scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to help power Britton-Hecla to a 20-16 non-conference football victory over Great Plains Lutheran Friday night.
Hawkinson, who finished with 156 yards rushing, scored on TD runs of 20 and 15 yards as the Braves erased an 8-6 deficit.
Brody Scharlemann passed for 171 yards and a pair of touchdowns for GPL, including a 70-yard strike to Hayden Karli.
Britton-Hecla (1-0) 6 0 0 14 – 20
Great Plains Lutheran (0-1) 0 0 8 8 – 16
BH – Jaxon Zuehlke 1 run
GPL – Alex Heil 22 pass from Brody Scharlemann (Micah Holien run)
BH – Bryce Hawkinson 20 run
BH – Hawkinson 15 run (Hawkinson run)
GPL – Hayden Karli 70 pass from Scharlemann (Holien run)
OFFENSE: Britton-Hecla rushing 44-196 (Hawkinson 21-156), passing 1-9 for 11 (Zuehlke 1-9 for 11), receiving (Isaiah Jackson 1-11). Great Plains Lutheran rushing 33-127 (Holien 12-40, Scharlemann 8-34, Thomas Erickson 6-23), passing 7-18 for 1
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