Football: Hill-Murray falls in Class 4A state quarterfinals

The transitive property of equality is that if two things are each equal to a third thing they must be equal to each other If one were to use that fundamental mathematical principle often referenced as if A B and B C then A C entering Thursday s Class A state football quarterfinal things did not look promising for Hill-Murray but did for Kasson-Mantorville That s because the KoMets overcame an -point halftime deficit to take down top-ranked Byron - in last week s section title tournament Byron crushed Hill-Murray by points in mid-September At Stillwater High School the principle held up Jeremiah Peterson ran for two scores and had a touchdown catch Keymoni Bent returned an interception yards for a touchdown and Kasson-Mantorville beat the Pioneers - With the win the KoMets - will play Grand Rapids in a state semifinal at a m Nov at U S Bank Stadium Grady Buettner ran for yards and a touchdown for Hill-Murray - which also got a touchdown reception from Caden Harrington The tournament s biggest play came in the final seconds of the opening half Trailing - Hill-Murray looked for the equalizer from the Kasson-Mantorville -yard line Brayden Hartmann s throw was headed for a receiver in the end zone but Bent got in the way With the ball in his arms and plenty of green in front of him the sophomore sped down the KoMets sideline made a move inside the Pioneer to deke a final tackler and dashed across the other goal line Hill-Murray s first five drives of the first half all got inside the Kasson-Mantorville but the Pioneers scored just six points via - and -yard field goals from Evan Curtis They lost a fumble at the on their third drive had a field-goal attempt blocked on the fourth and then came Bent s pick- Bent returned the second-half kickoff into Hill-Murray territory Three plays later Logan Louks scored from yards out on rd-and- to make it - KoMets Buettner scored from the to get the Pioneers within - with left in the third quarter but Peterson went for yards to the end zone on the opening play of the ensuing Kasson-Mantorville drive Harrington s -yard touchdown reception opened the fourth Related Articles Football Moorhead beats Centennial in Class A state quarters Wisconsin State Boys Soccer Hudson rallies twice but falls short of final State volleyball New Life Academy rallies from - hole to win state quarterfinal State volleyball Prior Lake ends Apple Valley s run in A semis State volleyball Practice makes perfect for Lakeville South in semifinal win over Roseville