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Second-half surge pushes Lodi past Xavier in WIAA Division 4 Level 3 football playoff

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LODI – Lodi scored a pair of third-quarter rushing touchdowns to push ahead and it went on to defeat Xavier 28-13 in a WIAA Division 4 Level 3 football matchup Friday night at Lodi High School.

Xavier tied the game at 7-7 on a 1-yard touchdown run by quarterback Reid Hietpas and that score held until halftime.

Lodi used rushing touchdowns on 9 yards from Gavin Sargeant and 55 yards by quarterback Mason Lane to take a two-score lead in the third quarter.

Reid Hietpas connected with Cole Hietpas for a 17-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to cut the Hawks’ deficit to 21-13, before Lodi added an insurance score late on a 29-yard run by Kylar Clemens.

Lang finished with 130 yards rushing and 69 passing for the undefeated Blue Devils (12-0).

Reid Hieptas had 89 yards rushing and finished 8-for-16 for 110 yards passing in the loss for Xavier, which ends its season with a 10-2 record.

Lodi moves on to a Division 4 Level 4 state semifinal next Friday against Baldwin-Woodville (10-2) at Arcadia High School. The winner earns a berth in the D-4 state finals at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison on Nov. 16.

Blue Devils 28, Hawks 13
Xavier   0   7   0   6   –   13
Lodi   7   0   14   7   –   28
First Quarter
L – Aiden Groskopf 40 pass from Mason Lane (Jacobo Castillo Rosales kick).
Second Quarter
X – Reid Hietpas 1 run (A.J. Seidler kick).
Third Quarter
L – Gavin Sargeant 9 run (Castillo Rosales kick).
L – Lane 55 run (Castillo Rosales kick).
Fourth Quarter
X – Cole Hietpas 17 pass from Reid Hietpas (run failed).
L – Kylar Clemens 29 run (Castillo Rosales kick).
Individual Statistics
Rushing: X, Reid Hietpas 17-89, Isaiah Des Jardins 8-40, Matthew Potter 10-27, Evan McCormick 3-7, Carter McGLone 1-5, Jonah Gentry 1-minus 1. L, Mason Lane 15-130, Kylar Clemens 4-64, Brady Puls 12-44, Gavin Sargeant 1-9.
Passing: X, R. Hietpas 8-16-110-1, Potter 0-1-0-0. L, Lane 7-14-69-0.
Receiving: X, Nathan Welter 2-20, Des Jardins 2-19, McCormick 1-30, Cole Hietpas 1-17. L, Sargeant 2-19, Puls 2-0, Aiden Groskopf 1-40, Jayce Kolinski 1-7, Paxton Krugman 1-3.
Records: Xavier 10-2; Lodi 12-0.