In their second meeting in 32 days, the offenses exploded after a scoreless opening quarter and Hiawatha would ride Denzel Chilcoat to a 50-35 playoff victory.  Chilcoat stole the show, rushing for 411 yards on 36 carries while also catching 2 passes and returning a kickoff 84 yards for a total of 5 touchdowns and over 500 all purpose yards.  It gave Hiawatha their first playoff win since 2001 and advanced them in the Class 3A Bracket to Saturday when they host perennial power Silver Lake at 6:00 PM in Regionals. 

Just like the week five meeting, Hiawatha jumped to a 14-0 lead as Parker Hasenkamp opening the scoring with a one-yard run and Denzel Chilcoat sprinted 45 yards to double the lead with 1:55 remaining in the first half.  Nemaha Valley got back in the game as David Holthaus returned the ensuing kickoff 68 yards for a touchdown, but Chilcoat took took the NV kick back and the Hawks led 20-7 at intermission.  Hiawatha had 269 yards of offense to just 27 total for NV at the break.

The two teams traded scores through the second half as Nemaha Valley kept cutting the deficit to one score with long touchdown passes.  In fact, Caleb Meyer connected on three consecutive pass plays of 56 yards to Alex Rottinghaus, 64 yards to Michael Rottinghaus and then another 60 yarder to Alex Rottinghaus which make the score 33-27 early in the fourth quarter.  Yet, just as they had done all night, Hiawatha had the answer for Nemaha Valley and gained breathing room with a 35 yard field goal by Conner Bigham, who had two earlier PAT's blocked.  Then, finally, the Hiawatha defense forced a three and out, thanks in part to a pair of their 5 team sacks as and Denzel Chilcoat added touchdown runs of 24 and 36 yards in the final five minutes as the home team pulled away for a 50-27 lead.  The Raiders drove and scored on a 10 yard pass from Meyer to Michael Rottinghaus with :19 left, but the Raiders first post-season appearance in a decade ended with a 50-35 loss.  NV finished 7-3 in Coach Warren Seitz second season and went 5-0 to claim the Big Seven-North Division Title.  Caleb Meyer was 10-21 passing for 232 including a trio of long second half touchdowns, two each to Michael and Alex Rottinghaus.  The Raiders however managed only 9 yards on the ground. 

Hiawatha, improved to 8-2, and avenged their 27-21 setback to the Raiders in Seneca on September 28th.  The Hawks racked up 602 total yards, including 140 passing for Brad Chilcoat, and Conner Bigham had 112 receiving yards and a team-high 7 catches including a touchdown. Peyton Newell and Bryce Oldridge each recorded two sacks for the Redhawk defense.