The #1 Axtell Eagles advanced to Sectional's on Friday night as they raced past Hanover in the fourth quarter to get the win 52-26. 

The game was tight for three quarters but key Hanover turnovers and well executed drives by Axtell helped the Eagles advance to the quarterfinals. 

Axtell led 8-0 after the first quarter on a one yard touchdown run by quarterback Isaac Detweiler. 

The Eagles would extend the lead to 14-0 midway through the second quarter as Detweiler found Eli Broxterman on a 15 yard touchdown pass. 

Hanover fought back with back to back touchdowns in the quarter to tie the game at 14. Emmitt Jueneman tossed a 15 yard touchdown pass to Chase Bruna and that was followed by a Keagan Dimler one yard touchdown run. 

Axtell would add a big touchdown right before halftime as Detweiler added a six yard touchdown run with six seconds left before halftime to lead 20-14. 

Eagles began the second half getting a double up lead 28-14 as Detweiler found the endzone from 11 yards out. 

Like the second quarter, Hanover fought right back and got back to within 28-26 as Jueneman had a two yard touchdown run on fourth and goal while Dimler followed that up with a six yard touchdown after recovering an Axtell fumble. 

That was all the scoring for Hanover as Axtell would dominate the rest of the game. Broxterman ran one in from 11 yards out to extend the lead to 36-26 late in the third quarter. 

The play of the game was not long after as Hanover was in the redzone looking to get back within a few points but threw an interception at the goal line and the Eagles would capitalize with a 22 yard touchdown pass from Detweiler to Evan Buessing to extend the lead out to 44-26 early in the fourth quarter. 

Hanover would throw another interception and have a turnover on downs in their next two possessions and the Eagles would add one more touchdown with a five yard pass from Deweiler to Broxertman. 

Axtell tallied 421 yards while the Wildcats added 360 yards of offense. Detweiler finished the game with 32 carries for 212 yards and three touchdowns and also went 15 of 16 passing for 156 yards and three more scores. 

Broxterman added 72 total yards and three scores while Brandon Schmelzle talled seven catches for 68 yards. 

Hanover was led by Dimler with over 100 yards rushing and two touchdowns while Jueneman had 11 carries for 61 yards. Josh Zarybinicky added five catches for 131 yards. 

The Wildcats end their season at 6-4 while the #1 ranked Eagles in 8M-II move to 10-0 and advance to Sectional's this week and will travel to 7-1 Waverly on Friday night.