MINNEAPOLIS — Hills-Beaver Creek's five interceptions were enough to keep the Fertile-Beltrami offense from getting going Thursday.

With a high-scoring second quarter, the Patriots put together a 30-14 Minnesota 9-player state semifinal win at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Both sides had long rushing attempts for scores. As the game went on, though, the side that put together a strong, methodical drive came out on top.

“We haven’t had to do that too many times this year," Hills-Beaver Creek head coach Rex Metzger said. "For us to put some drives together, I thought we established our running game like we wanted to."

After dominating through the Section 6 tournament, the Falcons were immediately put to the test against the Patriots.

A decent return on the opening kick was met with another explosi

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