Three of the four area teams closed out the regular season on a high note.
Aurora finished the regular season with an 8-1 mark, using a big second half to down McCook in its home finale, 34-7.
The Huskies held just a 6-0 lead at the break before scoring four times in the second half. Aurora had two rushing scores from Wyatt Pollet while Sam Jones tossed and rushed for scores.
Aurora will find out its Class B playoff path Saturday morning.
As for H&H, the Bearcats gave Lincoln Lutheran all it wanted on a windy night in Henderson, but the Warriors used a big second half to get a 31-14 win.
The Bearcats scored first on a 74-yard pitch and catch from Landen Rojewski to Rylee Scheidemann and tied things at 14-all in the second quarter after a Nevada Gloystein rush.
From that point, though, Lincoln Lutheran scored the final 17 unanswered to win the game. H&H finishes its first Class C2 11-man season with a 1-8 record.
High Plains closed out the regular season with a convincing 60-12 win over Harvard at home, improving its record to 5-3. The Storm awaits word on its potential playoff bid Saturday morning.
Giltner also closed out its first 6-man season strong, picking up a 52-14 win at Silver Lake to round out its season with a 3-5 record.
Listed are all area teams and the scores of those games with the winning team in bold:
Aurora vs McCook, 34-7
H&H vs Lincoln Lutheran, 31-14
High Plains vs Harvard, 60-12
Giltner @ Silver Lake, 52-14
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