Lincoln Southwest put its big-play offense on display Friday night.

The Class A sixth-ranked Silver Hawks capitalized on a pair of turnovers and had scoring plays of 23, 75 and 82 yards in the first half en route to a 42-20 victory against No. 9 Lincoln North Star at Seacrest Field.

The Silver Hawks scored their first four touchdowns on a total of seven plays. Southwest's first "drive" came just before halftime when Rylan Cotton directed an eight-play march that gave the Silver Hawks a 35-7 advantage.

"I was a lot more pleased with our offense this week," Southwest coach Mark King said. The Silver Hawks scored 16 points in their season-opening win against Fremont. "We've got some real good skill-position kids who can take it 80 yards."

North Star couldn't take advantage when the Gators recovered what looked like an onside kick to start the game. Jordan Tyrance stopped the Gators' drive when he intercepted a pass and returned it 59 yards to the 21-yard line. Three plays later, Tyrance caught a 23-yard scoring toss from Cotton.

On the next Southwest possession, Cotton passed over the middle to Vino Brown, who caught the ball near the North Star 40 and raced into the end zone for a 75-yard score.

North Star got right back in the game when Dillon Schrodt returned the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a TD.

That's when Jeff Seybold stepped up. The senior finished with 151 yards on 11 carries and scored four touchdowns.

Nakemm Evans recovered a North Star fumble on the 6 early in the second quarter to set up Seybold's first score.

After a Gator punt, Seybold went around the right end and raced 82 yards, then added a 5-yard scoring run just before halftime.

After Alex Romero broke a 70-yard run for a North Star touchdown, Seybold scored on a 10-yard run.

"I couldn't do it without the line. Our offense was slow to start and then we started rolling," Seybold said. "The line was making holes and I just ran behind them. The passing game helped a lot. Rylan threw good balls to Vino and Jordan and that gave us holes."

Cotton was 5-for-8 passing for 137 yards. Joe Hartley threw for 195 yards for the Gators and Romero finished with 122 yards rushing.

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