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PREP RALLY PLAYOFF: 23 CLASS 4A backfield. Leading returning rusher Daniel Woolsey has missed basically the entire season with a quad injury. In the opening season scrimmage against Farmington, both Eli Munnerlyn and Eddie Graham went down with injuries and have played just sparingly this season, combining for just 26 carries. Sophomore Tyler Sanders stepped up to fill that role and has rushed for 1,058 yards and 12 touchdowns. "He has really been a key player for us, but we've had a lot of younger kids step up when we've asked them to," Burns said. "We didn't plan on the younger players having to take on such key roles, but they have responded and it's made us a lot deeper team." — Chip Souza • @NWAChip LINCOLN Wolves gassed up and ready to go e playoffs means travel time and few teams have a more difficult trip than Lincoln for a first-round game. Lincoln (8-2) will load up Friday and travel diagonally more than 300 miles across the state to Hamburg (7-3), which is located about 30 miles north of the Louisiana border in southeast Arkansas. e competition will be tough, as well. Hamburg had won five consecutive before losing its final two conference games to Warren and Dumas, which tied for the conference championship in the 4A-8 Conference. e Lions are led by quarterback Jonathan Kelley and Jared Laughlin (6-foot-5, 310 pounds), who has received scholarship offers from SPECIAL TO NWA DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE/ DAVID BEACH Tylers Sanders (11) of Ozark tries to break the grasp of Dawson Tisdale (50) of Elkins at John Bunch Field. The Hillbillies won the 4A-4 Conference title and earned a bye in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs. Elkins, the No. 4 seed from the 4A-4, will travel to Nashville. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018 U.S. DOT No. 125550 Family Owned Since 1947 Toll Free - 800-435-6683 • www.wintermoving.com Bentonville • 479-273-9531 Fayetteville • 479-521-9824