Hi-Line Football: Pioneers knock off Rivals, earn playoff berth

Prior to this season, it had been five years since the Big Sandy Pioneers had made the Six-Man football playoffs. But after the Pioneers upset Geraldine/Highwood Saturday on the road, they need just one more to win to end the drought.

Big Sandy found itself trailing 22-18 to the Rivals entering the fourth quarter Saturday in Geraldine, but thanks to a 40-yard touchdown pass from Parker Proulx to Weston Allderdice, Big Sandy grabbed the lead 24-22. And another touchdown from Allderdice, this time on a five-yard run, put the win on ice as the Pioneers won 30-22. The win improved their record to...