Courtesy of Connoisseur Media Lincoln.LINCOLN–(KFOR Oct. 22)–Quarterback Thatcher Shelton ran a bootleg play to score a 12-yard touchdown run with less than a minute to go for Lincoln Southwest, while the Silver Hawks managed to stop Lincoln North Star on 4th down to earn a 28-21 victory in high school football Thursday night at Seacrest Field. Shelton’s scoring run broke a 21-21 tie with 57 seconds remaining in the game.  Southwest (6-3) qualifies for the Class A state football playoffs that begin Oct. 30 for the first time in four years.  North Star finishes the regular season at 5-4 and will wait to see if they can clinch one of the remaining spots in the postseason. The ground attack for Southwest shined with less than four minutes to go in the game.  Nine straight plays, the Silver Hawks ran the ball with Cam Rakowsky carrying it five times, Jase Coke three times and Shelton’s 12-yard run for the score. Rakowsky scored the game’s first touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 22-yard run and Coke followed it up with an 11-yard touchdown catch.  North Star later responded with a five-yard scoring run from running back Preston Graff and the Gators trailed the Silver Hawks at the half 14-7. Early third quarter, North Star tied the game at 14 on a four-yard run into the end zone from Joshua Anderson, before Southwest countered with a screen pass from Shelton to Cole Sebek for a 16-yard scoring strike. The Gators would tie the game up at 21 in the early part of the fourth quarter, off a two-yard touchdown from Schafer.  Following Shelton’s score for Southwest, North Star had the ball 4th and 11 and could not convert with 37 seconds to play. Click the link below to hear the podcast of Thursday night’s game. FOOTBALL GAME PODCAST: Lincoln North Star vs. Lincoln Southwest 10-22-26 ...read more read less