The crowd at Saturday's league contest between the Hitchcock-Tulare Patriots (Tulare, SD) and the host Northwestern Area Wildcats (Mellette, SD), witnessed Hitchcock-Tulare's football squad wallop Northwestern Area by a tally of 56-6.

The Patriots (2-1) will now prepare for their contest against Sully Buttes (Onida, SD). The Chargers enter the non-league contest with a 2-0 record. In their last contest, Sully Buttes crushed Burke (Burke, SD), 56-6, in a non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Wildcats battle the Ipswich Tigers (Ipswich, SD) in a Lake Region (9 Man) contest, on Friday, September 13. Northwestern Area will attempt to better on its 0-3 season record. The Tigers enter the contest with a 1-2 record after their 37-0 league loss to Warner (Warner, SD).