Second quarter dooms Coyotes

Thirty seconds into Friday night’s confrontation, both visiting South Platte and Potter-Dix had big plays and points on the board.

For a moment, it appeared as if the game might turn into one of those freewheeling eight-man affairs. Apart from the first half minute and a one-sided outburst in the second, however, this was a defensive struggle. But the outburst—24 unanswered points for the Knights—settled the matter, as the visitors overwhelmed Potter-Dix, 40-20.

“We couldn’t stop them when we needed to,” Jake Johnson explained. “They controlled the clock.”

Indeed, South Plat...