LITTLE CHUTE - Nathan Peters entered Friday nights Division 4 Level 3 playoff game hardly a secret.

The junior running back was coming off a 307-yard, 5-touchdown performance in a Level 2 win over Marshall, and for the season had more than 1,700 rushing yards.

For Little Chute, he was a marked man, and for two quarters Friday, the Mustangs had Peters number. However, in the second half Little Chute was off the mark and it paid dearly.

Peters scored four second-half touchdowns, and after being limited to less than 70 yards in the first half, Peters finished with 316 yards as the No. 8-seeded Irish defeated rival No. 2 Little Chute, 36-7, advancing to Level 4 next Friday against Big Foot at West Bend.

Its huge, Freedom coach Clint Kriewaldt said. We had confidence coming in. Being a No. 8 seed is what everyone wants to talk about, but I told the kids from Day 1, Its not about the seed, its about the matchup. We had three good matchups.

Added Peters: Its awesome. Going into the game everyone doubted us and we wanted to prove everybody wrong and thats what we did.

Peters shreds the Mustangs Freedom (9-2) knew if it was going to win Friday its ground game would have to be clicking. The Irish dont throw much and Friday it didnt have an official pass attempt.

Freedoms only pass was successful as it resulted in a 15-yard pass-interference penalty, but statistically its not an attempt because of the penalty. The lack of balance on offense didnt matter because Peters was in the backfield.

The 5-foot-7, 170-pounder pounded Little Chutes defense all game and in the second half he wasted no time in taking control. On the second playoff the third quarter, Peters scampered 67 yards for a touchdown to put Freedom up, 14-7.

The ensuing three Freedom possessions resulted in three more Peters TD runs, including a 72-yarder for the final points of the game. While Peters may not be big, he runs tough, falls forward, can outrun defenders and has great cutback ability.

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