Tigers upend Potter Co. 56-6, improve to 2-2 on the season

  • A wide-eyed Cruz Birkeland (2) puts a move on a Potter County defender during the Dupree Tigers 56-6 win over the Battlers at Tiger Field last Friday, Sept. 13. Birkeland, a junior running back and linebacker, had a career day, scoring five rushing touchdowns and a defensive TD when he scooped up a blocked Potter County punt and took it into the end zone. Photo by Jon Flatland
    A wide-eyed Cruz Birkeland (2) puts a move on a Potter County defender during the Dupree Tigers 56-6 win over the Battlers at Tiger Field last Friday, Sept. 13. Birkeland, a junior running back and linebacker, had a career day, scoring five rushing touchdowns and a defensive TD when he scooped up a blocked Potter County punt and took it into the end zone. Photo by Jon Flatland

    Potter County scored on just the third play of the game but it was all Dupree after that as the Tigers rattled off 56 unanswered points to collect a 56-6 mercy rule victory over the Battlers last Friday, Sept. 13.

    The Tigers, 2-2 overall, are off this week and will return to action Friday, Sept. 27, when they host Faith. The Longhorns are 0-3 after a 36-8 loss to Timber Lake on Friday and must face…