By John RittenhouseThe Edgerton Flying Dutchmen scored 20 unanswered points in the final three quarters to defeat Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth 26-7 in a Southwest Ridge Conference football game played in Hills Friday.H-BC-E, which is slowly recovering from a rash of injuries to some of its top players, took a 7-6 lead over Edgerton with a touchdown late in the first quarter.Edgerton, however, scored one touchdown in each of the final three quarters to up its record to 6-1 with a 19-point win.H-BC-E slipped to 3-4 with the loss heading into last night’s (Oct. 20) regular season finale against Westbrook-Walnut Grove in Westbrook. The winner of game will get the fifth seed for the Section 2 Nine-Man Football playoffs, which will begin Tuesday night at a site to be determined.Having seniors Zach Wysong and Travis Broesder back on the field against Edgerton seemed to fire up the Patriots early.Wysong missed the last four games with broken bones in his foot, and Broesder couldn’t play the last two games due to a shoulder injury.Wysong and Broesder combined efforts to produce 82 yards of offense against Edgerton, but the Flying Dutchmen came out on top by blanking the Patriots in the game’s last 36:11.Edgerton drew first blood in the game by taking the opening kick and driving 64 yards in 16 plays with Brett Elgersma scoring on a two-yard plunge. The drive, which chewed 8:34 off the clock, was followed by a failed passing attempt for the two-point conversion.The teams proceeded to exchange punts before H-BC-E gained a 7-6 edge with 11 seconds left in the first quarter.Tom LeBoutillier, who ran for 88 yards in the game for the Patriots, raced 60 yards for a touchdown on the first play of H-BC-E’s second offensive possession. Adam Finke kicked the extra point to put the Patriots in front by one.Edgerton went on to outscore H-BC-E 20-0 the rest of the game, but it was the first eight points of the run that Patriot coach Dan Ellingson said turned the game around.After H-BC-E’s third offensive possession ended on downs at the Edgerton 26-yard line with 6:45 remaining in the second quarter, the Flying Dutchmen moved in front to stay with an eight-play, 74-yard touchdown march featuring two key plays.It looked like the Flying Dutchmen might be forced to punt when some H-BC-E defenders pressured Edgerton quarterback Max Zwart on a third-down play, but Zwart eluded two tackles on the way to a 20-yard run that gave his team a new set of downs.Edgerton faced a fourth-and-five situation moments later, and Zwart came up big again when he fired a 31-yard touchdown pass to Elgersma with 1:50 left in the first half. Zwart and Elgersma hooked up for a successful conversion pass after the touchdown to give the Flying Dutchmen a 14-7 lead."Those were two big plays," Ellingson stated. "First we get stopped on downs inches short of a first down on their 26. Then, after it looked like we had Zwart sacked, he runs for 20 yards, which led to a touchdown they scored during a four-and-five situation. Instead of us being ahead by a touchdown, they were ahead by a touchdown. Things kind of flip-flopped on us during those two possessions, and I think that was the turning point of the game."Edgerton put the game away by scoring touchdowns with its first two possessions of the second half.After forcing the Patriots to punt seven plays into the third quarter, Edgerton marched 90 yards in nine plays with Zach Boyum capping the drive with a two-yard touchdown run at the 6:12 mark of the stanza. A failed conversion pass left the Flying Dutchmen sporting a 20-7 lead.H-BC-E’s ensuing drive ended on downs on the Edgerton 39-yard line with 2:05 left in the third quarter.Edgerton proceeded to advance the ball 61 yards in eight plays with Travis Hulstein scoring on a 25-yard run with 10:49 left in the fourth quarter. The pass for a potential conversion failed, giving the Flying Dutchmen a 26-7 lead they would never relinquish.Team statisticsH-BC-E: 167 rushing yards, 14 passing yards, 181 total yards, seven first downs, five penalties for 45 yards, one turnover.Edgerton: 226 rushing yards, 98 passing yards, 324 total yards, 15 first downs, seven penalties for 60 yards, zero turnovers.Individual statisticsRushing: LeBoutillier 7-88, Wysong 16-81, Cody Schilling 1-1, Broesder 2-minus 3.Passing: Schilling 3-7 for 14 yards.Receiving: Broesder 1-0, Wysong 1-4, Chris Nuffer 1-10.Defense: Cody Scholten 17 tackles, Cody Roozenboom nine tackles, LeBoutillier eight tackles, Brian Gacke eight tackles.