MAYNARD, Iowa - In Eight-player football, momentum changes with a flip of a switch.

West Central of Maynard learned that the hard way Friday.

Preston scored twice in the final 41 seconds of the first half and carried that momentum into the second half as the Trojans pulled out a 42-26 quarterfinal playoff victory in Maynard.

"The last 41 seconds of the first half was huge," said West Central coach Steve Milder.

The Blue Devils (10-2) were poised to take a touchdown lead midway through the second quarter when momentum turned on them in an instant. On a fourth-and-goal, Kaleb Burhow was stopped less than an inch from the score.

In turn, the Trojans (12-0) marched 79 yards for a touchdown and turned a West Central interception into another TD as a 14-14 game turned into a 28-14 Preston halftime lead in 41 seconds.

"That goal line stand was huge," Milder said. "We punch it in and we take the lead.

"But instead they go down the field, score, and than we throw a pick. That was just a big turning point in the game."

Twice in the second half, West Central, whose only other loss was 23-22 to Preston in Preston on Oct. 22, pulled within a touchdown of the Trojans, but that was a close as it could get.

Kyle Feller rushed for 197 yards and two touchdowns for the Trojans, and Jason Fedderson threw a pair of touchdown passes.

"That goal-line stand was definitely a big momentum switch," Trojans coach Kevin Behr said. "And give out lines credit. We were worried about West Central's size. The lines stuck in there, made a big stop and then we drove the length of the field. Just a heck of an effort on their part."

The game got off to a rousing start for West Central as Preston fumbled the opening kickoff.

Three plays later, Buhrow sprinted three yards for a

8-0 lead. The Trojans answered with a 56-yard Feller run and a 25-yard pass from Fedderson to Austin Hughes to take a 14-8 lead.

West Central tied it on a Buhrow 5-yard run.

In all, Buhrow scored all four of the Blue Devils' touchdowns. He had touchdown catches of 20 and 65 yards in the second half. He caught five passes for 132 yards and rushed eight times for 42.