WEBSTER CITY – Gavin Dinsdale got hit from the front, from the back and from both sides over and over again. He should have been exhausted, and yet he gave the appearance of a guy ready to play 48 more minutes late Monday night.

He absorbed some punishment, there’s no doubt, but he dished out more than he received – a common theme for Webster City on both sides of the ball in a Class 3A second-round state playoff game at Lynx Field.

If there would have been a white flag available, there’s little doubt that Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley would have waved it.

Complete domination – from the trenches to the backfield, from the linebacking corp to the secondary – was what No. 4-ranked WCHS displayed in a statement-making 38-6 destruction of the Nighthawks. The Lynx advanced to Friday’s quarterfinal round where they will face eighth-ranked Sergeant Bluff-Luton (10-1) in Sergeant Bluff at 7 p.m.

Dinsdale churned out 191 yards on 33 tough totes and scored three touchdowns to help send the Lynx to their 11th win in as many outings – a first in the 120-year history of the program – and show BHRV (8-3) the exit. Payton Kannuan did plenty of damage, too, with 104 yards and a score on 10 carries, as WCHS out-gained the Nighthawks 400-224.

“It’s awesome that we keep rolling,” Dinsdale, who moved to No. 2 on the Lynx all-time rushing leaderboard (3,360 yards) and to within 49 yards of Keagan Parks at the top, said. “I don’t think any of us really expected to be here, but we’re just proud of everybody.”

Offense, defense, special teams – you name it and WCHS excelled. With more than 1,700 rushing yards to its name entering the bout, BHRV finished with a whopping six yards on the ground and didn’t even move out of the red until the final two minutes of regulation. Nighthawks’ quarterback Brett Moser completed 21 of 33 passes to nine different receivers for 212 yards and scored his team’s only touchdown on a 1-yard keeper in the second quarter, but he was bruised and beaten by the time he limped slowly off the field for the final time.

Moser was sacked four times and intercepted twice. Sean Vogelbacher’s fifth pick of the season in the third quarter led to a touchdown and Landon Daniels notched his 3A-leading ninth midway through the final period.

BHRV 1,000-yard rusher Myles Van Maanen (minus-3 yards) went backwards on his three carries.

“It’s the best ballgame we’ve played this year and by far the most complete,” WCHS head coach Bob Howard said. “The kids were well prepared and ready to play.”

It all started up front. The WCHS offensive line continuously opened up holes and Dinsdale brought the pain with his bullish style. Defensively, the Lynx ramped up the pressure on Moser and forced him to get rid of the ball to check down receivers. WCHS didn’t miss many tackles either.

“Beating them physically at the line of scrimmage, that’s an attitude,” WCHS senior offensive tackle and linebacker Victor Jergens said. “At this point in the playoffs, everybody has been lifting and everybody has been training. It’s an attitude”

Lynx center Dalton Draeger said he felt BHRV crack in the third quarter when WCHS extended its 21-6 halftime lead to 31-6.

“Our ability to dominate the line of scrimmage really won this game for us,” he said.

An 18-play, 80-yard drive that chewed nearly seven minutes off the clock and ended with Dinsdale pushing his way across the goal line from the 1 on the Lynx opening drive of the game set the rout in motion. WCHS scored on its next two drives, too, first on a fourth-and-goal 8-yard jump pass from Avery Fuhs to Jordan Moen, and then on a 14-yard breakout down the sideline from Dinsdale, who pulled a BHRV defender along for the ride before he tumbled to the turf near the 5.

Fuhs’ passing quietly paid big dividends. He connected on 5 of 6 throws for 69 yards and all five completions resulted in either a first down or touchdown.

Fuhs found Sean Vogelbacher twice down the seam on third-and-long hook-ups of 22 and 17 yards early, hit Moen with an 10-yarder and his twin brother, Alec, for 12 yards.

“That was pretty much a brand new play, but we expected it would be open most of the time,” Vogelbacher said of his two wide open grabs. “Those were big. They gave us a lot of momentum going down the field and they built up our confidence.”

Moen’s TD was a tug-of-war he won with Nighthawks’ defensive back Dalton Moser as both tumbled into the end zone.

“I just stuck my hand out and tipped it to myself,” Moen said. “It was a great pass from Avery.”

Trailing 21-6 late in the first half, BHRV moved the ball inside the WCHS 10 in the final minute, but couldn’t get past the 7 and threw a pair of incomplete passes on third and four downs.

“That just took the wind out of their sails,” Jergens said. “They were an excellent football team, but our intensity right off the bat was the difference. We punched them in the mouth and they got sick of it pretty quick.”

WCHS scored on both of its third quarter possessions. Daniels put his foot to good use by drilling a 29-yard field goal – he was also 5 of 5 on PAT’s – and Kannuan essentially put the game away by breaking free on a counter over the left side for a 27-yard score.

Dinsdale delivered the final haymaker in the form of a 72-yard sprint through the defense and to the house with 6:25 remaining.

“Coming up and having to tackle (Dinsdale) over and over takes its toll,” Howard said. “That’s the style we play; we kind of count on him to get four yards a pop and if he can’t then probably there’s going to be a hole somewhere else.”

Jergens, Cole Briese and Robert Fredericksen all recorded one sack; Dinsdale and Collin Oswald shared one as well. Jergens led the way with 7 1/2 stops and fellow linebacker Ryan Ferrari was in on five. James Van Diest finished with 4 1/2 tackles.

This marks the first time that the Lynx have won two postseason games in a season since they did it in back-to-back years in 1985 and 1986.