Eight turnovers cost Superior in a 24-21 loss to D.C. Everest in a Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 first-round football playoff game Tuesday night in Schofield, Wis.
The Spartans (6-4) fumbled nine times -- seven lost -- and Matt Kerswill returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown as the No. 2-seeded Evergreens (9-0) advance to playNo. 3 Stevens Point (8-2) on Saturday.
The Spartans lost to the Evergreens twice this season by a combined five points, falling 16-14 on Sept. 5.
