STAFFORD – For St. John, it was a historic 8-Man 2 District 7 football victory. The Tigers shocked Stafford 36-28 in overtime to capture the unofficial Stafford County Super Bowl Friday. The Tigers (3-2, 1-0 District) had finished 11-77 the past 10 seasons.
Eli Foote caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Braxton Alpers for the game-winning score and Llanas caught the 2-pointer. Abelardo Llanas helped tie the score 28-28 on a 6-yard touchdown run and 2-point pass from Alpers.
St. John’s Daniel Portillo scored two touchdowns and Jace Reyes scored on a 75-yard kickoff return. Alpers completed two touchdown passes.
Stafford halfback Cody Knoche scored three rushing touchdowns and quarterback Jacob Simmons completed a touchdown pass to Dylan Brozek.
Stafford (1-4, 0-2 District) preserved a 28-20 lead when Knoche and Tuff Pope intercepted second-half passes. But Alpers put together a clutch game-tying touchdown and 2-pointer.
St. John 8 12 0 8 8 – 36
Stafford 8 20 0 0 0 – 28
SJ—Daniel Portillo 24 run (Abelardo Llanas pass from Braxton Alpers); STAF—Cody Knoche 5 run (Jimi Oleson pass from Jacob Simmons); STAF—Knoche 34 run (run fails); SJ—Portillo 10 pass from Alpers (run fails); SJ—Jace Reyes 75 kickoff return; STAF—Knoche 39 run; STAF—Dylan Brozek 18 pass from Simmons (Oleson pass from Simmons); SJ—Llanas 6 run (Llanas pass from Alpers); SJ—Eli Foote 13 pass from Alpers (Llanas pass from Alpers)
8-MAN 2 DISTRICT 7 *
Kinsley 2-0 5-0
St. John 1-0 3-2
South Barber 1-1 4-1
South Central 1-1 2-3
Stafford 0-2 1-4
10-20—*Kinsley at Stafford; *South Central at St. John; South Barber
10-13—*St. John at Kinsley; South Central; *Stafford at South Barber
10-6—*Kinsley at South Central; *South Barber at St. John; Stafford at Norwich
9-29—Kinsley 50, Hutchinson Central Christian 0; *South Barber 46, South Central 20; *St. John 36, Stafford 28 (OT)
9-22—*Kinsley 56, South Barber 30; Wichita County 52, St. John 0; *South Central 48, Stafford 0
9-15—Kinsley 48, Macksville 0; South Barber 46, Fairfield 0; Kinsley 48, Macksville 0; South Central 74, Kiowa County 8; St. John 16, Otis Bison 14
9-8—Kinsley 50, Otis-Bison 0; South Barber 54, Pretty Prairie 6; Skyline 46, Stafford 0; Sublette 20, South Central 12; St. John 68, Ness City 22
9-1—Kinsley 20, Victoria 14; South Barber 44, Skyline 28; Stafford 51, Fairfield 8; Meade 22, South Central 14; Macksville 48, St. John 0
