MACKSVILLE 54, SOUTH GRAY 6
MACKSVILLE —Macksville quarterback Ryan Kuckelman was spectacular with four rushing touchdowns and a passing score in a 54-6 Eight-Man 1 football victory over South Gray. Macksville (9-0) will play Atwood-Rawlins County (7-2) next week.
Kuckelman gained 120 yards and scored on runs of 1, 11, 16 and 27 yards. He completed a 35-yard touchdown pass to Lance Lickiss. Hector Gomez gained 96 yards and scored on a 57-yard run. Jason Cleveland scored on a 25-yard run and converted three 2-pointers. Kuckelman recovered a South Gray fumble. Ervey Triana contributed six tackles and three assists.
Jorge Luperico scored on a 75-yard kickoff return for South Gray (2-7).
South Gray 6 0 — 6
Macksville 30 24 — 54
M—Kuckelman 1 run (Cleveland run); M—Kuckelman 27 run (run fails); SG—Luperico 75 kickoff return (run fails); M—Gomez 57 run (Ibarra pass from Kuckelman); M—Kuckelman 11 run (Cleveland run); M—Cleveland 25 run (run fails); M—Lickiss 35 pass from Kuckelman (Cleveland run); M—Kuckelman 16 run (Ibarra pass from Kuckelman)
RUSHING—SG—25-68; Luperico 13-36; Goosen 8-25; Jantz 4-7; M—20-315; Kuckelman 10-120; Gomez 3-96; Cleveland 3-40; Rose 3-49; Marquez 1-10
PASSING—SG—Luperico 3-4-0, 38; Jantz 0-2-0; M—Kuckelman 3-5-0, 73
RECEIVING—SG—Jantz 3-38; M—Ibarra 2-38; Lickiss 1-35
BUCKLIN 32, STAFFORD 30
STAFFORD — Underdog Bucklin converted four long touchdown plays to shock Stafford 32-30 in Thursday's Eight-Man 2 football playoff game.
Bucklin passed for 244 yards and rushed for 162 yards. Bucklin scored on 33, 51, 55 and 57-yard touchdowns. Lucas Kirk scored on a 2-yard run and completed a 33-yard touchdown to Kolson Cook and a 57-yard score to Andrew Bowman. Bowman scored on a 55-yard punt return. Waylon Dolezal scored the game-winner on a 51-yard run for Bucklin (6-3).
Stafford quarterback Dylan Gantz completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Colson Minks and Jimi Oleson converted the 2-pointer for a 32-30 score. But the Red Aces recovered an onside kickoff to protect the lead.
Gantz scored on 26- and 55-yard runs and completed a touchdown pass. Cody Knoche scored on a 28-yard run for Stafford (8-1), which has won one playoff game in school history. Stafford was outscored 26-8 after the first period.
Bucklin 6 6 6 14 — 32
Stafford 22 0 0 8 — 30
S—Knoche 28 run (pass fails); S—Gantz 26 run (Oleson pass from Gantz); B—Cook 33 pass from Kirk (pass fails); S—Gantz 55 run (Hildebrand pass from Gantz); B—Kirk 2 run (pass fails); B—Bowman 55 punt return; B—Bowman 57 pass from Kirk; B—Dolezal 51 run (Tilley pass from Kirk); S—Minks 25 pass from Gantz (Oleson pass from Gantz)
RUSHING—B—27-162; Bowman 7-5; Cook 5-23; Kirk; Dolezal 1-6; Feikert; S—55-288; Knoche 21-157; Nickelson 11-70; Gantz 21-64; Minks 1-0; Simmons 1-(-3)
PASSING—B—Kirk 11-16-0, 204; Bowman 1-2-0, 40; S—Gantz 10-24-0, 117
RECEIVING—B—Bowman 4-80; Tilley 3-72; Pearce 3-51; Cook 2-41; S—Minks 5-70; Hildebrand 1-1; Oleson 4-46
WALLACE COUNTY 48, CENTRAL PLAINS 0
SHARON SPRINGS — Wallace County's Tyler Korbe ran wild with three touchdowns to spark a 48-0 playoff victory over Central Plains in Eight-Man 2. Tyler Korbe scored on 23, 45 and 67 yard runs. Wallace County's Hawkins scored on a 44-yard touchdown pass from Cade Johnson and on a 36-yard interception return for Wallace County (6-3).
Central Plains 0 0 0 — 0
Wallace County 6 30 12 — 48
WC—Tyler Korbe 23 run (run fails); WC—Hawkins 44 pass from Johnson (run fails); WC—Tyler Korbe 45 run (run fails); WC—Johnson 1 run (Hawkins pass from Johnson); WC—Hawkins 36 interception return (Korbe run); WC—Travis Korbe 35 run (run fails); WC—Tyler Korbe 67 run
RUSHING—CP—29-57; Hickel 8-24; Stratmann 16-25; Heredia 2-8; Schreiber 1-0; Hurley 2-0; WC—30-246; Tyler Korbe 16-202; Travis Korbe 1-35; Johnson 3-19; Edwards 1-0
PASSING—CP—Stratmann 5-16-2, 37; WC—Johnson 3-7-0, 100
RECEIVING— CP—Dody 1-18; Hickel 3-16; Klima 1-3; WC—Hawkins 2-71; Funk 1-29
ELLINWOOD 49, VALLEY FALLS 0
ELLINWOOD — Ellinwood's red-hot Bryan Jaske scored three touchdowns to spark a 49-0 non-league football victory over Valley Falls. Jaske ignited the victory with a 47-yard interception return. He scored on 20- and 37-yard runs.
Ellinwood's Rylan Wirtz, Drew Heinz, Logan Panning and Koy Behnke added touchdown runs for Ellinwood (3-6).
Valley Falls 0 0 0 0 — 0
Ellinwood 21 21 7 0 — 49
E—Jaske 47 interception return (Boe kick); E—Jaske 37 run (Boe kick); E—Wirtz 10 run (Boe kick); E—Panning 10 run (Boe kick); E—Jaske 20 run (Boe kick); E—Behnke 14 run (Boe kick)
OTIS-BISON 52, LOGAN-PALCO 6
LOGAN — Otis-Bison halfback Hayden Morrison ran wild with three touchdowns and 152 yards rushing in the Cougars' 52-6 non-district playoff victory over Logan-Palco.
Morrison scored on runs of 34, 45 and 56 yards. Quarterback Jake Hoopingarner scored on 10-yard run and completed a 73-yard touchdown pass to Eston Juno. Ky Schwartz added a 1-yard touchdown run. Juno had five tackles and two assists. Morrison had five tackles and an assist. Schwartz had four stops and three assists for the Cougars (1-8)..
Otis-Bison 16 16 20 — 52
Logan-Palco 0 6 0 — 6
OB—Morrison 56 run (Morrison run); OB—Juno 73 pass from Hoopingarner (Morrison run); OB—Morrison 34 run (Morrison run); OB—Hoopingarner 10 run (Schwartz run); LP—Martin 57 pass; OB—Morrison 45 run (Schwartz run); OB—Hoopingarner interception return (run fails); OB—Schwartz 1 run (kick fails)
RUSHING—OB—32-293; Morrison 7-152; Schwartz 21-134; Hoopingarner 4-7; LP—33-68
PASSING—OB—Hoopingarner 1-6-0, 73; LP—1-8-0, 57
RECEIVING—OB—Juno 1-73; LP—1-57
