MACKSVILLE 50, LA CROSSE 0
MACKSVILLE – Macksville quarterback Ryan Kuckelman threw for four touchdown passes and rushed for a score as the Mustangs rolled past La Crosse 50-0 in Friday's Eight-Man 1, District 7 football game. Kuckelman threw for 209 yards and rushed fir 58 yards.
Jason Cleveland caught 31- and 59-yard scoring passes. Hector Gomez caught a 35-yard touchdown pass and scored on 4- and 16-yard runs. Lance Lickiss scored on a 23-yard scoring pass.
Macksville (6-0, 3-0 District) has virtually clinched the District title with wins over La Crosse (4-2, 2-1) and WaKeeney-Trego. Macksville's defense held La Crosse to 5 of 22 passing and 107 yards rushing.
La Crosse 0 0 – 0
Macksville 20 30 0 0 – 50
M—Hector Gomez 16 run (run fails); M—Jason Cleveland 31 pass from Ryan Kuckelman (Cleveland run); M—Gomez 4 run (run fails); M—Cleveland 59 pass from Kuckelman (Kuckelman run); M—Gomez 35 pass from Kuckelman (Cleveland run); M—Lance Lickiss 23 pass from Kuckelman (run fails); M—Kuckelman 22 run (Gomez run)
RUSHING—L—17-107; Bryce Conner 6-33; Gage Burk 5-18; Caden Morgan 8-11; Alex Hiemstra 3-4; M—22-66; Kuckelman 9-58; Gomez 6-34; Rogelio Ibarra 1-20
PASSING—L—Morgan 5-22-0, 29; M—Kuckelman 7-8-0, 209
RECEIVING—L—Devyn Braun 2-25; Conner 2-4; M—Cleveland 2-90; Gomez 2-55; Orion Guevara 1-33; Lickiss 1-23; Ibarra 1-8
HOISINGTON 44 LAKIN 0
HOISINGTON – Hoisington quarterback Tony Moore scored two rushing touchdowns and passed for two scores as the Cardinals past Lakin 44-0 in Friday's 2A District 7 showdown.
Moore scored on 8- and 37-yard runs. He completed a dazzling 23-yard touchdown pass to Teron Kraft and a 21-yard scoring pass to Leyton Haxton.
Hoisington (4-2, 2-0) takes control of the District over Lakin (5-1, 2-1). Cardinals Gage Britt and Alderdice recovered fumbles.
Lakin 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Hoisington 20 14 7 3 – 44
H—Teron Kraft 9 run (Taylen Morales kick); H—Mason Alderdice 50 run (Morales kick); H—Tony Moore 37 run (kick fails); H—Moore 8 run (Morales kick); H—Kraft 23 pass from Moore (Morales kick); H—Leyton Haxton 21 pass from Moore (Morales kick); H—Morales 37 FG
RUSHING—L—Oldham 12-39; Salcido 2-12; Oropeza 4-9; Rider 5-3; McCombs 2-5; Granado 2-3; Patterson 2-1; Beltran 2-(1); H— Alderdice 3-91; Kraft 7-87; Moore 5-58; Ian Smith 7-40; Morales 3-13; Chase Steinert 2-10; Ingram 1-7; Russell 2-5; reif 1-4; Mason 1-(1); Kaiser 1-(-4)
PASSING—L—Patterson 1-1-0, 39; Beltran 1-3-0, 11; Granado 1-1-0, 10; H—Moore 2-6-0, 44
RECEIVING—L—Gomez-Esquibel 3-60; H—Kraft 1-23; Haxton 1-21
STAFFORD – Stafford quarterback Dylan Gantz threw for four touchdown passes as the Trojans stayed unbeaten with a wild 36-32 non-district football victory over Norwich.
Gantz threw for 266 yards and completed two scoring passes to Jimi Oleson and one apiece to Colton Minks and Josh Hildebrand. Minks had 139 yards receiving on five receptions.
Stafford (6-0, 2-0) meets South Barber (6-0, 3-0) for the Eight-Man 2, District 7 title next week.
Norwich 0 8 12 12 — 32
Stafford 8 8 14 6 – 36
RUSHING—N—Jace Gosch; Dax Rosenhagen; Tray Schroeder; Brayden Pauly; S—Cody Knoche 16-120; Dylan Gantz 16-68; Zander Nickelson 3-2; Brody Kerschenske 1-3
PASSING—N—Kyler Murphy; Gosch; S—Gantz 11-29-0, 266
RECEIVING—N—Gosch; Brayden Pauly; Rosenhagen; S—Colson Minks 5-139; Josh Hildebrand 4-22; Jimi Oleson 5-66; Knoche 2-22
INMAN 38, ELLINWOOD 0
ELLINWOOD – No. 1 ranked 1A Inman was sparked by quarterback Josiah Buller with four touchdown passes in a 38-0 football victory over Ellinwood in 1A, District 7. Inman (6-0, 3-0) stays unbeaten while Ellinwood (2-4, 0-3) loses its third District game.
Buller connected with Eli Brunk for 21- and 25-yard touchdowns. Harrison Brunk caught 43- and 52-yard touchdown strikes.
Inman 14 18 6 0 – 38
Ellinwood 0 0 0 0 – 0
I—Eli Brunk 21 pass from Josiah Buller (Harrison Brunk run); I—Sam Shoer 1 run (pass fails); I—H. Brunk 43 pass from Buller (pass fails); I—E. Brunk 25 pass from Buller (pass fails); I—Kellen Schrag 55 run (run fails)
CENTRAL PLAINS 60, OTIS-BISON 14
OTIS – Central Plains tailback Blaine Hickel rushed for 180 yards and three scores to ignite a 60-14 Eight-Man 2, District 5 football victory. Hickel scored on 17, 28 and 58 yard runs. Quarterback Evan Stratmann threw TD passes to Paxton Doty and Hunter Klima and scored on a 1-yard run to end the ballgame. Hickel and Klima each contributed six tackles and two assists.
Central Plains (1-5, 1-2 District) won its first District game over Otis-Bison (0-6, 0-2). Ethan Graff returned a kickoff 74 yards for a touchdown. Jake Hoopingarner scored on a 15-yard run.
C. Plains 24 30 6 – 60
Otis-Bison 14 0 0 – 14
CP–Blaine Hickel 17 run (Joel Schreiber run); OB–Ethan Graff 74 kickoff return (Ky Schwartz run); CP–Hickel 58 run (Schreiber run); OB–Jake Hoopingarner 15 run (run fails); CP–Joel Schreiber 4 run (Paxton Dody pass from Evan Stratmann); CP–Dody 10 pass from Stratmann (Hickel run);; CP–Eli Hurley 5 run (Schreiber run); CP–Hickel 28 run (run fails); CP–Hunter Klima 36 pass from Stratmann (Schreiber run); CP–Stratmann 1 run
RUSHING–CP–28-270; Hickel 10-180; Stratmann 9-41; Schreiber 4-27; Hurley 3-17; Richard Stroud 2-5; OB–Ky Schwartz; Jake Hoopingarner
PASSING–CP–Stratmann 3-5-0, 69; OB–Hoopingarner 1-4-0 43
RECEIVING–CP–Klima 2-59; Dody 1-10; OB–Eston Juno 1-43
BURRTON 82, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 60
BURRTON – Pawnee Heights runner Davin Hamby scored six touchdowns in a wild 82-60 setback to Burrton in a 6-Man District 2 football showdown.
Hamby rushed for 273 yards and scored on runs of 4, 9, 20, 22, 27, 30 in an inspired effort. Jimmy Gardner scored on 6- and 7-yard runs. Gardner completed a 45-yard scoring strike to Dakota Ryan for the Tigers (1-5, 1-3 District).
Burrton’s red-hot quarterback Aiden Hoopes threw for 278 yards and eight touchdown passes. He rushed for 162 yards and two touchdowns. Jude Barnes caught four scoring passes and Cam Schmidt and Charlie Nusser each caught two touchdown passes. Burrton passed for 303 yards and rushed for 195 yards.
Burrton (4-2, 3-2) outscored the Tigers 33-15 after leading 49-45. Burrton scored 12 touchdowns and 10 extra-point conversions.
Pawnee Heights 19 13 14 14 – 60
Burrton 14 20 34 14 – 82
PH—Davin Hamby 4 run (run fails); B—Jude Barnes 42 pass from Aiden Hoopes (Cam Schmidt pass from Hoopes); PH—Hamby 30 run (Hamby run); B—Charlie Musser 18 pass from Hoopes TD (Schmidt pass from Hoopes); PH—Hamby 20 run (pass fails); B—Barnes 2 pass from Hoopes (Schmidt pass from Hoopes); PH—Jimmy Gardner 8 run (Gardner run); B—Hoopes 12 run (pass fails); B—Barnes 28 pass from Hoopes (Hoopes run); PH—Dakota Ryan 59 pass from Gardner (run fails); B—Schmidt 31 pass from Hoopes (Noble Phillips run); PH—Hamby 22 run (Hamby run); B—Phillips 14 run (Schmidt pass from Hoopes); PH—Hamby 27 run (Hamby run); B—Schmidt 50 pass from Hoopes (pass fails); B—Barnes 7 pass from Hoopes (Coby Embree pass from Hoopes); B—Musser 33 pass from Hoopes (Schmidt pass from Hoopes); PH—Hamby 9 run (Hamby run); B—Hoopes 7 run (Schmidt pass from Hoopes); PH—Gardner 7 run (Ryan pass from Hamby); B—Phillips 37 kickoff return (Musser pass from Schmidt)
RUSHING—PH—45-371; Hamby 27-273; Gardner 18-98; B—24-195; Hoopes 20-162; Noble Phillips 3-26; Josh Phillips 1-7
PASSING—PH—Hamby 3-10-1, 14; Gardner 1-1-0, 59; B—Hoopes 13-19-0, 278; Schmidt 3-8-0, 25
RECEIVING—PH—Ryan 2-59; Gardner 2-14; B—Schmidt 4-132; Barbes 7-97; Musser 2-51; Hoopes 1-14; N. Phillips 1-8; Embree 1-1
SOUTH BARBER 36, ST. JOHN 30
KIOWA — The St. John Tigers came up short 36-30 against South Barber is one of the greatest efforts in recent Tiger history. The Tigers pushed the 6-0 Chieftains until the final buzzer with a string of highlight plays.
St. John's Abelardo Llanas delivered the play of the year with a 65-yard return of a fumble return. Daniel Portillo forced Briggs Jewell's fumble as the Chieftains reached the 3-yard line with a 14-6 lead. Caden McCandless rambled 50 yards for a touchdown and caught a dazzling 27-yard scoring pass from Marco Ibarra. Ibarra did his part with an amazing 38-yard scoring strike to Alan Valenzuela. St. John falls to 1-5, 0-2 District.
South Barber quarterback Briggs Jewell did enough for the win with a trio of touchdown passes to Oakley Duvall, Zander Myers and Cash Tomberlin for South Barber (6-0, 3-0).
St. John 6 8 8 6 — 30
So. Barber 6 14 16 0 — 36
SJ—Caden McCandless 27 pass from Marco Ibarra (pass fails); SB— Briggs Jewell 5 run (run fails); SB— Oakley Duvall 15 pass from Jewell (Lukas Durham run); SJ— Abelardo Llanas 65 fumble return (run fails); SJ— Safety (Jewell tackled in endzone); SB— Zander Myers 50 interception return (pass fails) SJ— McCandless 50 run (Ibarra run); SB— Myers 12 pass from Jewell (Jewell run); SB— Cash Tomberlin 7 pass from Jewell (Jewell run); SJ—Alan Valenzuela 38 pass from Ibarra (Gillespie pass from Ibarra)
