CENTRAL PLAINS 50, SOUTH GRAY 0

CLAFLIN – Central Plains back Alex Hickel scored two touchdowns as six Oilers scored touchdowns in a 50-0 rout of South Gray in the Eight-Man I football playoffs. The Oilers have posted seven consecutive shutouts and limited the Rebels to minus 18 yards rushing. The Oilers (9-0) will play Ness City (7-2) Nov. 2 in the second round. The Oilers downed Ness City 30-14 in their first meeting.

Hickel scored on 1- and 23-yard runs. Quarterback Myles Menges scored on an 11-yard touchdown and completed a 29-yard touchdown pass to Grant Heldstab. Jerred Bieberle scored on a 20-yard return of a blocked punt. Lawson Oeser and Mason Wimmer added touchdown runs.

SG 0 0 – 0

CP 30 20 – 50

CP—Grant Heldstab 29 pass from Myles Menges (run failed)—9:18

CP—Alex Hickel 23 run (Devin Ryan pass from Menges)—5:14

CP—Jerred Bieberle 20 blocked punt return (Mason Wimmer run)—3:16

CP—Lawson Oeser 4 run (Menges run)—1:17

CP—Wimmer 1 run (Hickel run)—9:42

CP—Hickel 1 run (pass failed)—4:40

CP—Menges 11 run (run failed)—2:37

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—CP—16-101; Hickel 7-48; Menges 2-25; Bieberle 3-13; Oeser 3-14; Wimmer 1-1; SG 23-(-18);  Brady Deges 1-0; Ethan Salmans 1-(-5); Austin Jantz 16-(-8); Eli Bullinger 1-(-1); Ben Thiessen 4-(-4).

PASSING—CP—Menges 2-4-0, 64; Jantz 1-5-0, 3.

RECEIVING—CP—Oeser 1-35; Heldstab 1-29; SG—Bullinger 1-0; Thiessen 0-3.

EIGHT-MAN 1

WEST, NOV. 2 SECOND ROUND

Ness City 7-2 at  Central Plains 8-0

hoxie 8-1 at Clifton-Clyde 9-0

Spearville 7-2 at  Hodgeman Co. 8-0

Victoria 7-2 at St. Francis 9-0

WEST, FIRST ROUND

Central Plains 50, South Gray 0

Ness City 44, Macksville 20

Clifton-Clyde 60, WaKeeney Treo 14

Hoxie 46, Hill City 30

Hodgeman Co. 38, Moundridge 20

Spearville 54, Little River 24

 St. Francis 46, Stockton 0

Victoria 34, Leoti Wichita Co. 28

EAST, FRIDAY'S SECOND ROUND

Attica-Argonia 6-3 at Udall 7-2

Solomon 8-1 at Madison 9-0

Central Burden 6-3 at South Central 8-1

Burlingame 8-1 at Canton-Galva 8-1

EAST, FIRST ROUND

Attica-Argonia 28, Sedan 8

Udall 62, Oswego 26

Madison 46, Peabody 0

Solomon 52, Shawnee Maranatha 0

South Central 50, Cedar Vale 0

Central Burden 32, Caldwell 12

Canton-Galva 54, Lebo 6

Burlingame 70, Bennington 36