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Football roundup 10-25
Hoisington Cardinal Wyatt Pedigo (33) gains yardage.jpg
Hoisington Cardinal Wyatt Pedigo (33) gains yardage. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

HOISINGTON 38, NORTON 7

NORTON – All-state tailback Wyatt Pedigo scored four touchdowns and rushed for 291 yards as No. 1 ranked Hoisington roared past Norton 38-7 in Friday's 2A, District 8 football showdown. 

Hoisington (8-0, 5-0 District) plays Southwestern Heights (4-4) in a home 2A playoff game.

Pedigo broke the game open with a trio of touchdowns, starting with a 93-yard scoring dash. He added 12 and 33-yard scoring runs. Avery Brewer led Hoisington's defense with a pair of interceptions. Pedigo accounted for 13 tackles, two for loss.

Hoisington 0 10 21 7 – 38

Norton 0 0 0 7 – 7

H–Wyatt Pedigo 17 run (Jaime Echanove kick); H–Echanove 32 FG; H–Pedigo 91 run (Echanove kick); H–Pedigo 33 run (Echanove kick); H–Pedigo 12 run (Echanove kick); N–Devon Gasper 9 pass from Kade Melvin (Luke Wahlmeier kick); H–Joshua Ball 5 run (Echanove kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–H–40-322; Pedigo 20-290; Mason Haxton 9-13; Cade Mason 4-12; Ball 3-8; Hunter Morris 4-(-1); N–24-63; Melvin 12-22; Luke Wahlmeier 7-20; Dean Clark 2-16; Silas Jones 2-5; Tucker Pfannenstiel 1-0; Gavin Sprout 1-0; team 1-0.

PASSING–H–Haxton 5-9-0, 52; N–Melvin 14-33-2.

RECEIVING–H–Pedigo 2-28; Ball 2-24; Avery Brewer 1-0; N–3-65; Jonah Ruder 4-55; Jones 4-35; Gasper 3-30.

OTIS-BISON 44, INGALLS 6

OTIS – Otis-Bison quarterback Kaden Foust scored three rushing touchdowns and passed for a fourth score as the Cougars rolled past Ingalls 44-6 in Eight-Man 2, District 8. The Cougars (5-3, 4-2 District) plays at Norwich (5-3) in the Eight-Man 2 playoffs.

Foust rushed for 173 yards and scored on runs of 1, 31 and 37 yards. He converted an 11-yard touchdown pass to Dalton Regan. Tailback Logan Thille scored on 24 and 34-yard runs and gained 150 yards. Nathan Roth had eight tackles.

Ingalls 0 0 0 6 – 6

Otis-Bison 16 14 8 6 – 44

OB–Logan Thille 34 run (Thille run); OB–Kaden Foust 1 run (Foust run); OB–Thille 24 run (run failed); OB–Foust 37 run (Foust run); OB–Foust  31 run (Foust run); OB–Dalton Regan 21 pass from Foust (run failed); I–Tim Gillen 61 kickoff return (run failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–I–31-31; Antonio Escobedo 6-32; Tate Davis 5-13; Gillen 20-(-14); OB–46-377; Foust 24-173; Thille 16-150; Christian Roth 5-46; Regan 1-8.

PASSING–I–Gillen 9-19-2, 141; Tate Davis 0-1-0; OB–Foust 1-1-0, 11.

RECEIVING–I–Tate Davis 5-71; Easton Irsik 3-65; Cristian Cohn 1-5; OB–Regan 1-11.