MACKSVILLE 58, NESS CITY 12
NESS CITY – Macksville quarterback Ryan Kuckelman and tailback Hector Gomez each scored three touchdowns to spark the Mustangs past Ness City 58-12 in Friday’s Eight-Man 1 District 7 football game.
Kuckelman rushed for 148 yards and scored on runs of 5, 7 and 38 yards. Kuckelman completed 37- and 50-yard scoring passes to Jason Cleveland. Gomez rushed for 91 yards and scored on 8, 10 and 56-yard runs. The Mustangs (5-0, 2-0 District) rushed for 286 yards.
Macksville’s Ervey Triana accounted for 13 tackles and seven assists. Kuckelman had 12 tackles and five assists.
Ness City’s Danny Guzman scored on a 4-yard run. He completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Trey Solze.
Macksville 14 14 16 14 – 58
Ness City 0 6 6 0 – 12
M—Jason Cleveland 50 pass from Ryan Kuckelman (Hector Gomez run)
M—Gomez 56 run (run fails)
M—Kuckelman 5 run (pass fails)
NC—Danny Guzman 4 run (pass fails)
M—Cleveland 37 pass from Kuckelman (Kuckelman run)
NC—Trey Solze 17 pass from Guzman (pass fails)
M—Kuckelman 7 run (Kuckelman run)
M—Kuckelman 38 run (Kuckelman run)
M—Hector Gomez 10 run (Aidan Katz pass from Kuckelman)
M—Hector Gomez 8 run
RUSHING—M 23-286; Kuckelman 10-148; Gomez 6-91; Cleveland 6-44; NS 55-183; Guzman 36-136; Bryce Flax 15-35; Dan Talamantes 1-8; Tom Fehrenbach 2-3; Kaleb Pavlu 1-1
PASSING—M—Kuckelman 2-2-0, 87; NC—Guzman 3-10-0, 35
RECEIVING—M—Cleveland 2-87; NC—Solze 2-28; Pavlu 1-7
ST. JOHN – Stafford quarterback Dylan Gantz completed four touchdown passes and Zander Nickelson scored three rushing touchdowns in a 60-12 District 7 football victory over St. John.
Gantz threw for 211 yards and Josh Hildebrand and Colson Minks each caught two touchdown passes. Zander Nickelson rushed for three touchdowns and rushed for 92 yards. Cody Knoche rushed for 110 yards and one touchdown for Stafford (5-0, 2-0 District).
Caden McCandless caught a 45-yard touchdown pass from Joe Drake, who scored on a 1-yard run for St. John (1-4, 0-1 District).
Stafford 20 28 1 – 60
St. John 6 6 0 – 12
STAF—Josh Hildebrand 53 pass from Gantz (pass fails)
SJ—Marco Ibarra 1 run (run fails)
STAF—Gantz 5 run (7 pass from Gantz)
STAF—Hildebrand 10 pass from Gantz (run fails);
STAF—Zander Nickelson 5 run (run fails)
STAF—Cody Knoche 4 run (pass fails)
SJ—Caden McCandless 45 pass from Drake (pass fails)
STAF—Colson Minks 28 pass from Gantz (Hildebrand pass from Gantz)
STAF—Nickelson 3 run (Hildebrand pass from Jacob Simmons)
STAF—Minks 10 pass from Gantz (run fails)
STAF—Nickelson 3 run
RUSHING—STAF—Cody Knoche 14-110; Zander Nickelson 11-92; Dylan Gantz 5-34; SJ—Marco Ibarra 14-68
PASSING—STAF—Gantz 14-20-2, 211; ST—Joe Drake 5-9-2, 68; Marco Ibarra 4-10-1, 53
RECEIVING—STAF—Colson Minks 6-103; Josh Hildebrand 4-91; Jimi Oleson 3-15; Dylan Brozek 1-2; SJ—Caden McCandless 5-68; Marco Ibarra 4-53
PRATT 37, HOISINGTON 13
HOISINGTON – Pratt roared past Hoisington 37-13 in Friday’s Central Kansas League football game to hand the Cardinals (3-2) their first regular-season home loss since 2018. Hoisington (3-2) has won 16 consecutive regular-season home games.
The run-oriented Greenbacks beat the Cardinals with four passing touchdowns, starting with a 53-yard halfback pass from John Martinez to Justus Tatro. Max Younie delivered TD passes to J’air Johnson and Taye Wilson. Carson Hoeme threw a touchdown pass to Johnson and scored on a 12-yard run.
Hoisington’s Mason Alderdice scored on a 45-yard run. Leyton Haxton caught a 35-yard halfback pass from Chase Steinert. Teron Kraft contributed 11 tackles and Ian Smith 10 stops. Tony Moore intercepted a pass.
Pratt 12 8 7 10 – 27
Hoisington 0 13 0 0 – 0
P—Justus Tatro 53 pass from John Martinez
P—J’air Johnson 70 pass from Max Younie (pass fails)
H—Mason Alderdice 45 run (Jaylen Morales kick)
P—Carson Hoeme 12 run (Younie run)
H—Leyton Haxton 35 pass from Chase Steinert (pass fails)
P—Taye Wilson 45 pass from Younie
P—Johnson 15 pass from Hoeme
P—Adrian Juarez 42 FG
RUSHING—P—Hoeme 12-98; Martinez 12-86; Yoiunie 15-80; Mandl 1-7; Johnson 1-(-4); H— Alderdice 5-106; Moore 14-102; Smith 10-65; Kraft 4-7
PASSING—P—Younie 2-3-0, 115; Martinez 1-1-0, 53; Hoeme 2-7-1, 35; Moore 5-9-0, 47; Steinert 1-1-0, 35
RECEIVING—P—Johnson 2-85; Tatro 2-73; Wilson 1-45; H—Haxton 1-35; Steinert 2-18; Moore 1-12; Alderdice 1-9; Kraft 1-8
CONWAY SPRINGS 36, ELLINWOOD 0
CONWAY SPRINGS – Conway Springs’ single-wing offense was smoking with 361 yards rushing in a 36-0 District football victory over Ellinwood.
Brayden Kunz rushed for 251 yards and scored on 12- and 65-yard runs. Isaac Winter and Nathan Berntsen scored on 1-yard runs. Taylor Wykes scored on a 50-yard punt return for the Cardinals (2-3, 2-0 District).
Koy Behnke recovered a fumble in the end zone for Ellinwood (2-3, 0-2 District).
Ellinwood 0 0 0 0 – 0
Conway Springs 20 8 8 0 – 36
CS—Brayden Kunz 65 run (Eli Benge kick)
CS—Isaac Winter 1 run (Benge kick)
CS—Kunz 12 run (pass fails)
CS—Nathan Berntsen 1 run (Cade Howell run)
CS—Taylor Wykes 50 punt return (Kunz run)
RUSHING—E—26-12; Bryan Jaske 9-52; Matthew Cook 1-3; Rylan Wirtz 1-2; Logan Panning 7-1; Cale Batchman 1-0; Drew Heinz 7-(-46); CS 46-361; Kunz 22-251; D. Robles 7-37; Berntsen 8-33; Wykes 3-21; Howell 3-8; Winter 2-6; Blake Davis 1-5
PASSING—E—Heinz 6-10-1, 79; CS—Howell 1-3-0, 50; Wykes 0-1-0
RECEIVING—E—Parker Scheck 2-39; Koy Behnke 2-27; Batchman 2-13; CS—Wykes 1-50
SYLVAN-LUCAS 12, CENTRAL PLAINS 6
SYLVAN – Sylvan-Lucas quarterback Lane Homewood scored two touchdowns for a hard-fought 12-6 Eight-Man 2 District football victory over winless Central Plains. Homewood rushed for 115 yards and scored on 12- and 43-yard runs.
Oiler Hunter Klima scored on a 10-yard pass from Evan Stratmann. Oiler Blaine Hickel contributed 11 tackles and five assists. Eli Hurley had seven tackles and seven assists.
C. Plains 0 6 0 0 – 6
Sylvan-Lucas 6 6 0 0 – 12
SL– Lane Homewood 43 run (pass fails)
CP–Hunter Klima 10 pass from Even Stratmann (pass fails)
SL–Homewood 12 run (pass fails)
RUSHING–CP–36-147; Joel Schreiber 10-60; Blaine Hickel 14-46; Stratmann 7-26; Hurley 5-15; SL–49-186; Homewood 25-115; Brody Batchman 11-38; Drayse Walter 12-35; Carter Johnson 1-(-2)
PASSING–CP–Stratmann 3-9-1, 31; SL–Homewood 3-7-0, 22
RECEIVING–CP–Hickel 2-21; Klima 1-10; SL–Valden Dohl 2-17; Batchman 1-5
CUNNINGHAM 46, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 0
ROZEL – No. 1 ranked Cunningham rolled past Pawnee Heights 46-0 in Friday’s Six-Man District 2 football game.
Cunningham (5-0, 4-0 District) was sparked by quarterback Luke McGuire with two touchdown passes and a 35-yard touchdown run. Tailback Jack Ruckle scored a rushing and interception touchdown. Trey DeWeese, Dagin Reed and Kory Morgan scored Cunningham touchdowns. Will Wegerer completed a touchdown pass.
Pawnee Heights (1-4, 1-2 District) plays at Burrton (3-2, 2-2 District) next week.
Cunningham 38 8 – 46
Pawnee Heights 0 0 – 0
C—Jack Ruckle 1 run (Dagin Reed kick)
C—Ruckle 32 interception return (Reed kick)
C—Trey DeWeese 35 pass from Luke McGuire (Reed kick)
C—Reed 9 pass from McGuire (kick fails)
C—Mcguire 35 run (Reed kick);
C—Kory Morgan 35 pass from Will Wegerer (Reed kick)
DIGHTON 54, OTIS-BISON 6
OTIS – Unbeaten Dighton rolled past Otis-Bison 54-6 in Friday’s non-district football game.
Dighton (5-0) was sparked by quarterback Max Neeley with 90 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Ryland Price gained 72 yards with two touchdowns. Carson Shimer, Daniel Cramer and Hector Wilkison also scored touchdowns.
Dighton 22 32 – 54
Otis-Bison 0 6 – 6
RUSHING–D–23-261; Max Neeley 6-90; Ryland Price 7-72; Carson Shimer 2-48; Daniel Cramer 1-20; Hector Wilkison 4-20; Jack Jenkinson 3-11
PASSING–D–Neeley 1-1-0, 46
RECEIVING–D–Cramer 1-46.
