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Oilers rally for 26-22 win over Bucklin
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PHOTO BY LORI FARMER Great Bend Tribune Central Plains Oiler receiver Paxton Doty catches a touchdown pass from Brody Crites against Bucklin.

CENTRAL PLAINS 26, BUCKLIN 22

CLAFLIN – Central Plains Oiler Paxton Dody made Bucklin regret not punting the football. Dody sacked Bucklin quarterback Andrew Bowman to set up Blaine Hickel’s game-winning 8-yard touchdown run with 1:43 left.

The Oilers (5-2, 1-2 District) led 18-0 behind a pair of touchdown passes by Brodie Crites and a 5-yard touchdown run by Blaine Hickel.

Bucklin rallied for a 22-18 lead with 5:51 left after Bucklin’s Andrew Bowman scored his third touchdown. The Oilers’ next drive was stopped. But the Oilers put together four consecutive stops to regain the football at the Bucklin 28-yard line.

Hickel dashed 13 yards and Eli Hurley ran seven yards to reach the Bucklin 8-yard line.

Oilers Landon Daniels, Aiden Hekele, Hurley and Paxton Dody freed Hickel for the touchdown. It was a huge win for first-year Central Plains coach J.D. Klima.

Bucklin 0 0 6 16 – 22

Central Plains 12 6 0 8 – 26

CP—Paxton Dody 15 pass from Brodie Crites (run fails); CP—Blaine Hickel 5 run (pass fails); CP—Hunter Klima 7 pass from Crites (run fails); B—Andrew Bowman 7 run (kick fails); B—Bowman 4 run (Yancey pass from Lucas Kirk); B—Bowman 15 pass from Lucas Kirk (Colson Cook pass from Bowman); CP—Hickel 8 run (Hurley run)

8-MAN 2 DISTRICT 5 *

Sylvan-Lucas 2-1 5-1

Victoria 2-0 5-1

Central Plains 1-2 5-2

Otis-Bison 0-2 0-7

10-20—Reno County Homeschool at Central Plains; Sylvan-Lucas at Logan/Palco; *Otis-Bison at Victoria

10-13—Central Plains 26, Bucklin 22; *Victoria 54, Sylvan-Lucas 12; Reno County Homeschool 54, Otis-Bison 20

10-6—*Central Plains 54, Otis-Bison 6; Victoria 46, Wallace County 0

9-29—*Sylvan Lucas 26, Central Plains 14; Dighton 70, Otis-Bison 22

9-22—*Victoria 48, Central Plains 0; *Sylvan-Lucas 53, Otis-Bison 0

9-15—Central Plains 28, La Crosse 20; Sylvan/Lucas 30, Bennington 12; Victoria 46, Ness City 0; St. John 16, Otis-Bison 14

9-8—Central Plains 58, Macksville 12; Sylvan-Luray 58, Beloit St. John’s 12; Victoria 44, La Crosse 22; Kinsley 50, Otis-Bison 0

9-1—Central Plains 56, Ness City 14; Sylvan-Lucas 36, Lincoln 24; Kinsley 20, Victoria 14; La Crosse 26, Otis-Bison 0