ELLINWOOD 55, STANTON CO. 0
JOHNSON CITY – Ellinwood quarterback Landon Simpson scored five touchdowns to ignite a 55-0 non-league football victory over Stanton County Friday.
Simpson scored three rushing touchdowns and returned two punts for touchdowns. Simpson rushed for 52 yards, returned three punts 173 yards and completed two passes for 70 yards and one touchdown.
Braden Lewis caught a 50-yard touchdown pass and had 70 yards receiving. Cason Merritt rushed for 80 yards and a score. Tavian McCaffrey gained 29 yards and scored a touchdown for the Eagles (3-0).
McCaffrey contributed 17 tackles and assists, Adam Hayes 11 and Nick Miller 10.
RUSHING–E–38-246; Merritt 8-80, Simpson 6-52, Hosman 6-37, Wirtz 4-30, McCaffrey 4-29, Heinz 2-20, Schartz 1-(-2)
PASSING–E–Simpson 2-2-0, 70
RECEIVING–E–Braden Lewis 2-70
CENTRAL PLAINS 56, LA CROSSE 0
LA CROSSE – Central Plains back Joel Schreiber rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns to spark a 56-0 Central Prairie League football victory over La Crosse.
The Oilers rushed for 262 yards on 22 carries. Also scoring Oiler touchdowns were Richard Stroud, Eli Hurley, Brodie Crites and Broc Klima.
Central Plains 32 24 – 56
La Crosse 0 0 – 0
CP–Stroud 15 run (Stroud run); CP–Schreiber 6 run (Schreiber run); CP–Hurley 9 run (Crites run); CP–Crites 5 run (Schreiber run); CP–Schreiber 57 run (Paxton Dody pass from Crites); CP–Schreiber 7 run (Schreiber run); CP–Klima 34 run (Robison run)
RUSHING–CP–22-262; Schreiber 6-103, Stroud 6-61, Hurley 4-45, Klima 2-43, Crites 1-5, Heredia 1-5, Robison 1-1, Siemsen 1-(-1); L–24-56
PASSING–CP–Crites 2-4-0, 28
RECEIVING–CP–Schreiber 1-16, Hurley 1-9, Stroud 1-3
OTIS-BISON 40, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 19
OTIS – Otis-Bison quarterback Jake Hoopingarner passed for three touchdowns to spark a 40-19 6-man football victory over Pawnee Heights. Gavin Alloway scored on a pair of 6-yard runs.
Logan Maier caught a 72-yard touchdown pass from Hoopingarner. Kelson Juno caught a 19-yard touchdown pass and scored a 23-yard fumble return. Aiden Ochs-Lohrey caught a 31-yard scoring pass from Hoopingarner.
Pawnee Heights quarterback Clayton Hammeke scored on a 9-yard run and completed a 23-yard touchdown pass to Alexis Ibarra. Logan Enabit scored on a 28-yard run.
Pawnee Heights 0 0 6 13 – 19
Otis-Bison 7 14 7 12 – 40
OB—Gavin Alloway 6 run (Logan Maier pass from Aiden Ochs-Lohrey); OB—Kelson Juno 19 pass from Jake Hoopingarner (Ian Haselhorst kick); OB—Ochs-Lohrey 31 pass from Hoopingarner (kick fails); PH—Alexis Ibarra 23 pass from Clayton Hammeke (pass fails); OB—Maier 72 pass from Hoopingarner (Maier pass from Flores); PH—Hammeke 9 run (pass fails); OB—Juno 23 fumble return (kick fails); OB—Alloway 6 run (run fails); PH—Logan Enabit 28 run (Cody Holste run)
KINSLEY 64, ST. JOHN 58 (3 OT)
ST. JOHN – Kinsley quarterback Josh Stuckey scored his fourth touchdown in the third overtime for a 64-58 victory over St. John in one of the wildest shootouts in St. John football history.
Both teams matched 14 points in the first two overtimes. St. John’s Braxton Alpers and Reyes scored overtime touchdowns. Stuckey and Emilio Rodriguez scored Kinsley’s overtime touchdowns.
Kinsley rushed for 352 yards on 68 carries. Stuckey rushed for 151 yards on 28 carries. Kinsley's Emilio Rodriguez scored three touchdowns and gained 106 yards on 20 carries.
St. John's Braxton Alpers had 19 carries for 128 yards and four scores while adding two touchdown passes.
St. John (2-1) rallied from two touchdown twice to force overtime 44-44 on Jace Reyes’ 20-yard touchdown pass from Braxton Alpers. The 2-pointer for the victory failed.
Braxton Alpers rushed for 128 yards three touchdowns and completed touchdown passes to Ibarra and Reyes, who scored three touchdowns. Kinsley's Rodriguez scored three rushing touchdowns.
Kinsley (2-1) lost last week to Macksville on the last play of the game.
SJ—Braxton Alpers 39 run (B. Alpers run); K—Lancaster 4 run (Stucky run); SJ—Wyatt Mawhirter TD (Portillo run); K—Stucky 20 run (Stucky pass from Anderson); K—Stucky 1 run (Stucky run); SJ—B. Alpers TD; SJ—Ibarra 36 pass from B. Alpers (B. Alpers run); K—Rodriguez 5 run (Rodriguez run); K—Rodriguez 37 run; SJ—B. Alpers 28 run (W. Mawhirter run); SJ—Reyes 20 pass from B. Alpers); SJ—Reyes 4 run (B. Alpers run); K—Stucky 1 run (Stucky run); K—Rodriguez 3 run (run fails); SJ—B. Alpers 7 run (pass fails); K—Stucky 1 run)
SCOTT CITY – Scott City rolled a 22-0 halftime lead and handed Hoisington its third consecutive loss 29-7. The Cardinals are 0-3 for the first time since 2003.
Scott City quarterback Camden Vulgamore rushed for 91 yards, scored a rushing touchdown and threw for 179 yards. He completed a 77-yard scoring strike to Alex Tarango and a 46-yard scoring pass to Jackson Rumford with 36 seconds left in the first half.
The Cardinals played better football after halftime. Rhen Galls scored on a 9-yard run to convert a 92-yard drive keyed by a pair of 15-yard penalties. Carson Mason blocked a first-half field goal. Mason Martin intercepted a pass, but went three-and-out. The Cardinals recovered a fumble and reached the Beaver 5-yard line on a patient 15-play drive.
The Cardinals missed leading rusher Taylen Morales (109 yards) with a late-game injury.
“We have zero room for error and we’re making a ton of mistakes,” said Hoisington coach Zach Baird.
Scott City converted a game-clinching 94-yard drive for a 29-7 final.
Hoisington 0 0 7 0 – 7
Scott City 6 16 0 7 – 29
SC—Cayden Coachman 4 run (kick fails); SC—Alex Tarango 77 pass from Camden Vulgamore (run fails); SC—Rumford 35 FG; SC—Rumford 46 pass from Vulgamore (Rumford kick); H—Rhen Galla 9 run (Taylen Morales kick); SC—Vulgamore 4 run (Rumford kick)
RUSHING—H—43-242; Morales 14-109; Galla 11-54; Teron Kraft 11-50; C.J. Bryant 5-15; Kaidenn Chambers 2-14; SC—42-259; Vulgamore 17-91; Couchman 9-78; Kelton Cook 13-67; Kevin Wiebe 3-23.
PASSING—H—Galla 1-8-0, 10; Morales 0-1-0; SC—Vulgamore 10-15-1, 179
RECEIVING—H—Martin 1-10; SC—Tarango 5-113; Rumford 3-52; Couchman 2-14
MACKSVILLE 34, NESS CITY 14
NESS CITY – Macksville quarterback Kendall Grippin ignited a 34-14 Central Prairie football victory over Ness City with 50 yards rushing and a touchdown and a scoring strike to Orion Guevara. Grippin threw 5-11 for 86 yards.
Tailback Gavin Rose contributed 16 carries for 78 yards and a touchdown along with one catch for 44 yards. Guevara rushed for 129 yards on 20 carries and a touchdown with four catches for 42 yards and a score.
Macksville defensive stats showed James Granger 8 tackles 1 sack; Ty Clawson 7 tackles 1 sack; Devin Murrow 9 tackles 2 sacks; Rose 8 tackles 1 pass defense; Guevara 6 tackles 1 pass deflection; Grippin 6 tackles 2 pass deflections and Omar Cardoza 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.
HUTCHINSON CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 48, STAFFORD 0
HUTCHINSON – Central Christian's Ry Kooiman rushed for 11- and 54-yard first quarter scores, The Cougars earned 14 points on special teams plays. Two errant snaps flew past Stafford punter Jacob Simmons. Jayden Linschield returned a loose ball for a touchdown. Nathan Reed scored after the Cougars gained the football at the Trojan 3-yard line.
Kooiman's 71-yard dash set up Reed's second touchdown. Kooiman completed a 19 yard touchdown pass to Cael Kooiman.
The Cougars (2-1) travels to Fairfield and Stafford (1-2) plays Macksville.
WESTERN PLAINS 80, CHASE 24
RANSOM -- Chase back Malik Carson scored three touchdowns and teammate Carlos Rincon scored a touchdown in an 80-24 setback in 6-man football.to Western Plains Friday.
Western Plains back Antonin Larnicol scored eight touchdowns and two conversions. He gained 214 total yards with one fumble recovery.
Back David Kraus scored four touchdowns and four conversions with one fumble recovered for a score. Vincent Fryc had two tackles for loss. Quarterback Tate Burrell threw for 42 yards.
