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Area Prep Football Roundup: Oct. 13
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HOISINGTON 45, ELLSWORTH 8
HOISINGTON – Hoisington’s Wyatt Pedigo scored four touchdowns and gained 108 yards to spark the Cardinal football team past Ellsworth 45-8 in Class 3A, District 16. Hoisington (5-2, 1-0 District) plays Larned (3-4, 1-0) at home next week.
Tailback Sean Urban gained a career high 213 yards and scored on a 70-yard touchdown. Urban rushed for 167 first-half yards and the Cardinals gained 288 first-half yards. Hoisington rushed for 378 yards and added 35 yards passing. Rudy Gearhart added a rushing touchdown.

NCAA champion Ellsworth (5-2, 0-1) passed for 77 yards and rushed for minus six yards on 17 attempts. Backup quarterback Morgan Kelley scored a touchdown. Grant Gwinner had 11 tackles.

EHS 0 0 0 8 – 8
HHS 8 16 6 15 – 45
HH—Sean Urban 70 run (S. Urban run); HH—Rudy Gearhart 3 run (Gearhart run); HH—Wyatt Pedigo 15 run (S. Urban run); HH—Pedigo 11 run (kick failed); HH—Pedigo 3 run (Dante Urban kick); HH—Pedigo 17 run (Gearhart run); E—Morgan Kelley TD (Kelly run)
RUSHING—EHS—17-(-6); Morgan Kelley 4-10; Jordan Base 3-3; Zach Schneider 10-(-19); HHS—Urban 18-213; Pedigo 11-108; Gearhart 8-49; Jake Curtis 4-17; Derek Boxberger 1-1; Joshua Ball 1-1; Cole Steinert 1-(-1); Mason Haxton 2-(-10).
PASSING—EHS—Schneider 6-12-0, 77; HHS—Haxton 4-6-0, 35
RECEIVING—EHS—Remmington Cravens 3-68, Base 2-11, Chris Fitzgeraldn 1-(-2); HHS—Gearhart 3-28; S. Urban 1-7.

PAWNEE HEIGHTS 63, FOWLER 0
ROZEL – Pawnee Heights tailback Kade Scott scored five touchdowns and gained 209 yards to lead the Tigers past Fowler 63-0 in 6-man football. Scott has gained 1,322 yards and scored 29 touchdowns in six games.
The amazing Gabe Oddo scored on a dazzling 59-yard run and scored on a blocked punt by teammate Dalton Hamby. Quarterback Trace Baker scored on an interception return and threw a TD pass to Scott. Baker threw for 95 yards.
The Tigers (7-0) and Cheylin (5-2) earn first-round byes in the upcoming 6-man playoffs. Golden Plains (5-2) plays Western Plains (0-7) and Weskan (5-2) plays Grinnell-Wheatland (3-4) in next week’s 6-man playoffs.

Fowler 0 0 – 0
PH 38 25 – 63
PH—Kade Scott 47 run (Caleb Karst kick), 9:13; PH—Gabe Oddo recovered blocked punt by Dalton Hamby (Karst kick). 8:06; PH—Trace Baker interception return (Karst kick), 7:17; PH—Scott 45 punt return, 4:59;
PH—Scott 11 pass from Baker (Karst kick), 2:25; PH—Scott 10 run, 8:12; PH—Caleb Karst 2 run, 7:13; PH—Scott 35 run (Scott run), 6:41; PH—Oddo 59 run, 2:34
RUSHING—PH—Scott 5-128; Hamby 3-11; Karst 2-8; Baker 1-5.
PASSING—PH—Baker 3-3-0, 95.
RECEIVING—PH—Scott 2-61; Karst 1-34.

OTIS-BISON 54, DIGHTON 8
OTIS – Otis-Bison tailback Blake Bahr scored four touchdowns to spark the Cougars past Dighton 54-8 in Eight-Man 2, District 6. The Cougars (6-1, 3-0) need to beat winless Triplains next week to earn a playoff berth.
Bahr rushed for 208 yards and scored on runs of 11, 36, 45 and 62 yards. Quarterback Anton Foust rushed for 143 yards and scored three touchdowns on runs of 6, 26 and 54 yards. Daniel Scott added a 45-yard touchdown run.

Dighton 8 0 0 – 8
Otis-Bison 14 6 34 – 54
OB—Anton Foust 6 run (Foust run), 6:55;
D—Blair Hoffman 1 run (Dalton Hoffman from B. Hoffman), 2:05;
OB—Blake Bahr 36 run (run failed), 1:16;
OB—Bahr 11 run (run failed), 6:43;
OB—Foust 54 run (Foust run), 9:43;
OB—Foust 26 run (Maitland Wiltse pass from Foust), 7:57;
OB—Bahr 62 run (pass failed), 4:04;
OB—Daniel Scott 45 run (run failed), 2:08;
OB—Bahr 45 run
RUSHING—D—24-37; D. Hoffman 9-24; David Cramer 2-9; B. Hoffman 10-6; Garrett Keal 3-(-2); OB—34-426; Bahr 10-208; Foust 16-143; Scott 2-47; Luke Higgason 6-28.
PASSING—D—B. Hoffman 7-24-3, 81; OB—Foust 4-4-0, 33.
RECEIVING—D—Cramer 3-51; D. Hoffman 3-25; Keal 1-5; OB—Bahr 4-33.

CENTRAL PLAINS 64, ELLINWOOD 0
CLAFLIN – Oiler quarterback Myles Menges threw four touchdown passes on four attempts to lead No. 3 state-ranked Central Plains past Ellinwood 64-0 in Eight-Man 1, District 5.
The Oilers (6-1, 3-0) are assured of a playoff berth with a victory against St. John, which is down to seven healthy players, next week. Ellinwood (1-6, 0-3) plays Little River (5-2, 2-1) at home.
Menges completed a pair of touchdown passes to Alex Barton and Dalton Beck. Alex Hickel started the game with a 66-yard kickoff return and scored on a 10-yard run. Dalton Beck caught a 72-yard TD pass. Barton also scored on a punt return.
Anthony Oberle and Jacob McAtee also scored TDs. Hickel recovered a fumble forced by Lee Letourneau. Dylan Lemieux had five tackles for losses.

EHS 0 0 – 0
CP 42 22 – 64
CP—Alex Hickel 66 kickoff return (Anthony Oberle run), 11:48; CP—Hickel 10 run (Hickel run), 9:52; CP—Dalton Beck 72 pass from Myles Menges (run failed), 8:12; CP—Alex Barton 6 pass from Menges (run failed), 7:59; CP—Barton 26 pass from Menges (Menges run), 6:11; CP—D. Beck 32 pass from Menges (run failed), 1:33; CP—Jacob McAtee blocked punt recovery (run failed), 11:56; CP—Barton 35 punt return (Hickel run) 9:53; CP—Oberle 19 run (Bieberle run), 5:32
RUSHING—CP—12-98; Jerred Bieberle 4-39; Hickel 2-21; Anthony Oberle 1-19; Jacob McAtee 2-14; Lawson Oeser 2-2; Dylan Lemieux 1-3; E—30-16; Drew Blake 16-7; Jayce Christiansen 2-3; Ryan Niles 3-0; Todd Hamby 9-6.
PASSING—CP—Menges 4-4-0, 136; Bieberle 1-1-0, 14
RECEIVING—CP—Dalton Beck 2-104; Alex Barton 2-32; Lemieux 1-14.