ST. JOHN 60, STAFFORD 14

STAFFORD — St. John quarterback Braxton Alpers was on fire with four rushing touchdowns and two passing touchdowns to Jace Reyes in a 60-14 victory over Stafford in 8-Man, District 6. St. John (3-4, 1-2) clinches a playoff berth while Stafford drops to 1-5, 0-4 District.

Alpers scored on runs of 4, 16, 17 and 42 yards. Reyes caught 6- and 33-yard touchdown passes. Aden Adame and Miguel Gonzales added rushing touchdowns. Juan Ibarra led the Tigers with three interceptions. The Tigers recovered two onside kickoffs.

Stafford's Dylan Brozek scored on a 44-yard run. Cody Knoche scored on a 19-yard run.

Stafford 8 0 6  — 14

St. John  8 24 36 — 60

SJ—Braxton Alpers 17 run (Wyatt Mawhirter run); STAF—Dylan Brozek 44 run (Brozek run); SJ—Alpers 16 run (Jace Reyes pass from Alpers); SJ—Aden Adame 1 run (Daniel Portillo run); STAF—Cody Knoche 19 run; SJ—Reyes 6 pass from Alpers (Portillo run); SJ—Alpers 4 run (2 pointer); SJ—Reyes 33 pass from Alpers (Mawhirter run); SJ—Alpers 42 run; SJ—Miguel Gonzales 22 run 

RUSHING—SJ—45-344; Alpers 21-188; Portillo 12-90; Mawhirter 7-32; Gonzales 1-22; Ibarra 2-9; Adame 2-3

PASSING—SJ—Alpers 7-14-0, 139

RECEIVING—SJ—Reyes 3-73; Ibarra 2-48; Mawhirter 2-18

8-MAN 2 DISTRICT 6

Victoria 3-0 7-0

Hodgeman Co. 3-0 6-1

Macksville 1-2 3-4

St. John 1-2 3-4

Stafford 0-4 1-6

9-27—Hodgeman County 48, St. John 0; Victoria 56, Pretty Prairie 0; Macksville 26, Stafford 14

10-4—Hodgeman County 48, Stafford 0; Victoria 62, St. John 6; Bucklin 52, Macksville 6

10-11—Hodgeman County 46, Macksville 0; Victoria 72, Stafford 14; Minneola 52, St. John 6

10-18—Dighton 52, Hodgeman County 8; Victoria 58, Macksville 0; St. John 60, Stafford 14

10-25—Victoria at Hodgeman County; St. John at Macksville; Stafford at Fairfield