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Ravens, Eagles win division titles as MFL ends season Thursday
McCOOK, Neb. -- The 2017 McCook Football League held its final night of games Thursday at Weiland Field.
Thursday saw the Ravens and Eagles cap off division titles with perfect records.
The Eagles took the fifth and sixth grade division title with a 3-0 record, including a 14-0 win Thursday.
The Ravens won the seventh and eighth grade division with two wins Thursday to finish 4-0.
The other two seventh and eighth grade teams, the Colts and Chiefs, both finished with records of 1-3.
All teams were recognized Thursday, which included medal presentations and team photos.
Full game recaps from Thursday follow:
Seventh-Eighth Division
Ravens 21, Chiefs 14
The Ravens recovered from deficits of 7-0 and 14-7 to defeat the Chiefs 21-14 in Thursday’s first game.
Branson McDonald opened the scoring with a four-yard touchdown run and Spencer Baker added the extra-point run to make it 7-0 Chiefs early.
The Ravens answered with a 65-yard run by Dominic Gomez and extra-point to tie the game at 7-7.
Baker would put the Chiefs back ahead with a two-yard run and extra-point to make it 14-7, but that would be the final lead for the Chiefs.
Gomez tied the game with a six-yard run and extra point, and Cole Cappel scored the game-winning touchdown from four yards out. Gomez added the insurance extra-point and the Ravens held on to clinch the division title with one game still to play.
Fifth-Sixth Division
Eagles 14, Cowboys 0
Jackson Kerchal scored on runs of 62 and 7 yards to give the Eagles a 14-0 win over the Cowboys in the fifth and sixth grade division finale.
Kerchal opened with a 62-yard touchdown run and Quentin Terry’s extra-point conversion to make it 7-0.
Kerchal would score again from seven yards out, while Elias Manzanares added the extra-point to give the game its final score.
Seventh-Eighth Division
Ravens 21, Colts 20
The final game of the 2017 MFL season turned into a duel between the Colts’ Lane Lenz and the Ravens’ Gomez.
Both players scored three touchdowns, but it was the Ravens who capitalized on all three conversion attempts to win 21-20.
Lenz opened the game with a one-yard plunge to give the Colts an early 7-0 advantage.
The Ravens responded with three touchdowns to take a 21-7 lead. All three scores were from Gomez, as the lead back had runs of 10, 49 and 65 yards. His 49-yard run was the final play of the first half and his 65-yard scamper was the first play after halftime.
The Colts would make it interesting with two final scores. Lenz ran in from 10 yards out, but the conversion attempt failed making it 21-13.
In the final minutes, Lenz would score again from 12 yards out and add an extra-point to make the score 21-20.
The Ravens ran out the remaining time to hang on for the win.