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Broncos play like hulks vs. Banner; Arthur outlasts Roughriders
WAUNETA, Neb. — The Wauneta-Palisade Broncos were running wild at 16 yards per carry during their 66-0 home win over Banner County Friday evening.
Junior Casey Walker needed only four carries to score three touchdowns and amass 145 rush yards.
Walker’s longest gallop was 65 yards as the Broncos raised their record to 2-1 this season.
Sophomore Krayton Wiese was even better at two carries for two touchdowns, gaining 48 with 31 and 17-yard TD rumbles.
Junior Konner McCrumb’s only tote of the pigskin turned into a nine-yard score and sophomore David Bryner added another score during his three carries for 15.
Krayton Wiese rushed for another Bronco score.
Senior Nathan Blackman’s only pass was — you guessed it — a 35-yard touchdown to senior Aden Acton.
Yet sophomore Noah Sandman didn’t even need to actually carry the football for his score. He fell on a fumble in the end zone which helped the Broncos lead 48-0 after just one quarter.
Banner County found no success either against the W-P defense even tough their roster of players is a perfect football number: seven.
Freshman Ayden Baker’s 10 tackles (five solos) stymied the Banner attack and Bryner assisted on nine stops.
Freshman Wyatt Hilbert was in on six tackles with five each for Wiese and Wheeler.
Wauneta-Palisade made 12 tackes behind the visitors’ line of scrimmage.
Some other area football recaps Friday night:
BARTLEY, Neb. — Arthur County brought the final flurry to a wild 40-28 victory over Southwest Friday night.
Both teams brought 2-0 records into Bartley with Arthur County delivering recent state playoff success.
The visiting Wolves took a 24-0 lead through one quarter, yet amazingly Southwest closed within 24-22 by halftime.
Both defenses controlled a scoreless third quarter until the final 16-6 Arthur County surge.
Junior Houston Billeter completed 21 Southwest passes for 278 yards and three TDs.
Sophomore Derik Kelley mixed in a 27-yard scoring strike while senior Trenton Williams needed only five rushes to gain 82 yards.
Kelley mostly caught Billeter throws as his 114 receiving yards paced the Roughriders (2-1).
Williams added an awesome 11 grabs for 108. Sophomore Jacob Barber reached the end zone twice during his four catches for 88 yards.
Billeter and Kelley both made a team-high 10 defensive tackles. Williams and Barber both added nine.
Yet Arthur County prevailed thanks to senior Talan Storer’s two TD throws along with junior Grady Gorwill’s two touchdown runs.
Senior Tucker Rut and junior Jaycen Hanna caught those six-point strikes from Storer.
Arapahoe 52,
Arcadia-L.C. 7
ARAPAHOE, Neb. — The Arapahoe Warriors’ third dominating win this season featured seniors William Cacy (10 rushes, 125 yards) and Trenton Roskop (nine for 72) both rushing past Arcadia-Loup City to two touchdowns Friday.
Briggs Hill dded another score as did senior Grayson Koller.
The Warriors took a 20-0 first-quarter lead to 33-0 by halftime.
Cambridge 34,
Axtell 20
AXTELL, Neb. — Cambridge (2-1) rallied with a 22-0 second half as seniors Jayden Ruf rushed for 103 yards and Tayten Koeppen gained 102 with a TD.
Freshman quarterback Abram Norton threw three completions which all went for scores to juniors Krayton Ruggles, Hodge Raburn and Brady Ahlemeyer.
Hitchcock 66,
Franklin 6
FRANKLIN, Neb. — No other details were obtained as the Hitchcock County Falcons went to 3-0 Friday.
DC-S 44,
Sutherland 0
Junior quarterback Dante Horner threw four TD passes with two each to juniors Ethan Latta and August Shaw. Latta added 102 rush yards and another TD.