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Local Calendar
Wednesday
Fort Hays
Men’s basketball vs. Central Christian at Gross Memorial Coliseum,
7:30 p.m.
Women’s basketball vs. McPherson at Gross Memorial Coliseum,
5:30 p.m.
Saturday
Fort Hays
Men’s basketball vs. Bethel College at Gross Memorial Coliseum,
4 p.m.
Women’s basketball vs. Cameron
at Gross Memorial Coliseum, 2 p.m.
Wrestling at Nebraska-Kearney
Open in Kearney, Neb., 9 a.m.
Football
NFL standings
AFC
East
W L T Pct PF
New England 7 2 0 .778 281
Miami
6 4 0 .600 249
Buffalo
5 5 0 .500 200
N.Y. Jets
2 8 0 .200 174
South
W L T Pct PF
Indianapolis
6 3 0 .667 290
Houston
4 5 0 .444 206
Tennessee
2 7 0 .222 144
Jacksonville
1 9 0 .100 158
North
W L T Pct PF
Cleveland
6 3 0 .667 209
Cincinnati
5 3 1 .556 197
Pittsburgh
6 4 0 .600 261
Baltimore
6 4 0 .600 261
West
W L T Pct PF
Denver
7 2 0 .778 286
Kansas City
6 3 0 .667 217
San Diego
5 4 0 .556 205
Oakland
0 9 0 .000 146
PA
198
180
204
265
PA
211
197
223
282
PA
172
211
239
181
PA
202
151
186
252
NFC
East
W L T Pct PF PA
7 2 0 .778 279 198
7 3 0 .700 261 212
3 6 0 .333 195 247
3 6 0 .333 197 229
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans
4 5 0 .444 251 225
Carolina
3 6 1 .300 198 281
Atlanta
3 6 0 .333 219 238
Tampa Bay
1 8 0 .111 167 272
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Detroit
7 2 0 .778 182 142
Green Bay
6 3 0 .667 277 205
Minnesota
4 5 0 .444 168 199
Chicago
3 6 0 .333 194 277
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona
8 1 0 .889 223 170
Seattle
6 3 0 .667 240 191
San Francisco 5 4 0 .556 195 202
St. Louis
3 6 0 .333 163 251
Week 11
Thursday’s Games
Miami 22, Buffalo 9
Sunday’s Games
Minnesota at Chicago, noon
Houston at Cleveland, noon
Seattle at Kansas City, noon
Atlanta at Carolina, noon
Cincinnati at New Orleans, noon
Tampa Bay at Washington, noon
Denver at St. Louis, noon
San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, noon
Oakland at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.
Detroit at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.
New England at Indianapolis, 7:30
p.m.
Monday’s Game
Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia
Dallas
N.Y. Giants
Washington
College standings
Big 12
Conference
Overall
W-L
W-L
TCU
6-1
9-1
Baylor
5-1
8-1
Kansas State
5-1
7-2
West Virginia
4-3
6-4
Texas
4-3
5-5
Oklahoma
4-3
7-3
Oklahoma State
3-3
5-4
Texas Tech
1-6
3-7
Kansas
1-6
3-7
Iowa State
0-6
2-7
Saturday’s results
TCU 34, Kansas 30
Oklahoma 42, Texas Tech 30
Texas at Oklahoma State (N)
MIAA
Conference
Overall
W-L
W-L
Pittsburg State
10-1
10-1
Northwest Missouri 10-1
10-1
Central Oklahoma
8-2
8-2
Missouri Western
7-4
7-4
Fort Hays
7-4
7-4
Central Missouri
7-4
7-4
Emporia State
4-7
4-7
Missouri Southern
4-7
4-7
Washburn
3-7
3-7
Nebraska-Kearney
3-8
3-8
Lindenwood
2-9
2-9
Northeastern State
0-10
0-10
Saturday’s games
Neb-Kearney 42, Emporia State 40
Missouri Western 22, Missouri Southern 21
Lindenwood 35, Northeastern State 16
Fort Hays 45, Central Missouri 17
NW Missouri 31, Washburn 14
Pitt State 41, Central Missouri 14
College summary
Fort Hays 45
Central Missouri 17
Game in figures
FHSU
UCM
First downs
23
20
Rushes-yards
57-289
32-142
Passing
9-17-0
20-38-0
Passing yards
95
172
Total plays-yards
7-384
70-314
Penalties-yards
3-22
2-22
Punts-avg.
5-32
5-34.4
Fumbles-lost
0-0
2-2
Scoring summary
Fort Hays (7-4). . . . . . . 14 14 3 14 — 45
Central Missouri (7-4). . . . 0 3 7 7 — 17
FH — Hendricks 3 pass from Albert
(O’Brien kick).
FH — Darby 2 run (O’Brien kick)
UCM — Mondragon 23 field goal.
FH — Darby 1 run (O’Brien kick).
FH — Williams 16 pass from Albert
(O’Brien kick).
UCM — Strong 32 punt return (Mondragon kick).
FH — O’Brien 33 field goal
FH — Williams 19 pass from Albert
(O’Brien kick).
UCM — Harris 1 run (Mondragon
kick).
FH — Smith 8 run (O’Brien kick).
Individual statistics
Rushing
FH — Smith 12-145, Iheme 29-115, Albert 14-51, Darby 2-3.
UCM — Taylor 22-149, Hawk 8-15, Harris 1-1, Kirkwood 1-6.
Passing
FH — Albert, 9-17-0, 95 yards.
UCM — Hawk, 20-38-0, 172 yards.
Receiving
FH — Iheme 1-7, Williams 4-44, Hendricks 2-9, Maxi 2-35.
UCM — Kirkwood 2-11, Taylor 5-26,
Bakker 1-12, McMullen 5-35, Echols
2-10, Campbell 1-5, Harris 1-12, Gorman 1-22, Rosine 2-39.
Saturday’s early major
college scores
East
Marshall 41, Rice 14
Navy 52, Georgia Southern 19
Penn State 30, Temple 13
Florida International 38, Middle Tennessee 28
Georgia Tech 28, Clemson 6
Memphis 38, Tulane 7
North Carolina 40, Pittsburgh 35
North Carolina State 42, Wake Forest
13
South Carolina 23, Florida 20, OT
Virginia Tech 17, Duke 16
Alabama 25, Miss. State 20
Oklahoma 42, Texas Tech 30
Midwest
Appalachian State 37, Arkansas State
32
Central Michigan 34, Miami (Ohio) 27
Iowa 30, Illinois 14
Ohio State 31, Minnesota 24
Texas Christian 34, Kansas 30
Western Kentucky 52, Army 24
Western Michigan 51, Eastern Michigan 7
Wisconsin 59, Nebraska 24
West
Air Force 45, Nevada 38, OT
Arizona 27, Washington 26
Prep playoff
Those involving area schools
Eight-Man Division II
Nov. 4 results
Axtell 78, Sylvan-Lucas 28
Chetopa 76, Caldwell 54
Pike Valley 58, Chase 34
Attica 84, Southern Coffey County 40
Minneola 44, Satanta 32
Victoria 34, Hoxie 20
Ingalls 56, Stafford 6
Sharon Springs 46, St. John’s-Tipton 0
Nov. 8 results
Axtell 42, Chetopa 34
Attica 56, Pike Valley 32
Victoria 64, Minneola 12.
Sharon Springs 52, Ingalls 6
Friday’s sub-state championships
Attica/Argonia 70, Axtell 44
Victoria 28, Wallace County 12
Saturday’s state championship (at
Fischer Field, Newton).
Attica/Argonia (12-0) vs. Victoria (111), 11 a.m.
Eight-Man Division I
Nov. 4 results
Marais Des Cygnes 42, Cedar Vale 34
Osborne 66, Peabody-Burns 44
Udall 62, Uniontown 12
Hanover 70, Madison 22
Central Plains 50, South Central 14
Spearville 52, Atwood 14
Little River 62, Skyline 14
Ness City 36, Oberlin 32
Nov. 8 results
Osborne 58, Marais Des Cygnes 10
Hanover 62, Udall 14
Central Plains 42, Spearville 40
Ness City 40, Little River 28
Friday’s sub-state championships
Hanover 74, Osborne 44
Central Plains 32, Ness City 0
Saturday’s state championship (at
Fischer Field, Newton)
Hanover (12-0) vs. Central Plains (120), 3:30 p.m.
Class 2-1A
Nov. 7 results
Troy 50, Valley Heights 0
Lyndon 61, Marion 40
Onaga 26, Doniphan West 13
Olpe 56, Mission Valley 14
Ell-Saline 28, Segwick 20
La Crosse 34, Meade 0
Phillipsburg 22, Sacred Heart 15
(2OT)
Oakley 28, Elkhart 14
Friday’s quarterfinals
Troy 23, Lyndon 0
Olpe 33, Onaga 22
Ell-Saline 28, La Crosse 12
Phillipsburg 48, Oakley 12
Friday’s sub-state chamionships
Troy (10-1) at Olpe (10-1), 7 p.m.
Ell-Saline (8-3) at Phillipsburg (10-1),
7 p.m.
Class 3A
Nov. 4 results
Sabetha 28, Nemaha Central 8
Silver Lake 60, Maur Hill 13
Wellsville 52, NE Arma 0
Candy Valley 35, Riverton 27
Centralia 50, Horton 6
Rossville 56, Pleasant Ridge 0
Pittsburg Colgan 46, Jayhawk-Linn 7
Galena 26, Neodesha 0
Chaparral 47, Bluestem 14
Halstead 54, SE Saline 13
Minneapolis 59, Beloit 34
Hoisington 48, Cimarron 6
Collegiate 56, Conway Springs 34
Hesston 42, Hutch Trinity 28
Norton 49, Riley County 14
Scott City 56, Ellsworth 0
Nov. 8 results
Silver Lake 28, Sabetha 7
Wellsville 11, Caney Valley 10
Rossville 35, Centralia 14
ST. Mary’s-Colgan 35, Galena 18
Halstead 36, Anthony-Harper 27
Minneapolis 17, Hoisington 14
Wichita Collegiate 61, Hesston 35
Scott City 55, Norton 20
Friday’s results
Silver Lake 20, Wellsville 14
Rossville 56, ST. Mary’s-Colgan 19
Halstead 66, Minneapolis 14
Scott City 26, Wichita Collegiate 6.
Friday’s sub-state championships
Rossvile (12-0) at Silver Lake (11-1),
7 p.m.
Halstead (10-2) vs. Scott City (12-0).
Class 4A Division II
Nov. 7 results
Holton 54, Osawatomie 8
Columbus 35, Girard 12
Santa Fe Trail 24, Jefferson West 12
Frontenac 48, Burlington 13
Andale 49, Smoky Valley 18
Concordia 28, Pratt 20
Clearwater 14, Wamego 7
Holcomb 35, Colby 6.
Friday’s results
Columbus 22, Holton 21
Santa Fe rail 14, Frontenac 13
Andale 47, Concordia 14
Holcomb 49, Clearwater 14
Friday’s sub-state championships
Santa Fe Trail (9-2) at Columbus (101), 7 p.m.
Holcomb (10-1) at Andale (11-0), 7
p.m.
Prep summaries
Friday
Victoria 28
Wallace County 12
Game in figures
WC
Vic
First downs
5
13
Rushes-yards
34-12
50-166
Passing
4-10-0
5-11-0
Passing yards
51
92
Total plays-yards
44-63
61-258
Penalties-yards
5-30
4-35
Punts-avg.
5-32.6
4-28.8
Fumbles-lost
0-0
3-3
Scoring summary
Wallace County (11-1). . . . 0 0 6 6 — 12
Victoria (11-1). . . . . . . . . 0 8 14 6 — 28
V — Dortland 14 pass from Dinkel
(Dinkel run).
WC — Klinge 15 pass from Gfeller (run
failed).
V — Dreiling 27 pass from Dinkel (run
failed).
V — Team safety
V — Dome 35 kickoff return (pass
failed).
V — Dinkel 7 run (run failed).
WC — Klinge 65 kick return (pass
failed).
Individual statistics
Rushing
WC — Klinge 8-14, Schemm 6-13, Gfeller 19-(minus-3), Team 1-(minus-12).
V — Dinkel 23-93, Dome 18-68, Dreiling
1-5, Dortland 6-0.
Passing
WC — Gfeller, 4-10-0, 51 yards.
V — Dinkel, 5-10-0, 92 yards; Dortland
0-1-0.
Receiving
WC — Klinge 2-28, Schemm 2-23.
V — Dreiling 2-57, Dome 2-21, Dortland
1-14.
Phillipsburg 48, Oakley 12
Game in figures Phillipsburg
Oakley
First downs 9
14
Rushes-Yds 42-359
46-169
Passing-Int 0-3-0
6-17-3
Passing Yds
0 62
Total plays-Yds
45-359
63-231
Penalties-Yds
3-20
2-20
Fumbles-Lost
1-0 2-1
Punts-Net
2-37.5
3-23.7
Scoring Summary
Phillipsburg (10-1) . . . . 14 14 13 7 — 48
Oakley (6-5) . . . . . . . . . . 0 12 0 0 — 12
P — Lennemann 7 run (Kellerman
kick)
P — Lennemann 27 run (Kellerman
kick)
P — Sage 55 run (Kellerman kick)
P — Lennemann 36 run (Kellerman
kick)
O — Stoll 1 run (kick miss)
O — Rains 8 pass from Smith (conversion fail)
P — Lennemann 90 kickoff return
(kick miss)
P — Prewitt 60 run (Kellerman kick)
P — Lennemann 45 run (Kellerman
kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing
P — Lennemann 12-122, Sage 8-103,
Prewitt 9-101, Gower 5-34, M. Coomes
1-10, K. Coomes 3-0, Kellerman 1-(-4),
Chestnut 2-(-7)
O — Stoll 33-164, Smith 10-10, Rains
3-(-5)
Passing
P — Sage 0-3-0, 0 yards
O — Smith 6-17-1, 62 yards
Receiving
P — None
O — Engel 2-26, Rains 2-20, Murphy
1-11, Gallagher 1-5 Central Plains 32
Ness City 0
Central Plains (12-0). . . . 6 6 12 8 — 32
Ness City (9-3) . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 — 0
CP — Crites 1 run (pass failed).
CP — Crites 7 run (pass failed).
CP — Lamatch 17 pass from Crites (
run failed).
CP — Ingham 33 pass from Crites
(pass failed).
CP — Bieberle 4 pass from Crites (Lamatch pass from Crites).
Ell-Saline 28, La Crosse 12
La Crosse (9-2). . . . . . . . . 0 6 0 6 — 12
Ell-Saline (8-3) . . . . . . . . 8 8 0 12 — 28
ES — Walters 1 run (Jacobson pass
from Arceo).
L — Schmidt 41 run (run failed).
ES — Bradley 9 pass from Arceo
(Funk pass from Arceo).
L — Schmidt 27 run (pass failed).
ES — Arceo 41 run (pass failed).
Basketball
NBA schedule
Today’s games
Denver at New York, Noon
Milwaukee at Miami, 5 p.m.
Houston at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.
Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.
Monday’s games
Dallas at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
Denver at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Phoenix at Boston, 6:30 p.m.
Miami at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.
Orlando at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Portland, 9 p.m.
Chicago at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
College scores
Early Saturday
East
Butler 99, Maine 57
Canisius 64, Vermont 60
Delaware State 77, Pennsylvania
75, OT
Duquesne 91, Bluefield State College 51
Georgetown 83, St. Francis (NY)
62
South
Bethune-Cookman 91, Trinity
College 69
Davidson 102, Catholic 66
Florida Gulf Coast 63, Nova Southeastern 51
Florida St. 81, Manhattan 66
Louisiana State 93, Gardner-Webb
82
Michigan 92, Hillsdale 68
Winthrop 82, Pfeiffer 59
Midwest
Bowling Green 77, Drake 58
Evansville 116, Earlham 45
Green Bay 88, Ill. Springfield 57
Northern Illinois 86, Aurora 56
Northern Iowa 64, North Dakota 52
Ohio 73, Appalachian St. 47
West
La Salle 57, Colgate 52
SE Missouri St. vs. San Diego at L
Hockey
NHL schedule
Today’s games
San Jose at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Winnipeg at Minnesota, 4 p.m.
Montreal at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Florida at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
TV Calendar
Today
College basketball
11 a.m.
FSN — Mercer at Seton Hall.
Noon
ESPNNews — Chattanooga at Wisconsin.
4:30 p.m.
MYTV — Charlotte at Elon.
NFL
Noon
FOX — Seahawks at Chiefs
CBS — Broncos at Rams
3:25 p.m.
FOX — Eagles at Packers.
7:20 p.m.
NBC — Patriots at Colts.
Auto Racing
2 p.m.
ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, at
Homestead, Fla.
NBA
6 p.m.
FSN — Rockets at Thunder.
Monday
Women’s college basketball
6 p.m.
ESPN2 — Baylor at Kentucky.
College basketball
7 p.m.
FSN — UMKC at Kansas State, 7 p.m.
NFL
7:15 p.m.
ESPN — Steelers at Titans.
Transactions
Baseball
National League
Arizona Diamondbacks - Acquired
RHP Jeremy Hellickson from the
Tampa Bay Rays for SS Andrew Velazquez and OF Justin Williams.
Football
Basketball
NCAA
Iowa - Signed coach Fran McCaffery
to a one-year contract extension.
Rhode Island - Announced F Jordan
Hare has left the program.
Hockey
National Hockey League
Chicago Blackhawks - Assigned C Peter Regin to Rockford (AHL).
Columbus Blue Jackets - Acquired
D Jordan Leopold from the St. Louis
Blues for a 2016 fifth-round draft pick.
Placed D Fedor Tyutin on IR.
St. Louis Blues - Recalled D Chris Butler from Chicago (AHL).
Vancouver Canucks - Assigned LW
Nicklas Jensen to Utica (AHL). Assigned D Bobby Sanguinetti to Utica
(AHL).
Panthers,
“They are a good team,”
Lennemann said of Oakley.
“They are always really good
and they had some of their
better players back, but we still
practiced to go against their
best players and go around the
outside and I think it worked
pretty good.”
Phillipsburg clearly was prepared, forcing Oakley to punt
on its first possession before
finishing its first offensive drive
with a 7-yard touchdown run
by Lennemann, the first of
five scores he would have in
the game. The Panthers led
14-0 after a quarter following
Lennemann’s second TD, a
27-yard run.
Big plays weren’t exclusive
to Lennemann, however, as
senior Sam Sage broke free
for a 55-yard touchdown run
early in the second quarter, of
which Lennemann followed
with a 36-yard scoring run on
the next possession to make it
28-0 Phillipsburg with 8:03 to
play until half.
“The Kuhn kid, the big,
physical kid causes a lot of
problems right at the point of
attack where we like to attack
a lot of the times,” Covington
said. “I thought we did a really
nice job on him. They are an
awfully good football team.
They can lineup a lot of big
guys, big bodies up across the
front.”
After getting steamrolled
the first quarter and a half,
Oakley found life late in the
first half. Following Lennemann’s third score, Oakley
came back with an eight-play
drive, all runs, and finished it
with a 1-yard TD plunge by
junior Colter Stoll.
After the defense held Phillipsburg and was given great
field position on a botched
punt attempt, Oakley’s next
drive also ended in a score.
The Plainsmen went 30 yards
in about 25 seconds, sophomore quarterback Kendrick
Smith finding junior Macoy
Rains for an 8-yard TD pass
with 4.9 seconds to play in the
period.
With their lead cut to 28-12
at halftime, Phillipsburg knew
it needed to respond coming
out of the locker room.
“I thought coming out we
felt like we needed to put a
drive together,” Covington
said. “They made a nice run
at us at the end of the first
half. We felt like we had to put
a drive together and stick one
in the end zone. Obviously the
kickoff was big and then the
second quick score was huge
for us.”
The Panthers’ answer was
two scores in the first 1:15 of
the third quarter to put the
game away. The first came
on the opening kickoff, when
Lennemann let the ball get
from C1
AUSTIN COLBERT • Hays Daily News
Phillipsburg senior Stuart Lennemann (1) carries the ball
against Oakley on Friday in the Class 2-1A sectional game
in Oakley.
Oakley sophomore Kendrick Smith, left, looks to pass while
being rushed by Phillipsburg’s Ian Chestnut (2) and Drew
Stapel (65).
behind him and looked like he
would be taken down around
his own 10-yard line, but used
his track speed to break free
around the right side for the
touchdown.
Oakley’s first second-half
drive was all of one play, an
interception by Phillipsburg’s
Zachery Davis on Smith,
and it took two plays for the
Panthers to score, this time
on a 60-yard touchdown run
by junior Nate Prewitt.
For good measure, Lennemann scored once more, a
45-yard run early in the third
quarter to reach the 48-12
final.
“I think we were getting
things blocked up pretty well
up front. I thought Oakley
had a really nice game plan,
defensively, coming in against
us,” Covington said. “But
Stuart is one of those guys
that’s really developed. Early
on we knew he was fast all
along, obviously, but he’s a
guy that’s not afraid to stick
his nose up in the hole there
and run through some tackles
now, too.”
Lennemann finished with
122 yards on just 12 carries,
while Sage added 103 on
eight carries and Prewitt 101
on nine carries. Stoll led all
players with 164 yards on 33
carries for Oakley.
“It was a tremendous
team effort,” Covington said.
“I thought we played well
in all three phases of the
game. Our guys up front got
it done.”
Gordon wins pole; Harvick top Chase finalist
HOMESTEAD, Fla.
(TNS) — It was a bittersweet
achievement for Jeff Gordon
as he won his first pole at
Homestead-Miami Speedway
for today’s season-ending Ford
EcoBoost 400.
The favorable spot on the
starting grid won’t give the veteran a shot at the Sprint Cup
title after he failed to qualify for
the Championship 4 by one
point when Ryan Newman
bulled his way past Kyle Larson last week at Phoenix.
2-1A,
from C3
But the Cardinals who
never trailed in this one.
In the first quarter, Areco
connected with Jacobson on
a 49 yard rainbow that put
his team at the Leopards’ 2.
Walters slipped over from the
1 a couple of plays later and
Arceo hit Jacobson for the
2-point conversion to make
it 8-0.
La Crosse answered with
Schmidt’s 41-yard burst early
in the second quarter to cut it
to 8-6, but Ell-Saline was on
the move after that.
Areco called his number
three times for 24 yards, Walters slipped outside for 17 and
Jacobson hauled in a 20-yard
toss to put the ball at the La
Crosse 9, first and goal. After
Bradley dropped a pass in the
end zone, Areco bought time
on the scramble before Bradley came open in the back of
the end zone and caught the
9-yard scoring pass.
“I saw Louie scramble so
I just tried to find an open
“If we win this race on Sunday, that’s only going to make
it hurt a little bit more in some
ways because we could have
won the championship if we
were [still in contention] here,”
Gordon said, adding that he’s
not yet over the disappointment. “This is certainly a great
achievement for us to start the
weekend and something that
is positive that we can smile
about and be proud of.”
Gordon turned in a lap of
180.747 mph Friday to claim
his 77th pole for a Sprint Cup
race and the 200th for his
team, Hendrick Motorsports.
Kevin Harvick, in fifth, was
the leader among the four
drivers who will vie for the title
on Sunday. Denny Hamlin
was eighth and Joey Logano
ninth. Newman will have some
ground to make up because he
qualified 21st.
“Today was really just about
trying to get a solid starting
spot, and we were able to do
that,” Harvick said.
area,” Bradley said. “They
kinda got caught up on Louie
so I snuck in behind (the secondary), and it worked out.”
“I had pressure so I had to
run and kept looking upfield,”
Arceo said. “I saw him back
there, waving at me so I threw
it to him.”
La Crosse had moved to
midfield early in the final
period, still trailing by two
scores, when quarterback Jack
Garcia went deep to Andrew
Jay but Bradley was on the
spot again stepping in front
of the intended receiver at
his own 14. Once he had the
pick, Bradley wound his way
32 yards upfield to put the
Cardinals in business again.
“They had been lining
up in trips, and they weren’t
going to beat me over the
top,” Bradley said. “It gave us
some momentum.”
A 26-yard scamper by
Walters got the ball to the
17 and a play later, Arceo
kept on the zone read with
Walters, and broke 16 yards
for the touchdown with 5:03
remaining in regulation.
La Crosse quickly answered thanks to a 34-yard
pass and Schmidt’s 27-yard
burst, but it was Arceo to ice
the victory cake with another
keeper on the zone read, this
time for 41 yards and a 28-12
lead with 4:01 to go.
“In middle school we did
(the zone read) a lot, we kind
of just brought that back this
week,” he said.
“I’ve been telling Louie for
a month now, that some of
these plays are designed for
his athleticism,” King said,
“You need to make some
plays. Well he made some
tonight.”
“They had kids step up
and make plays tonight,
that’s the bottom line,” La
Crosse coach Jon Webster
said. “Ell-Saline doesn’t do
anything to beat themselves.
What they do, they’re really
good at it.”