Olpe, 4 Other Area Schools Earn Trips to State Tournament
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Friday, October 26, 2007
Matt Redeker ran for two second-half touchdowns to help lift the Olpe Eagles past Peabody, 14-10, in the regular-season finale in Olpe.
Down 10-0 at the half, the Eagles turned to a spread offense in the second half to try and wear down Peabody, eventually opening up the field enough for Redeker to score on TD runs of 19 and nine yards.
“We had to spread it out, because we were getting nothing going on the ground,” Olpe coach Chris Schmidt said. “We came out in the second half and chipped away and got field position and finally broke through. They had to chase us and run with us a lot, and I think we wore them out, and Matt then got those two big runs for us.”
Peabody took a 10-point advantage into the half thanks to an opening drive that ended with a 37-yard field goal by Will Pratt and then a second-quarter interception return for a touchdown by Ben Eldridge off a Redeker pass.
“As soon as he (Redeker) threw that ball, he knew it was a mistake,” Schmidt said.
Meanwhile, Peabody’s defense blanked the Eagles for most of the first half, though Olpe did show some signs of life late in the second quarter that gave the team some hope heading into the locker room.
“In the first half, they were just whipping us,” Schmidt said. “We got inside the 20 a couple times but hurt ourselves with penalties and such. But the big thing was the kids got some confidence in the last few minutes of the half.”
After halftime, it was the Olpe defense’s turn to shut down Peabody while the Eagles got enough offense from their quarterback to earn the victory.
With the victory, Olpe enters the State playoffs with a 6-3 record and will play host to Canton-Galva on Tuesday night in Olpe in the first round of the playoffs.
Olpe 14, Peabody 10
Thursday at Olpe
Peabody 3 7 0 0 — 10
Olpe 0 0 7 7 — 14
First Quarter
Pea — Will Pratt 37 field goal.
Second Quarter
Pea — Ben Eldridge 45 interception return (Pratt kick).
Third Quarter
Olpe — Matt Redeker 19 run (Alex Medinciy kick).
Fourth Quarter
Olpe — Redeker 9 run (Medinciy).
GAME STATISTICS
Pea Olpe
First downs 7 7
Rushes-yards 37-75 28-76
Comp-att-int 2-7-2 10-29-1
Passing 19 135
Total plays-yards 44-94 57-211
Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-yards 8-55 10-70
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — Olpe: Matt Redeker 15-53, Cole Krueger 3-13, Josh Lambert 9-7, Alex Medinciy 3-3.
Passing — Olpe: Redeker 10-29-1 135.
Receiving — Olpe: Josh Klumpe 5-75, Krueger 2-28, Bradley Argabright 1-25, Wade Schmidt 1-10, Lambert 1-(-3).
Lebo 64, Crest 32
The Lebo Wolves guaranteed themselves a spot in the State playoffs with a 64-32 victory over Crest Friday night.
The Wolves began the game’s scoring with a 6-yard touchdown run from Cameron Smith. From there, the Wolves gained an eight-point lead at the end of the first quarter and closed out the half with a 12-point cushion, 36-24.
But Crest hung around thanks to two kickoff returns for touchdowns in the first quarter.
“I thought we were a little flat at the start of the ballgame,” Lebo coach Butch Jones said, “but we came out with the win.”
The Wolves’ Smith played a large role in his team’s success, scoring five touchdowns, gaining107 yards rushing and adding two catches for 40 yards.
Brandon Speer also was a large contributor with 13 rushes for 111 yards and one touchdown.
Lebo 64, Crest 32
Thursday at Colony
Crest 12 12 0 8 — 32
Lebo 20 16 14 14 — 64
First Quarter
Lebo — Cameron Smith 6 run (conversion failed)
Crest — Todd Johnson 79 kickoff return (conversion failed)
Lebo — Brandon Speer 11 run (Gage Milota pass from Blake Jones)
Crest — Johnson 78 kickoff return (conversion failed)
Lebo — Smith 5 run (conversion failed)
Second Quarter
Lebo — Smith 36 run (Jones run)
Lebo — Smith 25 pass from Jones (Jones run)
Crest — Brandon Newton 8 pass from Johnson (conversion failed)
Crest — Clinton Leldin 37 pass from Newton (conversion failed)
Third Quarter
Lebo — Smith 5 run (Adam Laflin run)
Lebo — Jones 4 run (conversion failed)
Fourth Quarter
Lebo — Laflin 19 run (Milota pass from Jones)
Lebo — Laflin 7 run (conversion failed)
Crest — Leldin 67 run (Leldin run)
GAME STATISTICS
Crest Lebo
Rushing-yards 28-149 46-358
Comp-att-int 9-18-2 6-9-0
Passing yards 85 81
Total yards 234 439
First Downs 8 20
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — Lebo: Smith 15-107, Speer 13-111, Laflin 10-80, Jones 4-9, Calvin Perry1-8, Cole Brockelman 2-11, Dillon Kelly 1-2.
Passing — Lebo: Blake Jones 9-18 85.
Receiving — Lebo: Laflin 2-35, Smith 2-40, Milota 2-6.
MdCV 62, Elwood 42
Friday night marked a turning point in Marais des Cygnes Valley football history, as for the first time in 20 years, the Trojans made it into the State playoffs.
The success wasn’t easy to come by, either.
Coming out of the first quarter down by six points, the Trojans fought back to take a four-point lead into halftime, 24-20. The Trojans maintained their lead the rest of the way thanks in part to 24 third-quarter points.
The Trojans’ victory was perhaps made even more impressive since they were forced to change their strategy for because of an injury to senior running back Chisom Spencer. With the change, the Trojans ran far more trick plays and it gave some other other players a chance to step-up their game, coach Trenton Douglas said.
“It was really a team effort,” MdCV coach Trenton Douglas said. “Most nights we give the ball to Spencer but he was hurt so we had a lot contribution from everyone.”
Pat Rager ended the game with 20 rushes for 88 yards. Drew Woodruff also rushed five times for 95 yards.
MdCV 62, Elwood 42
Thursday at Elwood
MdCV 8 16 24 14 — 62
Elwood 14 6 8 14 — 42
First Quarter
Elwood — Paris Smith 2 run (conversion failed)
Elwood — Jeray McGaughew 2 run (McGaughew run)
MdCV — Drew Woodruff 27 run (Brandon Lith run)
Second Quarter
MdCV — Chisom Spencer 8 run (Dennis Becker pass from Litch)
MdCV — Spencer 16 run (Becker pass from Spencer)
Elwood — McGaughew 5 run (conversion failed)
Third Quarter
MdCV — Woodruff 28 run (Michael Schmidt pass from Spencer)
MdCV — Litch 9 run (Spencer run)
Elwood — McGaughew 1 run (McGaughew run)
MdCV — Pat Rager 24 run (Becker pass from Litch)
Fourth Quarter
Elwood — McGaughew 3 run (McGaughew run)
MdCV — Rager 16 run (conversion failed)
Elwood — McGaughew 27 run (conversion failed)
MdCV — Spencer 24 run (Becker pass from Litch)
GAME STATISTICS
Elwood MdCV
First Downs 10 18
Rushes-yards 39-277 64-375
Comp-att-int 6-8-0 2-5-1
Passing yards 123 21
Total Yards 400 396
Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-1
Penalties 7-65 7-45
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — MdCV: Spencer 13-124, Rager 20-88, Litch 4-10, Woodruff 2-55. Elwood: Jeray McGaughew 40-240, Cullen Miller 15-110, Smith 6-20, Sergio Deayon 2-(-1).
Passing — MdCV: Litch 3-5 32, Spencer 2-2 76, Woodruff 1-1 28. Elwood: Miller 2-5 21.
Receiving — MdCV: Woodruff 5-95, Schmidta 1-28. Elwood: Jordan Brown 1-13, Deayon 1-8.
Lyndon 54, Wabaunsee 6
Lyndon performed well in its final game before the 2A State playoffs, routing winless Wabaunsee by 48.
The Tigers scored the first 48 points of the contest, leading 41-0 at halftime. The second half was played with a running clock.
Keene Niemack had the most impressive night for Lyndon, as Wabaunsee wasn’t able to tackle him on a rushing attempt.
The sophomore rushed three times for 141 yards and three touchdowns, as the only thing able to stop him was the end zone.
Shea Kirsop added TD runs of 6, 27 and 40, and Kade Neilson contributed a pair of second-quarter scores to round out Lyndon’s scoring.
The Tigers (8-1) will travel to face Wathena in the first round of the postseason on Tuesday.
Lyndon 54, Wabaunsee 6
Thursday at Wabaunsee
Lyndon 14 27 7 6 — 54
Wabaunsee 0 0 0 6 — 6
First Quarter
L — Keene Niemack 40 run (Alex Walsh kick)
L — Niemack 41 run (Walsh kick)
Second Quarter
L — Shea Kirsop 6 run (Walsh kick)
L — Kirsop 27 run (Walsh kick)
L — Kade Neilson 14 run (Walsh kick)
L — Neilson 10 run (kick failed)
Third Quarter
L — Kirsop 40 run (Walsh kick)
Fourth Quarter
W — TenEyck 55 interception return (run failed)
L — Niemack 60 run (kick failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — Niemack 3-141, Neilson 14-122, Kirsop 4-74, Ricky Winsky 1-1, Alex Walsh 2-4, Curtis Wendling 3-(-9).
Passing — Kirsop 5-5-0 122.
Receiving — Niemack 3-62, Jeremy Testerman 2-60.
Records — Wabaunsee 0-9, Lyndon 8-1.
Flinthills 40, Udall 30
The Flinthills Mustangs scored 33 straight points to help turn a 22-0 first-quarter deficit into a 40-30 victory over Udall Thursday night in Rosalia.
After Udall scored on three touchdown passes from quarterback Skylor Kistler to go up 22-0 to open the game, Flinthills came roaring back, thanks in large part to three TD passes by Mustangs quarterback Micah Womacks.
Womacks tossed scores to Shae Roberts, Kent Riemann and Caleb Keplar to pull Flinthills to within three at 22-19 before halftime.
Then a touchdown run by Josh Brown with 28 seconds left in the third quarter gave Flinthills its first lead, and Roberts helped extend that lead to 33-22 with his own TD run with 4:54 left in the game.
Udall scored once more to draw to within three again at 33-30, but the Mustangs responded with Womacks’ fourth TD pass of the night, this one to Preston Hefton, with 1:25 left to ice the game.
All told, Womacks was 10-for-20 for 170 yards and four TDs with two interceptions on the night. Brown led Flinthills with 13 rushes for 77 yards and a touchdown.
Flinthills 40, Udall 30
Thursday at Rosalia
Udall 22 0 0 8 — 30
Flinthills 6 13 7 14 — 40
First Quarter
Udall — Lane Krug 13 pass from Skylor Kistler (PAT failed)
Udall — Michael Carselowey 3 pass from Kistler (Scott Murphy run)
Udall — Krug 1 pass from Kistler (Kistler pass)
FH — Shae Roberts 6 pass from Micah Womacks (PAT failed)
Second Quarter
FH — Kent Riemann 26 pass from Womacks (PAT failed)
FH — Caleb Keplar 1 pass from Womacks (kick good)
Third Quarter
FH — Josh Brown 4 run (kick good)
Fourth Quarter
FH — Roberts 2 run (kick good)
Udall — Carselowey 24 run (Murphy pass from Carselowey)
FH — Preston Hefton 19 pass from Womacks (kick good)
GAME STATISTICS
Udall FH
First downs 8 20
Rushes-yards 37-138 48-154
Comp-att-int 6-16-2 10-20-2
Passing yards 44 170
Total plays-yards 53-182 68-324
Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0
Penalties-yards 2-20 2-10
Punts-avg 4-26.0 2-14.0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — FH: Brown 13-77, Roberts 17-41, Simpson 7-24, Womacks 7-8, Hefton 1-3, Breech 1-1.
Passing — FH: Womacks 10-20-2 170.
Receiving — FH: Roberts 5-96, Riemann 2-39, Keplar 2-16, Hefton 1-19.
Chase County 35,
Yates Center 8
Led by the dominant running of Brian Palermo, Chase County took an easy 27-point victory over Yates Center on Thursday night.
Palermo finished with 18 carries for 341 yards and three scores. Nathan Phipps added 12 carries for 124 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Shawn Talkington was 4-of-8 passing for 96 yards, with Alec Wold catching three of those throws for 81 yards receiving.
Kyle Hannigan led Chase County with seven tackles, while Johnny Lang notched six.
Rossville 35,
Northern Heights 27
The Northern Heights Wildcats ended District play with an eight-point loss to Rossville Thursday at Rossville.
Heights quarterback Kenneth Bronson threw for 330 yards and four touchdowns in the defeat.
Levi Hizar added six catches for 101 yards and a score, while Michael Glass had nine receptions for 95 yards and a touchdown.
Haydon Parks contributed 80 yards receiving and a TD, and Tyler McClellan also had a touchdown reception.
The Wildcats finished second in their District and will travel to Silver Lake for the first round of the playoffs on Tuesday.
Rossville 35, Northern Heights 27
Thursday at Rossville
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — NH: Michael Glass 6-34.
Passing — NH: Bronson 24-46-3 330.
Receiving — NH: Levi Hizar 6-101 TD, Michael Glass 9-95 TD, Haydon Parks 5-80 TD, Roman Murray 2-38, Tyler McClellan 2-15 TD.
Record — Northern Heights 6-3.