The Broken Bow Indians collected their first win of the football season Friday with a thrilling come from behind win over O’Neill at Mark Russell Field. The game was tied at half 13-13. The teams would go back and forth in the second half exchanging touchdowns. with the difference being a successful 2 point conversion to give Broken Bow the lead 27-25 with 5:26 remaining. Broken Bow would drive down to inside the O’Neill 10 yard line but would fumble with O’Neill recovering. The Eagles would then score with under 40 seconds remaining on a Mason Walsh touchdown pass and convert the two point conversion to take the lead 33-27. With all of their timeouts remaining, Broken Bow quarterback Blake Denson led the Indians down the field in the final 32 seconds as Bow advanced to the 2 yard line in 1.8 seconds remaining. On the final play of regulation, Frazier Kaelin scored on a 2 yard touchdown run to tie the game and send it to overtime as the point after conversion failed. In overtime, Broken Bow would get the ball first and score on another touchdown run from Frazier Kaelin. Blake Denson would then connect with Qwentin Coble for the 2 point conversion to go up 41-33. The Bow defense then came up big as they stopped O’Neill on 4th and goal from the 6 on their overtime possession to secure the win for the Indians and give Carlie Wells his first win as Broken Bow head coach.
Ansley/Litchfield improved to 3-2 on the season with a 56-22 win over Twin Loup. Leyton Rohde had 4 touchdown passes, Tycen Bailey had 3 TD receptions and Cooper Slingsby had two touchdown runs to help lead the Spartans offensive attack. Twin Loup’s scores came on a touchdown pass from Quade Young to Kade Bottorf and touchdown runs by Nolan Osborn and Waylon McBride.
The Sandhills/Thedford Knights improved to 5-0 holding off South Loup Friday afternoon. South Loup scored on a 22 yard touchdown pass from Sam Cool to Brett Halstead with 5:34 remaining in the third quarter to pull to within 20-14. Then Trae Hickman took over for S/T returning the ensuing kickoff 57 yards for a touchdown and followed with touchdown runs of 25 and 40 yards and a punt return 47 yards for a touchdown as the Knights pulled away for a 55-14 victory.
Other area scores:
Arcadia-Loup City 46, Ravenna 18
Burwell 70, North Central 26
Cozad 32, Holdrege 21
Mullen 58, Hyannis 12
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 61, Silver Lake 15
Amherst 35, Anselmo-Merna 6
Pleasanton 58, Sandhills Valley 48
Friday (09/25/2020)
Adams Central 66, Wood River-Shelton 0
Allen 44, Pender 28
Alliance 35, Gering 6
Amherst 35, Anselmo-Merna 6
Ansley-Litchfield 56, Twin Loup 22
Arcadia-Loup City 46, Ravenna 18
Archbishop Bergan 47, David City 22
Ashland-Greenwood 21, Raymond Central 6
Auburn 28, Lincoln Christian 10
Aurora 37, York 21
Axtell 58, Brady 30
BDS 50, Blue Hill 8
Bellevue West 49, Kearney 14
Bennington 58, Blair 27
Bloomfield 42, Boyd County 0
Boys Town 33, Fort Calhoun 23
Broken Bow 41, ONeill 33
Burwell 70, North Central 26
Cambridge 38, Hitchcock County 32
Centennial 33, Syracuse 15
Central City 57, Columbus Lakeview 8
Central Valley 61, Elgin Public/Pope John 16
Cody-Kilgore 59, Sioux County 20
Columbus 42, Lincoln High 0
Cozad 32, Holdrege 21
Creek Valley 85, Banner County 14
Creighton 72, Niobrara/Verdigre 28
Creighton Preparatory School 29, Millard West 26
Crofton 49, Tekamah-Herman 6
Dorchester 56, Hampton 6
Douglas County West 42, Omaha Concordia 7
Dundy County Stratton 48, Maxwell 14
Elkhorn High 49, Ralston 13
Elkhorn South 41, Papillion-LaVista 17
Elm Creek 36, Arapahoe 0
Elmwood-Murdock 35, Omaha Brownell Talbot 18
Falls City 55, Fairbury 0
Falls City Sacred Heart 46, Johnson-Brock 6
Freeman 30, Palmyra 22
Garden County 58, Bayard 26
Gordon-Rushville 35, Hershey 14
Gothenburg 27, Ogallala 13
Grand Island Central Catholic 43, Gibbon 7
Gretna 41, Bellevue East 18
Gross Catholic 21, Omaha Roncalli Catholic 14
Guardian Angels Central Catholic 36, Clarkson/Leigh 30
Hartington Cedar Catholic 50, BRLD 8
Hastings 35, Seward 0
Hay Springs 69, Minatare 42
Hi-Line 32, Bertrand 24
Homer 73, Walthill 30
Howells-Dodge 42, Madison 0
Humphrey St. Francis 60, Riverside 6
Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 56, East Butler 0
Kearney Catholic 38, Minden 0
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 60, Hartington-Newcastle 16
Leyton 47, Morrill 12
Lincoln Pius X 16, Lincoln North Star 13
Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (LVSS) 21, Arlington 13
Loomis 68, Maywood-Hayes Center 6
Lourdes Central Catholic 40, Conestoga 8
Lutheran High Northeast 78, Elkhorn Valley 22
Malcolm 40, Louisville 7
McCook 42, Lexington 0
McCool Junction 87, Heartland Lutheran 38
Mead 66, Omaha Christian Academy 0
Medicine Valley 44, Overton 0
Milford 22, Nebraska City 20
Mitchell 35, Chadron 14
Mullen 58, Hyannis 12
Nebraska Christian 44, Shelby-Rising City 28
Nebraska Lutheran 26, Giltner 16
Neligh-Oakdale 68, Summerland 14
Norris 35, Beatrice 7
North Platte 56, Lincoln Northeast 14
North Platte St. Patrick’s 17, Bridgeport 14
Oakland-Craig 28, Aquinas Catholic 12
Omaha Westside 42, Grand Island 0
Ord 59, Doniphan-Trumbull 0
Osceola 74, Palmer 36
Osmond 58, Randolph 20
Papillion-LaVista South 40, Lincoln Southwest 24
Parkview Christian 59, Lewiston 13
Pawnee City 39, Meridian 16
Paxton 40, Wallace 18
Perkins County 70, Kimball 28
Plattsmouth 38, Crete 8
Pleasanton 58, Sandhills Valley 48
Potter-Dix 52, Arthur County 32
Red Cloud 49, Harvard 26
Sandhills/Thedford 55, South Loup 14
Sandy Creek 21, Superior 20
Scottsbluff 27, Northwest 20
South Platte 41, Crawford 0
Southern 42, Diller-Odell 38
Southern Valley 52, Alma 22
Southwest 54, Wauneta-Palisade 33
St. Mary’s 38, CWC 8
St. Paul 70, Fillmore Central 6
Sterling 63, Deshler 18
Stuart 62, Elba 6
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 61, Silver Lake 15
Sutherland 48, Hemingford 8
Sutton 38, Hastings St. Cecilia 3
Thayer Central 74, EMF 38
Tri County 60, Heartland 20
Wahoo 46, Platteview 6
Waverly 42, Mount Michael Benedictine 0
Wayne 31, Battle Creek 12
Weeping Water 60, Cedar Bluffs 14
West Holt 62, Ainsworth 18
West Point-Beemer 53, Columbus Scotus 27
Winside 58, Emerson-Hubbard 26
Yutan 40, Lincoln Lutheran 10
