Broken Bow collected its first win of the season Friday night as they held on against Ogallala 28-22. Broken Bow got off to a fast start scoring on their first two possessions. Eli Coble put Bow on the board first with a 33 yard touchdown run with 8:21 left in the first quarter. Later in the quarter, Cruze Safranek capped off a 51 yard touchdown drive with a 22 yard touchdown run. After Ogallala’s Caden Rezac returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to make the score 14-8, Broken Bow put together a 69 yard touchdown drive before the half as Cruze Safranek scored his second touchdown of the night to put Bow up 21-8 at halftime. In the second half, Ogallala’s Caden Rezac broke loose for a 77 yard touchdown run to cut the Broken Bow lead to 21-16 but again Bow would respond putting together a 62 yard touchdown drive capped off by Cruze Safranek’s third touchdown run of the night with 6:30 left in the 4th quarter. Ogallala would score with less than two minutes left in the game but an onside kick failed and Broken Bow would run out the clock to preserve a 28-22 victory. Broken Bow will host McCook Friday night for homecoming at Mark Russell Field.
In the 8 man area game of the week on KBBN, Anselmo-Merna collected its first win of the season with a 48-12 win over Ansley/Litchfield. The Coyotes were led by Quinten Myers and Tyce Porter offensively. Myers finished with four rushing TD’s and Porter finished with 148 yard rushing and 2 TD’s. Ansley/Litchfield’s scores came on a touchdown pass from Zach Loy to Ryan Bailey and a 1 yard touchdown run by Owen Hartman. Anselmo-Merna will host Central Valley this Friday while Ansley/Litchfield will play at Pleasanton.
Other area scores:
South Loup 54, Maywood Hayes Center 13
Arcadia-Loup City 20, North Central 16
Bayard 44, Sandhills Valley 42
Burwell 54, Medicine Valley 12
Cozad 26, Central City 22
Gothenburg 20, McCook 14
Mullen 26, Twin Loup 22
Sandhills/Thedford 42, Hitchcock County 20
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 43, Stuart 27
Friday (09/01/2023)
Adams Central 14, Holdrege 0
Ainsworth 66, Madison 0
Alma 74, Thunder Ridge, KS 52
Arapahoe 50, Loomis 14
Arcadia-Loup City 20, North Central 16
Arthur County 60, Cody-Kilgore 54
Axtell 20, Overton 3
BDS 56, Superior 0
Bancroft-Rosalie 34, Wakefield 16
Battle Creek 47, David City 0
Bayard 44, Sandhills Valley 42
Bellevue West 41, Omaha Burke 28
Bennington 28, Plattsmouth 20
Bishop Neumann 62, Lincoln Lutheran 10
Blue Hill 52, Palmer 42
Boone Central 42, Aurora 7
Bridgeport 64, Maxwell 6
Broken Bow 28, Ogallala 22
Burwell 54, Medicine Valley 12
Cambridge 58, Pleasanton 14
Cedar Catholic 25, Aquinas Catholic 13
Central Valley 52, High Plains Community 6
Chadron 22, Gering 16
Clarkson/Leigh 36, Pender 29
Columbus 24, Lincoln Southwest 21
Cozad 26, Central City 22
Crete 20, Lexington 17
Crofton 16, Bloomfield 2
Doniphan-Trumbull 40, West Holt 0
Douglas County West 38, Wayne 14
Dundy County Stratton 34, Perkins County 20
East Butler 56, Omaha Christian Academy 6
Elkhorn High 26, Norris 24
Elkhorn North 48, Lincoln Northwest 13
Elm Creek 39, Bertrand 0
Elmwood-Murdock 48, Freeman 26
Fillmore Central 30, Milford 0
Gothenburg 20, McCook 14
Gretna 48, Omaha Central 28
Gretna East 63, Omaha Buena Vista 6
Gross Catholic 28, Omaha Westview 0
Harvard 62, Santee 43
Hastings St. Cecilia 19, Amherst 6
Heartland 34, Nebraska Christian 19
Hemingford 26, Sutherland 18
Howells-Dodge 54, Fullerton 20
Hyannis 53, Morrill 20
Johnson County Central 40, Conestoga 6
Kearney 82, Fremont 7
Kearney Catholic 45, Hershey 7
Kenesaw 42, Giltner 22
Kimball 40, Leyton 10
Lincoln Christian 20, Platteview 13
Lincoln East 31, Lincoln Southeast 28
Lincoln North Star 50, Lincoln Northeast 0
Lourdes Central Catholic 62, Palmyra 26
Lutheran High Northeast 58, Twin River 20
Lyons-Decatur Northeast 36, Homer 29
Malcolm 49, Raymond Central 13
Millard South 33, Elkhorn South 0
Millard West 19, Omaha North 16
Minden 33, St. Paul 0
Mullen 26, Twin Loup 22
Niobrara/Verdigre 26, Creighton 12
Norfolk 27, Bellevue East 0
Norfolk Catholic 31, Ord 14
North Bend Central 43, Grand Island Central Catholic 20
North Platte St. Patrick’s 36, Hi-Line 32
ONeill 40, Schuyler 14
Oakland-Craig 22, Fort Calhoun 20
Omaha Bryan 61, Omaha Benson 0
Omaha Skutt Catholic 30, Northwest 14
Omaha Westside 45, Grand Island 0
Osceola 74, Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 6
Papillion-LaVista 28, Papillion-LaVista South 7
Parkview Christian 37, Hampton 0
Pawnee City 53, Franklin 20
Pierce 28, Scotus Central Catholic 20
Plainview 42, Hartington-Newcastle 6
Ponca 24, Archbishop Bergan 21
Potter-Dix 68, Crawford 31
Ralston 28, Mount Michael Benedictine 14
Red Cloud 40, Meridian 0
Sandhills/Thedford 42, Hitchcock County 20
Sandy Creek 46, Riverside 14
Scottsbluff 24, North Platte 21
Seward 20, Lincoln Pius X 13
Shelby-Rising City 50, Mead 14
Sidney 21, Chase County 14
Silver Lake 42, Nebraska Lutheran 14
Sioux County 78, Banner County 12
Southern 22, Diller-Odell 14
St. Mary’s 46, Randolph 20
Stanton 62, Elkhorn Valley 34
Summerland 52, Boyd County 14
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 43, Stuart 27
Syracuse 40, Omaha Concordia 7
TCNE (Tri County Northeast) 44, Winside 14
Tekamah-Herman 8, Centennial 6
Thayer Central 30, Sutton 12
Thomas Jefferson, IA 54, Omaha South 0
Wahoo 91, Ashland-Greenwood 21
Wausa 28, CWC 24
West Point-Beemer 31, Arlington 0
Wilber-Clatonia 42, Louisville 20
Wisner-Pilger 32, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 20
Wood River 28, Gibbon 14
Wynot 14, Humphrey St. Francis 6
York 21, Hastings 0
Yutan 55, Tri County 7
