The Broken Bow Indians collected their first football playoff win since 2013 Friday night as they held on to defeat Douglas County West 28-20 at Mark Russell Field. Bow scored on the opening drive of the game marching 78 yards scoring on a 7 yard touchdown run by Brice Chaplin to go up 7-0. DC West would answer with 3:37 left in the first quarter to tie the game at 7-7. The Falcons took the lead on an 86 yard touchdown run by Brady Singer with 7:45 left in the 2nd quarter but Broken Bow was able to answer right back marching 68 yards and scoring on a 2 yard touchdown run by Brice Chaplin with under a minute remaining in the 2nd quarter to tie the game 14-14 at half. Broken Bow retook the lead 21-14 with 1:10 remaining in the third quarter when Eli Coble scored on a 7 yard touchdown run. DC West would answer with 8:59 left in the 4th quarter when Michael Croom scored on a 24 yard touchdown run. However, the point after attempt was blocked and Broken Bow remained in front 21-20. The Indians would then put together a time consuming drive that worked the clock down to 1:09 left in the game when Eli Coble scored from 1 yard out to make the score 28-20. But the game wasn’t over. DC West was able to get inside the Broken Bow 15 yard line with under a minute to play but was held on 4th down and 10 by the Broken Bow defense as the Indians advance into the state quarterfinal round. Broken Bow will travel to face top seed Wahoo on November 3rd. Wahoo shutout Columbus Scotus Friday 46-0.
South Loup advanced into the quarterfinal round of the D2 football playoffs with an impressive 62-12 win over Lawrence Nelson. Quarterback Trey Connell had a touchdown pass to Cache Gracey and had four rushing TD’s as well as 2 interceptions on defense. Conner Paulsen and Paxton Bierman each had a rushing touchdown for the Bobcats and Dylan Pandorf had a touchdown pass and AJ Starr a touchdown catch to account for the South Loup scoring. The Bobcats remain unbeaten and will face Central Valley in the quarterfinals. Central Valley advanced with a 46-6 win over BDS.
Sandhills/Thedford advances to the D2 quarterfinals. The Knights ran away from Lourdes Central Catholic in the second half rolling to a 52-12 victory. Sandhills/Thedford will next play Johnson Brock who held off Anselmo-Merna Friday 36-14. The Coyotes conclude their season at 5-5.
In other area D2 playoff action, Dundy County Stratton held off Twin Loup 48-14. The Wolves finish the season at 6-4. Wynot defeated Mullen 50-20. The Broncos finish the year at 6-4.
SEM remained undefeated and advanced to the quarterfinals of the six man playoffs with 52-0 shutout of Paxton. The Mustangs will face Stuart next Friday. Stuart defeated Southwest 50-33.
Friday (10/27/2023)
Arthur County 60, Shelton 14
Ashland-Greenwood 53, Chadron 14
Blair 21, Plattsmouth 14
Broken Bow 28, Douglas County West 20
Central Valley 46, BDS 6
Cross County 58, Perkins County 6
Dundy County Stratton 48, Twin Loup 14
Elkhorn South 42, Papillion-LaVista South 8
Elkhorn Valley 36, Plainview 8
Fillmore Central 16, Wilber-Clatonia 6
Hay Springs 66, Hampton 26
Howells-Dodge 32, Ainsworth 12
Humphrey St. Francis 42, Axtell 8
Johnson-Brock 36, Anselmo-Merna 14
Kearney Catholic 31, Battle Creek 15
Malcolm 20, Chase County 12
North Platte St. Patrick’s 39, Clarkson/Leigh 0
Oakland-Craig 37, Amherst 6
Ord 18, Cedar Catholic 13
Parkview Christian 40, Cody-Kilgore 8
Pawnee City 55, Sioux County 22
Potter-Dix 58, Red Cloud 14
Sandhills/Thedford 52, Lourdes Central Catholic 12
Sandy Creek 22, Weeping Water 20
Scottsbluff 14, York 0
South Loup 62, Lawrence-Nelson 12
Stanton 60, Summerland 30
Stuart 50, Southwest 33
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 52, Paxton 0
Wahoo 46, Scotus Central Catholic 0
Waverly 42, Ralston 0
Wilcox-Hildreth 39, Garden County 21
Wynot 50, Mullen 20
Adams Central 9, Aurora 7
Arapahoe 12, Ravenna 6
Auburn 36, Ogallala 32
Bennington 65, Crete 7
Boone Central 49, Columbus Lakeview 7
Crofton 72, Bridgeport 34
EMF 26, Shelby Rising City 0
Elkhorn North 31, Elkhorn 21
Omaha North 35, Gretna 34 (2OT)
Yutan 42, Hastings St. Cecilia 6
Grand Island 29, Kearney 19
Millard South 38, Lincoln North Star 0
Millard West 49, Millard North 14
Mitchell 58, Bishop Neuman 20
Norfolk Catholic 42, Aquinas Catholic 12
Norris 50, Northwest 14
Skutt Catholic 42, Gross Catholic 7
Omaha Westside 54, Creighton Prep 6
Bellevue West 48, Papillion La Vista 34
Pierce 34, Omaha Roncalli 14
Hastings 35, Seward 6
Sidney 28, Gothenburg 14
