The Anselmo-Merna Coyotes advanced to the Class D3 state football semifinals by knocking off Guardian Angels Central Catholic Friday night at Clark Adams Field in Merna. Anselmo-Merna fell behind early as GACC scored on a three play touchdown drive in the opening minute to go up 7-0. The Coyotes quickly responded putting together a 55 yard touchdown drive followed by a 2-point conversion to go up 8-7. Each team scored again in the opening half to make the score 16-14 in favor of Anselmo-Merna at halftime. In the second half, it was all Anselmo-Merna. The Coyotes scored 30 unanswered points to go up 46-14. GACC scored a late toudchown to make the final score 46-20. Dane Duryea and Caenyn Priest each had three touchdown runs to lead the AM offense. Anselmo-Merna improves to 10-2 and advances to the state semifinals where they will face undefeated and top seed Lawrence-Nelson who advanced with a 58-24 win over Wynot. Lawrence-Nelson will host the semifinal matchup on Friday November 13th.
Twin Loup saw its season come to an end Friday night falling to Central Valley. The Wolves battled tough but the Cougars claimed a 50-12 win to advance to the state semifinals. Each team scored on their opening drive of the game. Twin Loup’s score came on a 1 yard TD run by Blake Bottorf. Central Valley outscored Twin Loup 20-3 to close out the half to build a 26-9 lead at halftime. Twin Loup’s Jackson Hall connected on field goals of 42 and 47 yards. Twin Loup finishes the season at 9-2 with both losses coming to Central Valley. Central Valley advances to the Class D3 state semifinals where they will host Archangels Catholic of Humphrey who advanced with a 56-8 win over Dundy County Stratton.
