Mullen hosted Sandhills/Thedford Thursday night in the regular season finale for both teams. Carter Anderson put Sandhills/Thedford on the board first with a 15 yard touchdown run to put the Knights up 6-0. With under a minute to play in the first half, Anderson would score again busting loose for a 70 yard touchdown run to make the score 14-0 at halftime. On their opening drive of the second half, Mullen’s Bo Pettit Jr. connected with Cian Connealy on a ten yard touchdown pass to make the score 14-6. The Knights quickly answered on the following drive as Carter Anderson scored his third touchdown of the night to put Sandhills/Thedford up 22-6. With 6:22 left in the game, Bo Pettit Jr. threw his second touchdown pass of the game on a 6 yard toss to Colby Kessler to bring Mullen to within 22-12 but that would be as close as the Broncos would get as Sandhills/Thedford held on for a 22-12 win. Sandhills/Thedford ends the regular season at 5-4 while Mullen dropped to 3-6.
Other area scores from Thursday
Anselmo-Merna 82, Maxwell 38
Wilcox-Hildreth 44, South Loup 24
Stuart 63, Ansley/Litchfield 19
Southwest 39, SEM 30
Broken Bow wraps up its regular Friday night when they travel to Holdrege to face the
Dusters. Each team enters with a 2-6 overall record and is looking to end the season on a positive note. Tonight’s game will be broadcast on KCNI 96.3 FM and kcni1280.com. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. central time. Coverage begins with the Custer Electric and Irrigation pregame show immediately following the 5 o’clock newscast. Earlier this week, KCNI/KBBN sports director Brent Apperson visited with Broken Bow head football coach Carlie Wells about the season and tonight’s matchup.
COACH WELLS INTERVIEW
Other area football matchups scheduled for Friday include:
Central Valley at Burwell
Elgin Public Pope John at Twin Loup
Gibbon at Arcadia/Loup City
Sandhills Valley at Brady
