The Broken Bow football team collected its first win of the season with a thrilling 20-14 win over Ogallala on Friday in their home opener at Mark Russell Field. Bow was able to overcome five turnovers on the night. The game was scoreless at halftime and then the two teams went back and forth in an exciting 2nd half. Broken Bow scored on its second play of the 2nd half when Eli Coble hooked up with Brice Chaplin for a 93 yard TD pass which gave Broken Bow a 7-0 lead. Ogallala would respond with a 78 yard touchdown drive and made good on the two point conversion to take a one point lead. Broken Bow then marched 72 yards and scored right before the end of the 3rd quarter on a 12 yard TD run by quarterback Eli Coble to take a 14-8 lead. It was then Ogallala’s turn to respond as they covered 75 yards and scored with 2:35 left in the 4th quarter. However, Ogallala failed on the point after and the game was tied at 14. The Bow offense took advantage of the time they had left in regulation as they moved down the field behind the power running of fullback Connor Wells. With just under a minute remaining, Eli Coble would throw his 2nd TD pass of the night as he hooked up with Max Denson on a 33 yard touchdown pass to give Broken Bow a 20-14 lead and ultimately give Broken Bow its first win of the season. The Indians will be on the road next week when they travel to McCook.
It was another tight battle between Ansley/Litchfield and Anselmo-Merna as the Coyotes held on for a 22-14 win. It was tied 8-8 at halftime as Josiah Griffith scored on a 5 yd. touchdown run for AM and Ashton Behmerwold responded with a 5 yd. TD run for Ansley/Litchfield. In the second half, AM quarterback Quinten Myers scored with 2:57 left in the 3rd quarter to give Anselmo-Merna the lead 16-8. The scored stayed that way until 1:58 left in the 4th when Myers would score again to put AM up 22-8. It turned into an exciting final two minutes as Ashton Behmerwold broke loose for a 75 yard TD run to bring the Spartans to within 22-14 with 1:45 left. A/L would get that their hands on the ball one more time but the Coyote defense stiffened and AM held on for its first win of the season. Anselmo-Merna will be at Central Valley next week and Ansley/Litchfield will host Pleasanton.
Other area scores:
Arcadia-Loup City 46, North Central 0
Burwell 56, Medicine Valley 0
McCook 38, Gothenburg 14
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 46, Stuart 6
Twin Loup 34, Mullen 14
South Loup 64, Maywood Hayes Center 8
Friday (09/02/2022)
Adams Central 30, Holdrege 7
Ainsworth 62, Madison 14
Arapahoe 50, Loomis 42
Arcadia-Loup City 46, North Central 0
Archbishop Bergan 26, Ponca 13
Arthur County 48, Cody-Kilgore 20
Axtell 47, Overton 13
Bellevue West 60, Omaha Burke 13
Bennington 38, Plattsmouth 0
Bishop Neumann 42, Lincoln Lutheran 21
Blair 1, Omaha Buena Vista 0 (Forfeit)
Bloomfield 28, Crofton 10
Burwell 56, Medicine Valley 0
Cedar Bluffs 54, Walthill 6
Cedar Catholic 33, Aquinas Catholic 3
Central Valley 50, High Plains Community 26
Clarkson/Leigh 66, Pender 36
Columbus Lakeview 28, Boys Town 15
Creighton 42, Niobrara/Verdigre 6
Cross County 74, Omaha Brownell Talbot 16
Doniphan-Trumbull 28, West Holt 15
Dundy County Stratton 54, Perkins County 14
EMF 72, McCool Junction 24
EPPJ 46, Osmond 22
Elkhorn South 31, Millard South 28
Elm Creek 44, Bertrand 32
Gretna 56, Omaha Central 0
Gross Catholic 63, Omaha Westview 14
Harvard 55, Santee 25
Hastings St. Cecilia 35, Amherst 0
Homer 62, Lyons-Decatur Northeast 30
Howells-Dodge 58, Fullerton 16
Johnson-Brock 56, Weeping Water 22
Kearney 49, Fremont 21
Kenesaw 42, Giltner 6
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 22, Wisner-Pilger 16
Leyton 77, Kimball 0
Lincoln East 21, Lincoln Southeast 14
Lincoln Pius X 21, Seward 14
McCook 38, Gothenburg 14
Minden 23, St. Paul 0
Mount Michael Benedictine 28, Ralston 27
Nebraska Christian 21, Heartland 20
Neligh-Oakdale 58, Guardian Angels Central Catholic 14
Norfolk 42, Bellevue East 0
ONeill 43, Schuyler 0
Oakland-Craig 46, Fort Calhoun 7
Omaha South 48, Thomas Jefferson, IA 7
Omaha Westside 37, Grand Island 13
Papillion-LaVista South 29, Papillion-LaVista 3
Riverside 81, Sandy Creek 48
Sioux County 62, Banner County 12
South Loup 64, Maywood-Hayes Center 8
Stanton 54, Elkhorn Valley 6
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 46, Stuart 6
Sutherland 54, Hemingford 12
Thayer Central 54, Sutton 16
Thunder Ridge, KS 74, Alma 58
Twin Loup 34, Mullen 14
Valentine 28, Centura 20
Waverly 28, Beatrice 21
West Point-Beemer 40, Arlington 0
Wynot 47, Humphrey St. Francis 26
Yutan 41, Tri County 0
