Alliance downed Lexington 30 to 13 in Alliance Friday night.

By John Soflin

The Bulldogs used a powerful running game racking up 427 yards on the ground. Senior tailback Cody Anthony was a workhorse as he carried the ball 53 times and accumulated 312 yards rushing with three touchdowns. Lexington scored first after stopping Alliance who went for a first down on fourth and one at their own 10 yard line on their first possession. Lexington took over on an Alex Berglund fumble and scored from 2 yards out on a Tyler Tingelhoff run around the right end. Alliance answered with an 80 yard drive with Anthony scoring his first TD from the Lexington nine. The Minutemen answered right back with Tingelhoff connecting with Hawken Albus on a 67 yard pass play for Albus’s fifth TD reception on the year. The Minutemen had put up 13 points on just three plays. It would be the last time Lexington scored however as Alliance dominated both sides of the ball for the rest of the contest. “It was a very physical contest,” said Lexington head coach Phil Truax. “We got some kids banged up, but I can’t fault the effort the kids gave on the field. Alliance is a good football team. They didn’t do anything we weren’t prepared for. They just did it very very well.” Lexington will return home next week to play York, while Alliance crosses over into Wyoming to take on Douglass.

Cozad bounces back

By Scott Foster

Hershey - The Cozad Haymakers (1-1) hit the road to take on the Panthers of Hershey (1-0). Both teams feeling they would be playing a game friday night that they could win. The Panthers coming off a 12-7 win in Ainsworth and the Haymakers coming off a 40-0 loss to Lexington. The first half was close with Cozad taking a 6-0 lead into the break.

The Panthers received the opening kickoff of the second half, but were unable to capitalize. The Haymakers however came out swinging and drove down the field to take a 12-0 lead on a long Mason Fischer run. The Panthers would continue to struggle moving the ball in the third quarter. Cozad's Quarterback Jed Paulsen would get into the scoring a little later in the third quarter with a touchdown run of his own. With that the "hay was in the barn" for Cozad. The Panthers would score late in the game to get the game to 28-6 before Isaac Barella returned a kickoff for a touchdown. The final score would settle at 36-6. Fischer ended the game with 197 yards on 26 carries. Pauslen would have 81 yards on 9 carries. Next week Hershey plays arch-rival Sutherland while the Haymakers have the week off

In area action

By Jayson Jorgensen

Eustis-Farnam jumped out to a 26-0 lead and never looked back as they improved to 2-0 on the season with a 34-18 win over Bertrand. Kaleb Hueftle had good game as he scored 3 times and rushed for 112 yards. Quarterback Drew Wetovick had 2tds and 72 yards on the ground. Coach Brad Dunlap said" The first team defense dominated the football game from the onset. Our interior linemen controlled the line of scrimmage and our linebackers made good reads." Bertrand is now 0-2 this season.

SEM is 2-0 after a 34-0 victory over Litchfield. The Mustangs gave up just 119 yards in total offense on Friday night. Running back Lance English had two tds to help lead the way. SEM now gears up for a big game next week at Pleasanton.