By John Soflin

The McCook Bison defeated the Lexington Minutemen 35 to 0 in Lexington Friday night to improve their record to five and two on the season while the Minutemen fell to four and three. After an even first half, the Bison put together an 85 yard drive in the closing moments of the first half and scored on a Chad Stull to Mark Nichols pass from four yards out with just 11 seconds showing on the clock. Lexington had controlled the first quarter rolling up 133 yards of offense but was unable to score despite getting inside the McCook 30 yard line three times. The weather changed abruptly just as the 1^st half was closing as the north wind and snow blew through Lexington. With a 35 to 40 mph wind behind their back, McCook scored twice in the third quarter and added two more scores in the fourth to roll pass Lexington. In the third quarter, Stull scored from four yards out on a keeper around the right end after Lexington could not move the ball and a punt only traveled out to the Minutemen’s own 37 yard line. Two minutes later Andy Smith broke free on a 56 yard run and McCook held a 21 to 0 lead heading into the fourth period.

In the final frame Stull scampered on a cut back 85 yards for his second touchdown and moments later added a third and final TD with six minutes remaining to close out the scoring. McCook rolled up 450 yards of offense with 372 coming on the ground. Stull had 141 on the ground and 78 through the air scoring three touchdowns rushing and threw for another.

By Russ Holen

 
 Both Loomis and S.E.M. scored 3 touchdowns Friday night, but one 
 successful p.a.t. conversion by the Wolves was the difference as Loomis 
 held on to win 20-18 in Sumner. Loomis took the lead 20 to 12 early in  
 the 4th quarter, but the Mustangs came right back with a touchdown to pull within 2. 
 Loomis had the ball late in the game trying to run out the clock but fumbled giving 
 S.E.M the ball at the Loomis 33 with 34 seconds left in the ball game. 
 An interception by Clay McNall with 24 seconds left gave the ball back 
 to Loomis and the proceeded to run out the clock. 
 There were several outstanding individual performances in the game. For 
 S.E.M., quarterback Travis Line threw for 223 yards and 3 touchdowns. 
 Lance English had 7 receptions for 115 yards and Dylan Smith had 5 
 catches and 86 yards for the Mustangs. Loomis 
 quarterback Clay McNall completed 5 of 9 passes, good for 109 yards and 
 2 touchdowns through the airwaves. Ethan Nelson caught 3 passes worth 93 
 yards and 2 scores and Kalen Anderson accumulated 87 yard rushing and 1 
score for the wolves who are now 4-2, while SEM falls to 2-4. 
 
By Jayson Jorgensen 
 
A week after losing for the first time this season the Alma Cardinals bounced back 
with a 28-14 win over Arapahoe. Garrett Kolling was the workhorse for Alma carrying 
41 times for 156 yards and two tds. Jay Kindler also had two scores for Alma. 
Arapahoe was paced by Dustin Park who 144 yards and two scores. Alma is now 
5-1 on the season, while Araphoe is 3-3. 
 
Eustis Farnam used a quick start and held off Wauneta Palisade 42-30. The Knights 
jumped out to a 22-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. Kaleb Hueftle had 165 yards 
and three tds on the ground. Drew Wetovick passed for 70 yards and tow scores. 
Eustis Farnam is now 5-1 on the season while Wauneta Palisade fell to 3-3.