Spencer’s big day leads Marais Des Cygnes Valley past Hartford, 42-14
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Saturday, September 15, 2007
It was all Chisom Spencer all the time in Marais des Cygnes’ 42-14 victory against Hartford on Friday.
The 5-foot-9 senior running back had a career day, rushing 25 times for 264 yards and four touchdowns and also passing for two MdCV scores.
Spencer had TD runs of 63, 61, 12 and 1 yards.
“Chisom had a great night,” MdCV coach Trenton Douglas said. “He runs extremely hard and gives great effort.
“We blocked much better tonight, but Chisom also has such great vision.”
The senior used that vision on both of his long TD runs, catching a pitch going one way before reversing to the opposite side of the field to break a big play.
Spencer also was effective with the halfback option, completing 2 of 3 passes for 67 yards and two scores.
Both throws went to Drew Woodruff, who hauled in an 18-yard TD pass in the first quarter and a 49-yard score in the second quarter.
Pat Rager had a solid rushing performance of his own for MdCV, carrying the ball 20 times for 106 yards.
Hartford’s ground game was led by Cody Barrett, who had 17 rushes for 67 yards and touchdown.
Jaguars quarterback Adam Ewy finished 9-of-15 for 81 yards.
MdCV 6 14 8 14 — 42
Hartford 8 6 0 0 — 14
First Quarter
M — Drew Woodruff 18 pass from Chisom Spencer (conversion failed)
H — Cody Barrett 23 run (Tommy Smith pass from Adam Ewy)
Second Quarter
M — Spencer 63 run (conversion failed)
M — Woodruff 49 pass from Spencer (Pat Rager run)
H — Michael Smith 9 run (conversion failed)
Third Quarter
M — Spencer 1 run (Spencer run)
Fourth Quarter
M — Spencer 61 run (Dennis Becker pass from Brandon Litch)
M — Spencer 12 run (conversion failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — MdCV: Spencer 25-264, Pat Rager 20-106, Brandon Litch 2-1, Nolan Doty 1-7; H: Cody Barrett 17-67, Mike Wilson 12-62, Adam Ewy 6-30, Colten Barrett 1-7.
Passing — MdCV: Chisom Spencer 2-3-0 67, Brandon Litch 1-8-2 6; Hartford: Adam Ewy 9-15-1 81.
Receiving — MdCV: Drew Woodruff 2-67, Michael Schmidt 1-6; Hartford: Storm Cartee 3-33, Tommy Smith 3-21, Levi Clark 2-27.
Records — MdCV 1-2, Hartford 1-2.
Osage City 17, Olpe 14
A late rally by Olpe came up short in the team’s 17-14 loss to Osage City Friday night.
Trailing 17-7 in the fourth quarter, the Eagles showed some life when Cole Argabright connected on an 87-yard touchdown pass to Cole Krueger.
Alex Medenciy’s extra-point cut the lead to three, but Olpe wouldn’t get any closer.
It looked like the Eagles would get one last offensive possession, but after an Osage City fumble, an Olpe player was flagged for a late hit after trying to dive in for the football.
The Indians ran out the clock after receiving the automatic first down.
Olpe’s offense struggled early. The Eagles were forced to punt on their first three possessions then threw two interceptions in the second quarter.
The second turnover might have hurt them the most. Olpe’s Matt Redeker had just tied the game at 7 with a TD run when the team tried to throw the ball down the field with less than a minute remaining.
The interception provided a significant swing, as Osage City connected on a 40-yard field goal just before half to regain the lead at 10-7.
“That kind of hurt us, and I’ll take blame for that,” Olpe coach Chris Schmidt said. “I wish I could take that (decision) back.”
Medenciy paced Olpe (1-2), rushing 15 times for 89 yards.
Cole Krueger added four catches for 107 yards and a score.
OC 7 10 0 0 — 17
Olpe 0 7 0 7 — 14
Second Quarter
Olpe — Matt Redeker 1 run (Alex Medenciy kick)
Fourth Quarter
Olpe — Cole Krueger 87 pass from Cole Argabright (Medenciy kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — Medenciy 15-89, Josh Lambert 5-15, Cole Krueger 1-3, Matt Redeker 7-(-14).
Passing — Redeker 6-18-2 48, Cole Argabright 1-1-0 87.
Receiving — Krueger 4-107, Cole Argabright 1-6, Josh Klumpe 2-19, Alex Medenciy 1-3.
Records — Olpe 1-2, Osage City 3-0.
West Elk 50, Northern Heights 43
Greg French has had better nights.
It was hard for the Northern Heights coach to express how he felt after his team’s heartbreaking 50-43 loss to West Elk Friday night, especially after watching his starting quarterback Kenneth Bronson, who completed 34 of 49 passes for 332 yards and five touchdowns, leave the game with an injury late.
A fumble on a bad snap after Bronson left the game ultimately led to the Wildcats’ demise, as West Elk scored the winning touchdown on its next possession to take the victory.
“It was a shootout,” French said. “It was one of those deals were it was going to come down to whose defense would make a stand. It’s hard to win a game when you give up 50 points.”
Heights led for the majority of the game, including taking the lead at 43-42 on Bronson’s fifth touchdown pass of the night, a 66-yard strike to Roman Murray late in the fourth quarter.
But with less than two minutes left, Heights had the ball and the lead when Bronson went down with an injury. Not long after, a high snap was recovered by West Elk at Heights’ 30, and West Elk scored the final points of the night to take the seven-point victory.
“It just came down to whoever had the ball last,” French said, “and it was them.”
Heights fell to 1-2 on the season and will return home to face Herington next Friday.
NH 14 14 7 8 — 43
West Elk 8 20 0 22 — 50
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — NH: Michael Glass 23-130 1 TD
Passing — NH: Kenneth Bronson 34-49-1 332 5 TDs
Receiving — NH: Roman Murray 5-122 TD, Glass 11-122 TD, Haydon Parks 6-92 TD, Levi Hizar 6-68 2TD, Tyler McClellan 2-30.
Lebo 46, K.C. Prep 6
An anticipated matchup turned into a laugher Friday night as Lebo rolled to a 40-point win over K.C. Prep.
The Wolves expected a competitive game from K.C. Prep, but the private school double-booked its schedule and couldn’t back out of either game.
The school essentially had to split its squad on Friday, which meant a less-than competitive team took the field against Lebo.
The Wolves took advantage, scoring 26 points in the opening four minutes.
“Our J.V. team,” Lebo coach Butch Jones said, “was able to get a lot of ball in.”
Cameron Smith started the scoring with a 65-yard kickoff return for touchdown.
Gage Milota followed with a 12-yard TD reception from Blake Jones before Brandon Jones broke free for a 27-yard score.
Lebo’s Cole Brockelman provided a tackle in the end zone for a safety that pushed the Wolves’ lead to 26-0.
Brockelman paced Lebo’s rushers, carrying the ball seven times for 60 yards.
Lebo’s defense held K.C. Prep to 0 yards passing and also registered an interception.
Lebo 26 6 0 14 — 46
KCP 0 0 0 6 — 6
First Quarter
L — Cameron Smith 65 kickoff return (Blake Jones run)
L — Gage Milota 12 pass from Jones (Smith run)
L — Brandon Speer 27 run (Adam Laflin pass from Jones)
L — Brockelman safety
Second Quarter
L — Caleb Weiss 12 pass from Devon Johnston (conversion failed)
Fourth Quarter
KCP — Deon Williams 65 kickoff return (conversion failed)
L — Calvin Perry 1 run (conversion failed)
L — Perry 7 run (Cole Brockelman run)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing — KCP: TEAM 0-7-1; Lebo: Jones 2-2-0 15, Devon Johnston 4-8-1 59.
Receiving: Lebo: Laflin 1-3, Milota 1-12, Caleb Weiss 2-34, Dylan Kelley 1-11, Calvin Perry 1-14.
Rushing — KCP — TEAM 51-122; Lebo: Smith 1-12, Brandon Speer 1-27, Dylan Kelley 7-14, Alex Linsey 4-23, Devon Johnston 4-9, Cole Brockelman 7-60, Calvin Perry 7-49.
Records — Lebo 3-0.
Lyndon 28, Uniontown 18
Freshman quarterback Curtis Wendling threw for the game-winning score in the fourth quarter as Lyndon escaped a scare in a 28-18 victory over Uniontown.
Wendling entered the game after an injury to junior starter Shea Kirsop.
With his team trailing 18-13, Wendling hit Keene Niemack for a 25-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to give the Tigers their first lead.
Kade Neilson later added to the advantage, scoring on a 13-yard touchdown run.
“We keep battling injuries and keep fighting,” Lyndon coach Rod Stallbaumer said. “We’re shooting ourselves in the foot and we made too many mistakes, but the kids showed a lot of heart and were able to pull it out.”
Neilson led the Lyndon ground game, rushing 19 times for 110 yards and two scores.
Niemack added three receptions for 72 yards and two touchdowns.
Lyndon (3-0) will travel to Chase County next week.
Lyndon 6 7 0 15 — 28
Uniontown 6 6 6 0 — 18
First Quarter
L — Kade Neilson 13 run (kick failed)
U — Zach Mason 30 run (conversion failed)
Second Quarter
U — Shawn Pritchett 8 run (kick blocked)
L — Keene Niemack 47 pass from Shea Kirsop (Alex Walsh kick)
Third Quarter
U — Drew Johnson 54 pass from Travis Aikins (conversion failed)
Fourth Quarter
L — Niemack 25 pass from Curtis Wendling (Neilson run)
L — Neilson 13 run (Walsh kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — Lyndon: Neilson 19-110, Kirsop 9-12, Niemack 12-105, Wendling 2-(-7).
Passing — Lyndon: Kirsop 2-7-0 53, Wendling 1-1-0 25.
Receiving — Lyndon: Niemack 3-72, Neilson 1-6.
Records — Lyndon 3-0, Uniontown 0-3.
Flinthills 50, Tyro Christian 0
Micah Womacks made the most of limited action, passing for two touchdowns and running for another in Flinthills’ 50-point victory over Tyro Christian.
The senior Womacks completed his only two passes and had both go for touchdowns. The first one — a 47-yard strike to Gabe Keplar — made it 6-0 Flinthills.
Garrett Breech returned a punt 61 yards for the Mustangs’ second score, and Womacks’ 49-yard TD connection with Kent Riemann extended the advantage.
Womacks later scored himself on a five-yard run, making the tally 30-0 with 2:33 still remaining in the first quarter.
Chris Veith and Jeff Simpson added the other rushing touchdowns for Flinthills, while Riemann also contributed his second score on a 19-yard interception return.
The game was halted at the end of the third quarter because of the 50-point mercy rule.
Simpson led Flinthills with 2 carries for 49 yards.
The Mustangs had 233 yards of total offense.
Tyro Christian 0 0 0 X — 0
Flinthills 30 14 6 X — 50
First Quarter
F — Caleb Keplar 47 pass from Micah Womacks (conversion failed)
F — Garrett Breech 61 punt return (Josh Brown run)
F — Kent Riemann 49 pass from Womacks (Womacks run)
F — Womacks 5 run (Riemann pass from Womacks)
Second Quarter
F — Chris Veith 4 run (Logan Fullerton run)
F — Riemann 19 interception return (conversion failed)
Third Quarter
F — Jeff Simpson 40 run (no conversion attempt)
GAME STATISTICS
TC FHS
First Downs 3 8
Rushes-Yards 29-29 14-137
Passing Yards 20 96
Comp-Att-Int 2-7-1 2-4-1
Return Yards 83 88
Punts-Avg. 5-22.8 0-0.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 4-20 2-15
Time of Possession 18:20 17:40
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — TC: Seth Schrag 6-16, Evan Hand 3-12, Dustin Bayless 7-7, Matt Johnson 12-(-6); Flinthills: Jeff Simpson 2-49, Chris Veith 3-35, Josh Brown 4-16, Jesse Brown 1-11, Jacob Oates 1-11, Logan Fullerton 1-6, Micah Womacks 1-5, Shae Roberts 1-4.
Passing — TC: Matt Johnson 2-7-1 20; Flinthills: Micah Womacks 2-2-0 96, Logan Fullerton 0-2-1 0.
Receiving — TC: Will Calhoun 1-18, Seth Schrag 1-2; Flinthills: Kent Riemann 1-49, Caleb Keplar 1-47.
Waverly 62, Burlingame 30
Waverly’s Dakota Foster ran wild against Burlingame Friday night, rushing for four touchdowns and scoring two others as the Bulldogs took the easy win.
Foster, a 6-foot senior, had TD runs of 23, 21, 35, 18 yards. He also added a 45-yard touchdown pass reception and a 72-yard kickoff return for touchdown.
The back finished with 15 carries for 153 yards.
Waverly never was challenged, taking a 30-0 halftime lead and also a 42-0 advantage into the fourth quarter.
Kevin Schmidt, Mike Sarver and Matt Fischer provided the other Bulldogs touchdown runs.
Schmidt chipped in 18 carries for 79 yards, while Fischer rushed eight times for 47 yards.
The Bulldogs, who did not punt in the game, had 389 total yards rushing.
Burlingame’s Chris Patterson and Joel Bevitt contributed 13 tackles apiece.
Waverly 8 22 12 20 — 62
Burlingame 0 0 0 30 — 30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — Burlingame: Martin 11-110, Markley 13-57, Patterson 12-37, Griffin 2-(-3), Droege 1-(-9); Waverly: Foster 15-153, Schmidt 18-78, Fischer 8-47, Sarver 5-38, Dickey 7-28, Restoff 1-25, Hevel 3-20.
Passing — Burlingame: Patterson 1-5-1 25; Waverly: Sarver 2-5-1 66.
Receiving — Burlingame: Martin 1-25; Waverly: Foster 1-46, Altic 1-20.
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Posted by hartford (anonymous) on September 16, 2007 at 8:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Olpe hasn't had a great start this year. That's too bad!
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