
WEBSTER – Kaden Kurtz passed for three touchdowns and also ran for a score as Groton defeated Webster 37-6 in Northeast Conference football action Friday night.
Kurtz passed for 231 yards and fired a pair of TD passes to Favian Sanchez. Jordan Bjerke led the Tigers with 125 yards receiving and caught the other scoring strike.
Jaydon Keller rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown, and also had 11 tackles to power Webster.
Groton (2-1) 7 14 6 10 – 37
Webster (0-3) 6 0 0 0 – 6
G – Favian Sanchez 9 pass from Kaden Kurtz (Jackson Cogley kick).
W – Jaydon Keller 30 run (pass failed).
G – Jordan Bjerke 15 pass from Kurtz (Cogley kick).
G – Sanchez 5 pass from Kurtz (Cogley kick).
G – Kurtz 3 run (pass failed).
G – Cogley 39 field goal.
G – Bjerke 35 interception return (Cogley kick).
OFFENSE: Groton rushing 39 153 (Andrew Marzahn 13-50), passing 17-24 for 231 (Kurtz 17-24 for 231), receiving (Bjerke 7-125), 20 first downs; Webster rushing 32-83 (Jaydon Keller 23-95), passing 5-17-2 for 41 (Keller 4-14 for 30), receiving (Ethan Opitz 2-19), 10 first downs.
DEFENSE: Groton, Marcos Garcia 8 tackles, Logan Ringgenberg 8 tackles, Pierce Kettering 8 tackles; Webster, Jacob Keller 11 tackles, Jaydon Keller 11 tackles, Brent Snaza 10 tackles.
North Central 50, Waverly-South Shore 0
Waverly-South Shore 0 0 – 0
North Central 21 29 – 50
NC – Colton Mohr 36 pass from Raynor Sprague (Pablo Diaz Fernandez kick).
NC – Sprague 3 run (Fernandez kick).
NC – Tanner Erickson 45 run (Fernandez kick).
NC – Ben Beadle 3 run (Fernandez kick).
NC – Safety.
NC – Ashton Hartling 68 kick return (Fernandez kick).
NC – Erickson 15 run (Fernandez kick).
NC – Erickson 35 fumble return.
OFFENSE: Waverly-South Shore rushing 20-28 (Kolby Reis 9-19), passing 4-14-1 for 36 (Troy Kneeland 4-14-1 for 36), receiving (Trevor Crook 2-38), 4 first downs; North Central rushing 29-305 (Erickson 7-171), passing 1-3-1 for 36 (Sprague 1-3-1 for 36). receiving (Mohr 1-36), 16 first downs.
DEFENSE: Waverly-South Shore, Reis interception; North Central, Landon Wolf 7 tackles, Chance Mehlhaff 4 tackles, Spencer Buechler 4 tackles, Beadle interception.
Faulkton 44, Northwestern 7
Northwestern 0 0 0 7 – 7
Faulkton 30 6 8 0 – 44
F – Simon Bowar 94 kick return (Ryan Beckler pass from Parker Geditz).
F – Bowar 21 run (run failed).
F – Garrett Cramer 15 run (Hunter Niederbaumer pass from Geditz).
F – Roman Dimaria 41 pass from Geditz (Bennet Cassens pass from Geditz).
F – Niederbaumer 82 pass from Geditz (run failed).
F – Cramer 64 run (Landyn Weber run).
N – Jude Ortmeier 59 pass from Fatahehi Faonelua (Faonelua kick).
OFFENSE: Northwestern rushing 26-39 (Ortmeier 6-18), passing 7-10-0 for 129 (Faonelua 7-10-0 for 129), receiving (Christopher Toennies 6-70); 4 first downs; Faulkton rushing 27-143 (Cramer 6-98); passing 7-11-1 for 178 (Geditz 6-8-0 for 148); receiving (Niederbaumer 1-82);12 first downs.
DEFENSE: Northwestern, James Bergalowski 10 tackles 1 interception, Gage Ratigan 7 tackles, Faonelua 5 tackles; Faulkton, Bowar 9 tackles,Beckler 9 tackles, Cramer 8 tackles,
Potter County 12, Warner 7
Warner (1-2) 0 7 0 0 – 7
Potter County (2-1) 12 0 0 0 – 12
PC – Drake Bassett 83 pass from Gran Luikens (pass failed).
PC – Luikens 13 run (run failed).
W – Zach Wood 48 run (Levi Scepaniak kick).
OFFENSE: Warner rushing 40-179 (Wood 13-87), passing 2-8-0 for 15 (Hunter Cramer 2-8-0 for 15), receiving (Isaac Hoeft 1-8, Payton Volk 1-7), 9 first downs; Potter County rushing 31-98 (Cooper Logan 13-47), passing 6-17-0 for 156 (Luikens 6-17-0 for 156), receiving (Bassett 2-95), 6 first downs.
DEFENSE: Warner, team effort; Potter County, Logan 12 tackles 2 sacks, Alex Tanner 11 tackles, Colin Arbach 7 tackles 2 sacks.
Great Plains Lutheran 36, Langford Area 14
Langford Area (0-3) 6 0 2 6 – 14
Great Plains Lutheran (2-1) 20 2 8 6 – 36
GPL – Thomas Erickson 48 run (RJ Perry kick).
LA – Ben Gustafson 1 run (pass failed).
GPL – Erickson 44 run (Perry kick).
GPL – Erickson 6 run (kick failed).
GPL – Safety, tackled quarterback in end zone.
GPL – Vincent Knudson 6 run (David Sell pass from Sam Hanson).
LA – Safety, punt snapped out of end zone.
GPL – Hanson 1 run (kick failed).
LA – Gustafson 53 run (kick failed).
OFFENSE: Langford Area rushing 31-196 (Gustafson 19-161), passing 4-12-1 for 53 (Gustafson 3-10-1), first downs 8; Great Plains Lutheran rushing 32-317 (Erickson 17-191), passing 5-9-0 for 86 (Hanson 5-9-0 for 86), receiving (Jackson Bahr 1-30), first downs 13.
DEFENSE: Langford Area, Aden Godel 10 tackles, Kalen Godel 8 tackles; Great Plains Lutheran, team effort.
Florence-Henry 44, Leola-Frederick 0
Leola-Frederick 0 0 0 0 – 0
Florence-Henry 8 8 20 8 – 44
FH – Frank Hanson 4 run (Mehki Keller run).
FH – Keller 68 run (Ashton Hanson run).
FH – Keller 31 pass from Tegan Sumner (conversion failed).
FH – Safety, blocked punt out of end zone.
FH – Keller 34 run (conversion failed).
FH – F. Hanson 24 run (conversion failed).
FH – Peyton Roe 24 pass from Karter Kohlenberg (Sam Blue run).
OFFENSE: Leola-Frederick rushing 36-46 (Hans Lapka 11-55), passing 6-10-1 for 30 (Brayden Sumption 6-10-1 for 30), receiving (Vincent Petrich 3-14); Florence-Henry rushing 25-236 (Keller 3-102), passing 5-7 for 104 (Sumner 3-5 for 80), receiving (Keller 3-80).
DEFENSE: Leola-Frederick, Kody Moser 7 tackles, Petrich 6 tackles; Florence-Henry, F. Hanson 12 tackles, A. Hanson 10 tackles 1 sack.
Hitchcock-Tulare 55, Sunshine Bible 0
Hitchcock-Tulare 16 33 6 – 55
Sunshine Bible 0 0 0 – 0
HT – Erik Salmen 8 pass from Jack Boomsma (Boomsma run).
HT – Kyle Hamilton 2 run (Boomsma run).
HT – T.J..Salmen 2 run (Landon Puffer pass from Boomsma).
HT – Puffer 45 interception return (conversion failed).
HT – Boomsma 34 run (conversion failed).
HT – Boomsma 70 interception return (conversion failed).
HT – E. Salmen 4 run (Puffer kick).
HT – Mason Bottum 37 pass from T.J. Salmen.
OFFENSE: Hitchcock-Tulare rushing 146 yards (Boomsma 3-63), passing 72 yards (Boomsma 3-4 for 21, T.J. Salmen 2-6 for 30), receiving (Bottum 1-37).
DEFENSE: Hitchcock-Tulare, T.J. Salmen 7 tackles, Riley Fliehe 7 tackles, Jacob Michlitsch 5 tackles.
Herreid-Selby Area 38, Timber Lake 28
Timber Lake 8 8 6 6 – 28
Herreid-Selby Area 8 16 14 0 – 38
TL – Brady Sandquist 80 run (Hank Kraft run).
HSA – Brenden Begeman 7 run (Begeman run).
HSA – Begeman 10 run (Begeman run).
HSA – Trey Sayler 86 run (Sayler run).
TL – Kraft 10 run (Sandquist run).
HSA – Begeman 3 run (Trevor Gill pass from Tray Hettick).
TL – Kraft 66 run (conversion failed).
HSA – Begeman 1 run (conversion failed).
TL – Kraft 3 run (conversion failed).


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