LITTLE RIVER FOOTBALL

LITTLE RIVER NIPPED BY ELL-SALINE

By Staff

            LITTLE RIVER – On Friday, the unfathomable happened as the Little River football team lost for the first time in 2024 and it happened late in the game and happened at home, losing by two points, 38-36 to Ell-Saline.

            After both teams scored in the first quarter, with Little River’s Logan Renken connecting with Kylar Bergkamp on a 66-yard pass play, Ell-Saline put two scored on the board in the second quarter with the Redskins only scoring once on a 25-yard run by Renken. This left Ell-Saline holding a 22-16 edge at the halftime break.

            Little River added a score in the third on another run by Renken but missed the two-point conversion which combined with another score by the Cardinals, left the Redskins down 30-22 heading into the final quarter of play.

            After Jaren Garrison tied the game with a four-yard scoring run early in the fourth quarter, Ell-Saline put another score on the board and made their two-point conversion to take a 38-30 lead. Logan Schubert took a pass from Renken into the end zone for yet another score for the Redskins, but they failed to make the two-point conversion and lost by two, 38-36.

            Little River had more yards in total offense, 391-374, and took more snaps on offense, 53-51 but suffered on the scoreboard due to missing a pair of two-point conversions.

            The Redskins ran for 246 yards with Garrison covering 137 on 19 carries while Renken ran for 87 on 20 totes. Renken also threw for 106 yards but had a pair of interceptions.

            Defensively, the Redskins were led by Jhett Ewertt with 10 total tackles while Kyler Bergkamp had seven.

            Now 5-1 for the season, Little River will host Central Plains on Friday. The Oilers will enter the game also 5-1 after hammering Canton/Galva 46-0 on Friday.

LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN FOOTBALL hosting Ell-Saline

Friday, October 11

SCORING = LITTLE RIVER lost 36-38

LITTLE RIVER = 8-8-6-14 = 36; Ell-Saline = 8-14-8-8 = 38.

1st QUARTER =

LITTLE RIVER = Kyler Bergkamp on a 66-pass from Logan Renken (Jaren Garrison ran for 2-Point Conversion) 8-0

Ell-Saline = Scored on a 68-yard run (2-Point Conversion Good) 8-8

2nd  QUARTER =

Ell-Saline = Scored  on a 2-yard run (2-Point Conversion Good) 8-16

Ell-Saline = Scored on a 62-yard run (2-Point Conversion Failed) 8-22

LITTLE RIVER = Logan Renken on a 25-yard run (Garrison ran for 2-Point Conversion) 16-22

3rd QUARTER =

Ell-Saline = Scored on a 2-yard run (2-Point Conversion Good) 16-30

LITTLE RIVER = Logan Renken on a 5-yard run (2-Point Conversion Failed) 22-30

4th QUARTER =

LITTLE RIVER = Jaren Garrison on a 4-yard run (Garrison ran for 2-Point Conversion) 30-30

Ell-Saline = Scored on a 2-yard run (2-Point Conversion Good) 30-38

LITTLE RIVER = Logan Schubert on a 13-yard pass from Logan Renken (2-Point Conversion Failed) 36-38

TEAM STATS =                      LITTLE RIVER            Ell-Saline

1st Downs                              20                               17

Total Plays/Yds                    63/391                      51/374

Passing Yards                       145                             57

Rushing Yards                      246                             317

3rd Downs atts/made         7/11                           3/8

4th Down atts/made           2/3                             0/1

Fumbles Lost                       0                                  0

Interceptions Thrown        2                                  0

Penalties/Yards                    5/34                           4/54

LITTLE RIVER INDIVIDUAL STATS =

Passing (comp/atts/yds/td/int) = Logan Renken – 4/13/106/2/2; Jaxon Konen – 1/1/30/0/0; Jaren Garrison – 1/3/9/0/0.

Rushing (atts/yds/td) = Jaren Garrison – 19/137/1; Logan Renken – 20/87/2; Logan Schubert – 2/20/0; Kyler Bergkamp – 2/2/0.

Receiving (rec/yds/td) = Kyler Bergkamp – 1/66/1; Logan Renken – 1/30/0; Logan Schubert – 2/21/1; Blayne Baldetti – 1/18/0; Jaren Garrison – 1/10/0.

Defense (total/solo/asst/sacks/tfl) = Jhett Ewertt – 10/5/5/0/0; Kyler Bergkamp – 7/6/1/0/1; Jaxon Konen – 4/3/1/0/1; Kal-El Robinson – 4/1/3/0/0; Ruxtan Birdsong – 3/1/2/0/1; Chris Norez – 2/2/0/0/0; Lakin – 1/1/0/0/0; Hunter Sneath – 1/0/1/0/0; C J Herzog – 1/1/0/0/0; Bryson VanEaton – 1/0/1/0/0.

(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at macks.people.places@gmail.com)