LITTLE RIVER FOOTBALL

LITTLE RIVER BEATS TOP RANKED WEST ELK!!!

By Staff

            HOWARD – Friday, the Little River football team took a road trip to Howard and battled the rain while taking on the top-seed in 8-Man Division I, West Elk, where they came home with a 34-14 upset victory.

            With the victory, the Redskins move their season record to 8-2 as they move on to the state quarter-finals on Friday, where they will play host to Central Plains.

            Also sporting a record of 8-2 for the season, Central Plains defeated Cottonwood Falls/Chase County on Friday, 58-52. One thing to note about the upcoming game, the Oilers are one of only two teams to have beaten Little River during the regular season when they scored a 66-44 win over the Redskins in early October.

            In the upset win over West Elk, Little River scored five touchdowns, twice on pass plays from Logan Renken to Kyler Bergkamp while getting scores on runs by Renken, Bergkamp and Jaren Garrison.

            The Redskins put 334 yards in the stat sheet offensively on 51 offensive plays.

            As quarterback, Renken completed all three of his pass attempts, good for covering 72 yards.

            On the ground, Jaren Garrison, and Kyler Bergkamp each went over 80 yards with Garrison covering 86 yards on 16 carries and Bergkamp gaining 81 yards on just 10 carries. Renken pitched in with 18 runs of his own which covered 75 yards.

            On defense, the Redskins were led by Bergkamp who recorded eight tackles, of which seven were solo stops. Ty Janette made seven total tackles, Ruxton Birdson had six and both Jaren Garrison and Blayne Baldetti each had five.

LITTLE RIVER REDSKIN FOOTBALL at West Elk in Howard for 8-Man, Division I Playoffs

Friday, November 8

SCORING = Little River won 34-14

Little River = 12-14-8-0 = 34, West Elk = 8-6-0-0 = 14.

TEAM STATS =

Little River = Total Offense = 51 plays for 334 yards, 5 touchdowns.

 LLITTLE RIVER INDIVIDUAL STAS =

Passing (comp/atts/yds/td/int) = Logan Renken – 3/3/72/2/0.

Rushing (atts/yds/td) = Jaren Garrison – 18/86/1; Kyler Bergkamp – 10/81/1; Logan Renken – 18/75/1; Jhet Ewertt – 2//20/0. Team Totals = 48/262/3.

Receiving (recp/yds/td) = Kyler Bergkamp – 2/42/2; Ty Janette – 1/30/0.

Defense (tackles/solo/asst) = Kyler Bergkamp – 8/7/1; Ty Janette – 7/5/2; Ruxton Birdsong – 6/4/2;  Jaren Garrison – 5/4/1; Blayne Baldetti – 5/5/0; Jhet Ewertt – 4/1/3; Tristan Briston – 3/1/2; Kal-El Robinson – 1/0/1; Logan Renken – 1/0/1; C J Herzog – 1/1/0; Lakin Wege – 1/0/1.

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