LITTLE RIVER NIPS GOESSEL 30-26

Smith Runs for 194 yards!!

By Staff

GOESSEL – It was not the usual game for Little River on Friday as they fought tooth and nail to hang on in scoring a four-point, 30-26 road win over Goessel.

With the win, the Redskins are not 8-1 for the season as they ready to play host to Oxford (5-3) in the first round of the 8-Man Division I state regionals on Friday. With a win, Little River would then play either West Elk (7-1) or Burlingame (5-3).

Against Goessel, the Redskins scored twice in the first quarter on a three- and one-yard runs by Carter Stansbury to take an early 14-0 lead.

After Andrew Smith broke loose for a 60-yard scoring scamper early in the second quarter, Goessel came back with a pair of scores to pull within eight at 22-14 going into the halftime break.

Goessel put a score on the board in the third quarter to bring the deficit down to just two points before Smith again broke loose for a long scoring run, this time from 35 yards out, giving Little River a 10-point advantage. Goessel scored midway through the fourth quarter to make the final score just 30-26 in favor of the Redskins.

In the stat sheet, Goessel recorded more total yards on offense than Little River as they produced 290 yards on 73 plays that included running for 158 and passing for another 132 while the Redskins totaled 259 yards in offense on just 45 plays with 242 for that coming on the ground.

Individually, Smith had just over 200 yards in total offense with 211 of which 194 came on running plays. Defensively, Ruxton Birdsong recorded seven tackles while both Smith and Kyler Bergkamp each had six and Hunter Sneath made five.

LITTLE RIVER REDSKINS FOOTBALL at Goessel

SCORING > LITTLE RIVER = 14-8-0-8 = 30; Goessel = 0-14-6-6 = 26.

3rd Quarter >

Goessel > Scored on a 12-yard run (2-Point Conversion Failed) 22-20

4th Quarter >

LITTLE RIVER > Andrew Smith on a 35-yard run (Smith ran for 2-Point Conversion) 38-20

Goessel > Scored on a 2-yard pass play (2-Point Conversion Failed) 30-26

TEAM STATS > LITTLE RIVER Goessel

1st Downs > 13 17

Plays/Yard > 45/259 73/290

Passing Yards > 17 132

Rushing Yards > 242 158

3rd Downs/Made > 6/3 13/2

Fumbles Lost > 1 0

Interceptions > 0 0

Penalties/Yards > 8/75 4/42

LITTLE RIVER INVIDUAL STAT LEADERS >

Passing (comp/atts/yds/td/int) > Andrew Smith – 2/6/17/0/0.

Rushing (atts/yds/td) > Andrew Smith – 17/194/2; Carter Stansbury – 9/27/2; Kyler Bergkamp – 6/21/0.

Receiving (rec/yds/td) > Chirs Norez – 1/11/0; Other – 1/6/0.

Defense (tackles/assists/sacks/tfl) > Ruxton Birdsong – 7/3/0/1; Andrew Smith – 6/5/0/0; Kyler Bergkamp – 6/3/0/2; Hunter Sneath – 5/1/0/0; Carter Stansbury – 4/2/0/2; Kelby Rice – 2/3/0/2; Chris Norez – 1/0/0/0; Kal-El Robinson – 1/2/0/0; Lakin Wege – 1/0/0/0; Blayne Baldetti – 1/0/0/0; Jaxson Konen – 0/1/0/0.

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