MOUNDRIDGE FOOTBALL

WILDCATS WIN COUNTY CONTEST, NIP INMAN 13-8

By Staff

            INMAN – A highlight of being back playing  11-man football for Moundridge  was the regular season ending match up with county rival Inman and the Wildcats won the 2024 battle by one score, 13-8.

            With the win, the Wildcats finish the regular season schedule 7-0 and will now tangle with Hutchinson Trinity on Friday in the first round of the Class 1A west playoffs.

            It was a long, 72-yard home run pass from Henry Hecox to Kaizer Kanitz that put the lone score on the scoreboard in the first quarter, giving Moundridge an early 7-0 edge of the Teutons, a score that lasted until the final quarter of play.

            Inman finally took their one-time control of the game in the fourth quarter when they scored on a 12-yard run to take a short lived 8-7 advantage.

            The Wildcats Hecox and Kanits once again connected for a scoring pass, this time from 21 yards to give Moundridge the final score and final five-point victory of  13-8.

            Overall, it was an even played game with Inman holding a slight edge, 258-224, in total offense though the Teutons lost three fumbles and threw a pair of interceptions, while the Wildcats had just one fumble and a pair of interceptions tossed by Hecox.

            Individually, Moundridge’s Henry Hecox completed fourteen of twenty-two passes for 214 yards with 184 of those yards covered in ten receptions by Kaizer Kanitz.

            On defense, the Wildcats were led by Brayden Elmore with nine total tackles and both Hecox and Paul  Grill each accounting for seven total stops. As a team, the Wildcats recorded a pair of quarterback sacks from Jacob Elmore and Ben DenHartog.

MOUNDRIDGE WILDCAT FOOTBALL at Inman

Friday, October 25

SCORING = Wildcats won 13-8

Wildcats = 7-0-0-6 = 13, Teutons = 0-0-0-8 = 8.

1st QUARTER =

WILDCATS = Kaizer Kanitz on a 72-yard pass from Henry Hecox (Cyrus Blough Kick) 7-0

2nd QUARTER =

No Scoring.

3rd QUARTER =

No Scoring.

4th QUARTER =

Inman = Scored on a 12-yard run (2-Point Conversion Good) 7-8

WILDCATS = Kaizer Kanitz on a 21-yard pass from Henry Hecox (2-Point Conversion Failed) 13-8

TEAM STATS =                      WILDCATS     Inman

1st Downs                              8                      15

Total Plays/Yards                 44/224          74/258

Passing Yards                       214                 113

Rushing Yards                      10                   145

3rd Downs made/atts         3/10               5/15  

4th Downs made/atts         0/1                 2/4

Fumbles Lost                       1                      3

Interceptions Thrown        2                      2

Penalties/Yards                   5/13               7/31

WILDCAT INDIVIDUAL STATS =

Passing (comp/atts/yds/td/int) = Henry Hecox – 14/22/214/2/2.

Rushing (atts/yds/td) = Henry Hecox – 11/10/0; Paul  Grill – 3/7/0; Logan Greenwalt – 2/7/0; Kaizer Kanitz – 2/-14/0.

Receiving (rec/yds/td) = Kaizer Kanitz – 10/184/2; Josh Koehn – 1/17/0; Bear Moddelmog – 2/15/0; Logan Greenwalt – 1/-2/0.

Defense (tackles/solo/asst/sacks/tfl)  = Brayden Elmore – 9/7/2/0/1; Henry Hecox – 7/4/3/0/0; Paul Grill – 7/4/3/0/1; Bear Moddelmog – 4/3/1/0/0; Kaden Elmore – 4/4/0/0/0; Thomas Jenkins – 3/3/0/0/0; Ben DenHartog – 3/1/2/1/1; Logan Wulf – 1/0/1/0/0; Williams Broemmer – 1/0/1/0/0; Team – 8/4/4/0/0; Jacob Elmore – 2/1/1/1/1; Josh Koehn – 1/1/0/0/0;

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