1 week Ago By TIM JOHNSON StarHerald
HIGH SCHOOL | WEEK 8 Scottsbluff is all but assured of having at least one home game for the Class B state football postseason, and Gering is in position to do the same as well with one week left in the regular season. The Bearcats (7-1) moved to 4-0 in District 5 play with a 20-14 win over McCook on Friday, and are the lone program without a loss in the five-team grouping. Scottsbluff , which also is fifth in the Class B power points, closes out its schedule at York on Friday.
"Winning a district championship, that was goal No. 1," Bearcats coach Jud Hall said on the 107.3 FM postgame show.
"So, very proud of the kids for setting their minds to that and finding a way to win a very tough district — a much improved district across the board." Gering (6-2) is seventh in the wild card points, and are at least in position to be considered for a home game to open the playoff s. That is likely still on the line this week as the Bulldogs travel to Hastings, "This one was the big one, because we get thee extra points for (the win) against a Tier I team ," Gering coach Danny O'Boyle said after a 23-20 win over previously undefeated Chadron on Friday.
"But we still have to take care of business next week. It's not one of those things were we can take our foot of the gas, because we really want a home football game. We've got to get right back to work on Monday.
" Showdown in Chadron Sidney (8-0) and Chadron (7-1) square off on Friday with a district title and playoff seedings at stake. Both teams enter with 3-0 marks in District 7 in Class C-1, and the Cardinals host the showdown between the two programs to close out the regular season. The Raiders are also tied for fourth in the power points with Columbus Lakeview and O'Neill, while Chadron sits in ninth Meanwhile, Mitchell — which lost to both Chadron and Sidney on consecutive weeks in September — moved to 4-4 overall with a win over Amherst on Friday and has climbed to 12th in the power points in a competitive Class C-2 field.
The Tigers, boosted by last week's upset of Kearney Catholic, sits ahead of three teams with winning records in the top 15 of power ponts: Central Catholic (6-2), and Oakland Craig and Aquinas Catholic, both of which are 5-3. Mitchell closes out the regular season at Hershey. It's 8-man playoff time Bridgeport, which won its final six games of the regular season and captured the District 10 title, earned a No, 7 seed for the Class D-2 playoffs.
The Bulldogs face No. 10 Ravenna on Thursday in a matchup of 6-2 programs. The brackets were released Saturday.
In addition, Hemingford (5-3) is the No. 12 seed and faces fifth seeded St. Pat's (7-1) in a opening-round matchup.
Stat leaders Chadron's Quinn Bailey still leads the state in rushing with 2,084 yards, 23 more than Bishop Neumann's Conor Booth. Other local players who are among the state's top leaders in stats are Sidney's Landon Riddle and Bayard's Anderson Gaarder, who are tied for seventh with 787 receiving yards. Sidney's Alek Doty is sixth in total yards with 2,318, and Bailey is eighth with 2,288.
Gering's Creighton Beals is third in kickoff returns, while Scottsbluff's Eric Sabala and Potter-Dix's Dylan Tabor are eighth and ninth, respectively. Week 8 scores Thursday Garden County 1, Banner County 0 (Forfeit) Leyton 46, South Platte 38 Mullen 84, Bayard 12 Potter-Dix 76, Creek Valley 26 Friday Arthur County 56, Crawford 6 Bridgeport 43, Sutherland 0 Gering 23, Chadron 20 Hay Springs 69, Minatare 0 Kimball 46, Morrill 0 Mitchell 22, Amherst 13 Perkins County 68, Hemingford 20 Scottsbluff 20, Mitchell 14 Sidney 48, Alliance 14 Get local news delivered to your inbox!.
