COUNCIL GROVE — As expected, the district-opening showdown between fellow unbeatens Humboldt and Council Grove came down to the bitter end Friday.
Unfortunately for the Cubs, Council Grove made the plays it needed to in the second half to secure a 20-14.victory to open Class 2A district play.
Humboldt led 14-7 after one quarter, courtesy of a 2-yard plunge from Trey Sommer and then a 37-yard keeper from quarterback Blake Ellis, but didn’t reach the end zone for the balance of the game.
A fourth-down pass inside the game’s final 30 seconds was batted down at the Council Grove 5-yard line.
Sommer rushed for 137 yards, while Ellis rushed for 71 and completed 9 of 17 passes for 82 yards.
Cole Mathes had 23 yards on the ground and 26 yards receiving on a pair of catches. Logan Page had two receptions for 29 yards and rushed for 14 yards. Sam Hull had an 11-yard carry to go with three catches for 15 yards.
Kyler Isbell keyed the defense with seven tackles, including two for losses. Maddox Johnson added five stops, including two for losses. River Kaufman and Sommer also had five tackles. Johnson and Hull added quarterback sacks.
Ace Monihan threw for 111 yards on 8 of 14 passing, Cade Goodell rushed for 57 yards and Ethan Burton and Jace Goodman had 57 and 48 receiving yards, respectively, to pace Council Grove.
Humboldt (3-1) looks to get back on the winning track Friday at home against Eureka.
Friday’s Scores
Area scores
Iola 28, Anderson County 14
Council Grove 20, Humboldt 14
Crest 46, Hartford 0
Marmaton Valley 58, Marais des Cygnes Valley 12
Wetmore 59, Southern Coffey 6
Chanute 40, Ulysses 8
Oswego 1, Yates Center 0 (forfeit)
Statewide
Abilene 28, Chapman 6
Andale 57, Smoky Valley 8
Andover Central 24, Goddard-Eisenhower 7
Atchison 63, KC Schlagle 14
Axtell 56, Linn 0
BV Southwest 49, Spring Hill 26
Baldwin 49, Santa Fe Trail 32
Beloit 38, Russell 22
Bishop Miege 28, Rockhurst, Mo. 21
Blue Springs, Mo. 35, Blue Valley 28
Buhler 10, Winfield 0
Burden Central 52, Attica/Argonia 35
Burlingame 26, Chase County 24
Burlington 45, Prairie View 32
Caney Valley 54, Cherryvale 20
Canton-Galva 46, Norwich 0
Central Heights 21, Uniontown 6
Centralia 20, Troy 19
Chaparral 10, Garden Plain 7
Chase 45, Burrton 7
Cheney 43, Pratt 21
Cheylin 49, Northern Valley 48
Clay Center 61, Hiawatha 0
Clifton-Clyde 22, Washington County 6
Coffeyville 42, Independence 13
Conway Springs 43, Medicine Lodge 13
Cunningham 42, Tescott 0
DeSoto 57, Leavenworth 16
Derby 28, Hutchinson 21
Dighton 42, Hodgeman County 12
Dodge City 23, Liberal 15
El Dorado 26, Augusta 21
Ell-Saline 34, Bennington 20
Ellis 60, Stanton County 0
Ellsworth 28, Hillsboro 0
Erie 38, Northeast-Arma 0
Eudora 49, Ottawa 28
Flinthills 38, Cedar Vale/Dexter Co-op 20
Frankfort 54, Doniphan West 6
Fredonia 38, Riverton 16
Galena 36, Columbus 22
Girard 35, Frontenac 0
Goddard 48, Arkansas City 28
Goessel 52, Herington 30
Great Bend 45, Wichita Southeast 0
Greeley County 62, Golden Plains 16
Guymon, Okla. 48, Onaga 7
Hanover 52, BV Randolph 6
Haven 50, Lyons 6
Hays 30, Garden City 26
Hesston 56, Wichita Trinity 41
Hill City 46, Rawlins County 0
Hoisington 49, Southwestern Hts. 0
Holcomb 25, Goodland 0
Holton 49, Perry-Lecompton 18
Hoxie 51, Stockton 0
Hugoton 47, Colby 6
Hutchinson Central Christian 54, Fairfield 8
Hutchinson Trinity 24, Ellinwood 0
Ingalls 45, Moscow 13
Inman 40, Sterling 0
Jayhawk Linn 64, Northern Heights 8
Jefferson North 54, McLouth 18
Junction City 28, Wichita Bishop Carroll 21
KC Bishop Ward 35, KC Turner 0
KC East Christian 84, Schuyler County, Mo. 26
KC Sumner 27, KC Wyandotte 26
Kapaun Mount Carmel 63, Westminster, Colo. 24
Kingman 63, Douglass 7
Kiowa County 63, La Crosse 58
Lakin 2, Cimarron 0
Larned 28, Nickerson 20
Lawrence 47, Olathe East 6
Lebo 54, St. Paul 6
Lee’s Summit North, Mo. 40, BV Northwest 34
Lincoln 28, Rock Hills 20
Little River 56, Solomon 6
Louisburg 51, Bonner Springs 7
Lyndon 28, Cair Paravel 24
Macksville 50, Trego 34
Maize 56, Salina South 7
Maize South 34, Newton 14
Manhattan 28, Washburn Rural 25
Marion 30, Remington 22
Marysville 30, Concordia 6
McPherson 35, Circle 15
Meade 55, Sublette 6
Mill Valley 35, Gardner-Edgerton 14
Minneola 46, Bucklin 34
Mission Valley 24, Valley Falls 16
Moundridge def. Pretty Prairie, forfeit
Nemaha Central 78, Horton 0
Ness City 52, Pratt Skyline 24
Norton 38, Phillipsburg 20
Oakley 22, Plainville 7
Olathe South 52, SM West 15
Olathe West 31, Olathe Northwest 28
Olpe 27, Pleasanton 0
Osage City 45, Eureka 16
Osborne 46, Lakeside 0, 6OT
Oswego def. Yates Center, forfeit
Parsons 61, Baxter Springs 8
Peabody-Burns 53, Pawnee Heights 6
Pittsburg 34, Fort Scott 8
Pittsburg Colgan 50, Southeast 6
Pleasant Ridge 36, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 31
Quinter 46, Oberlin-Decatur 0
Raymore-Peculiar, Mo. 41, BV North 28
Riley County 39, Royal Valley 14
Riverside 26, Jackson Heights 12
Rock Creek 44, Silver Lake 28
Rose Hill 20, Mulvane 6
Rossville 49, Atchison County 8
Rural Vista 42, Wakefield 28
SM East 35, SM North 34
SM South 52, Olathe North 34
Sabetha 39, Minneapolis 7
Salina Central 54, Andover 44
Salina Sacred Heart 30, Belle Plaine 0
Satanta 68, Elkhart 46
Scott City 28, Hays-TMP-Marian 14
Sedgwick 63, Bluestem 8
Shawnee Heights 27, Basehor-Linwood 0
South Barber 60, Kinsley 30
Southeast Saline 49, Halstead 17
St. Francis 30, Wilson 8
St. James Academy 24, St. Thomas Aquinas 20
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 54, Pike Valley 8
