HOWARD — Marmaton Valley High’s starters took the road Friday for the first time of the 2012 season.
They lasted all of one play.
Wildcat Kent Houk sent his starters to the bench after Marmaton Valley ran back the opening kickoff 60 yards for a touchdown.
Junior varsity players took it from there for the Wildcats, still piling up 46 points against a struggling West Elk squad.
The 46-0 victory ended at halftime.
“Their program is really struggling this season, so we gave our younger players some valuable playing time,” Houk said. “A few of them got their first Friday night touchdowns.”
A trio of freshmen did most of the damage.
Austin Deer had scoring rus covering 50 and 43 yards, part of a 10-carry, 133-yard performance. Michael Beggs added 24 yards on three carries, including touchdown runs of two and 13 yards. Keagon Boyd provided a 12-yard touchdown run.
West Elk struggled mightily. The Patriots wound up with a negative eight yards of total offense. The Wildcats did not attempt a pass, nor did they punt. West Elk punted six times.
Deer led Marmaton Valley with six tackles. Lane Hamm, a junior, had five stops.
“It was good to give our varsity players some rest for districts next week,” Houk said.
Marmaton Valley travels to Marais Des Cygnes Valley next Friday to open Kansas Eight Man I, District 2 play.
Marmaton Valley 46-0-x-x—46
West Elk 0-0-x-x—0
MV — Frye 60 yd kickoff return (Becker run)
MV – Beggs 2 yd run (Boyd run)
MV — Deer 60 yd run (PAT failed)
