The Indians football team met with its well-known rival Friday night for a well fought game. The Great Bend Panthers were ready to play, being ranked fifth.

Fumbling the football in the first quarter, the Indians set Great Bend’s quarterback Jacob Murray for an open play. The Indians responded with 11 plays and reached the 21 yard line before they lost the ball on downs. The Panthers came back with a scoring drive to put them up 13-0, but missing the extra point.

With offense finally starting to coordinate, sophomore Keaton Markley scores a touchdown for the Indians off a 7 yard rush. Junior Hunter Brown then hit senior Collyn Kreutzer for a 15 yard touchdown. With junior Logan Clark making both of the extra points, this put the Indians up 14-13 at the half.

Fresh out of halftime, the Panthers hit Cal Marshall to score them a touchdown, followed by a two point conversion to put them ahead of the Indians 21-14. Panthers outscored the Indians 22-0 in the second half, leading to a 35-14 win.

Indians are now 1-1 on the season, and will look to expand that to 2-1 on Sept 16 at their first home game against Liberal.

Individual Stats:

Passing:

Hunter Brown 11-19 128 yards 1TD 1-INT

Rushing:

Kohlton Meyers 20-106 yards

Hunter Brown 9-50 yards

Dylan Schmidtberger 5-11 yards

Keaton Markley 4-29 yards 1 TD

Receiving:

Collyn Kreutzer 3-69 yards 1 TD

Wyatt Scheve 2-27 yards

Kohlton Meyers 4-19 yards

Dylan Schmidtberger 1-2 yards

Shane Berens 1-11 yards

Defense

Collyn Kreutzer 5 tackles 1 fumble recovery

Keaton Markley 2 tackles

Tyrese Hill 3 tackles 1 sack

Kohlton Meyers 8 tackles 1 tackle for loss

Hunter Brown 4 tackles

Mason Ibarra 2 tackles

Dylan Schmidtberger 5 tackles 1 sack

Xavier Dandurand 4 tackles

Chantz Brungardt 6 tackles 1 tackle for loss

Dylan Flegler 2 tackles 1 sack

Freddy Haines 2 tackles

Conrad Vajnar 2 tackles

Connor Winter 1 tackle

Logan Schulte 4 tackles

Shane Berens 15 tackles 1 tackle for loss

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