A Furnas County Battle, Republican River Rivalry, whatever you want to call it, matchups like this always create buzz. Well, the visitors from Arapahoe came to Cambridge and took care of business winning 44-14.
We start in the first quarter, the Warriors had the first possession and did not waste it. It was an eight-play drive, capped off by a 26-yard touchdown run by Will Cacy. Arapahoe was off and running and the score was 8-0 with 8:30 to go in the opening quarter.
Cambridge could not get the offense going to start and gave the ball back to Arapahoe in the first. Arapahoe made quick work with a four-play dive and Cacy scored again from four yards away. The two-point conversion was a pass from Trenton Roskop to Kade Fisher and it was 16-0 with 5:18 to go in the first quarter.
That's what the tally was going to the second period.
Cambridge did move the ball on the ground some, but some miscues stalled many of their drives. The Trojans also played a pair of freshmen, Abram Norton and Braxton Mitchell at quarterback and they got some good experience in this first game.
Arapahoe kept the pedal down in the second quarter.
Trenton Roskop scored from 12 yards away at the 11:11 mark in the second quarter. Cambridge trailed 22-0.
Grayson Koller had a two-yard touchdown at the 6:24 point in the second quarter. They were up 30-0 at that point after the two-point conversion.
Following that possession, Cambridge got deep into Arapahoe territory before a costly fumble gave it back to Arapahoe. The Trojans had run 11 plays prior to the turnover and were mixing the run and pass well.
It didn't appear the Warriors were trying to score before the half, but Will Cacy rounded out the scoring in the first half with a 15-yard score with three play drive with runs including a 46-yarder by Will Cacy. The two-point conversion was good too.
Arapahoe led 38-0 at halftime.
In the second half, Trenton Roskop scored again, this time from six yards out to increase the lead to 44-0 with 6:38 in the third.
In the final quarter, Cambridge did find some success on offense. Jayden Ruf punched it in from four yards out with 5:46 remaining in the game. Cambridge recovered a fumble and a few plays later Brady Ahlemeyer scored and made it 44-12 with 2:21 remaining.
The two-point conversion was good. Arapahoe ran out the clock to secure the win.
We caught up with Arapahoe Quarterback and Defensive Back Trenton Roskop after the game. Postgame interviews during the football season are brought to you by Acme Printing Company.
Here's a look at the official stats from the Trojans. Abram Norton was 5-8 with 62 yards and one interception. Tayten Koeppen had 35 yards on 13 carries. Krayton Ruggles had 73 yards on the ground. Maverick Webb caught two balls for 25 yards. The Trojans had a fumble too.
As a team, Cambridge 146 yards rushing.
Will Cacy led the rushing attack with 207 ards on 14 carries and three touchdowns. Trenton Roskop carried the ball for 60 yards and two scores. Grayson Koller had 45 yards and a touchdown. As a team, 341 yards on the ground. Based on our stats, only two passes were thrown by Arapahoe for no yards. They did have two fumbles as a team.
Arapahoe, one of the top teams in Class D1, flexed their muscles on the ground game in this one and looked tough. For Cambridge, they are in D2, and their goals are definitely still intact going forward.
An impressive win for Arapahoe in this rivalry game.
Arapahoe is 1-0 and will play Bertrand next Friday.
Cambridge falls to 0-1 and will play Franklin on Friday next week.
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