Well, for the 8-man RPAC Football teams, the regular season is wrapped, and five of the teams made the playoffs. For the rest, their seasons are done. 6-man football of course has one more week of the regular season. Before we dive into the full results, let's check out the Football Scoreboard brought to you by MNB Realty.
Of course, with the playoffs beginning for Class D1 and D2 here is how it works per the NSAA. For the First Round of the playoffs, the 32 qualifying teams will be placed on two 16-team brackets. Beginning with the school located the farthest west, schools to the east will be added until the pre-determined number of schools (16) for each bracket is reached. North and South distances will not be considered. The 16 teams on each bracket will be seeded 1 through 16 by the point system and the point system tiebreaker.
The sixteen first-round winning teams will then be re-seeded 1 through 16 on a statewide bracket using the regular season point system and point system tiebreaker.
Alma & Hi-Line
Both Alma and Hi-Line entered this matchup at 1-6, so only one team could come out with a second victory to close out the season. For Alma, they weren't eligible for the playoffs as we have documented in the past, and for Hi-Line they were hoping to end the season with some good vibes. It was Alma who captured the win, 42-30.
These squads were tied up at 14-14 after two quarters of play. In the second half, Alma got things rolling and scored 28 to Hi-Line's 16.
Hi-Line was led by Gage Rupp's 168 yards rushing and three touchdowns. Brody Difenbaugh had 65 yards passing, 42 yards rushing, and one touchdown. On defense, Grady Schutz led the Bulls with eight tackles and Diefenbaugh, Cole Dean, and Ryan Oberg each had seven.
Alma, had three passing touchdowns by three different players. Zavier Mitchell was 3-6 with 18 yards and a score, Isaiah Neal was 1-1 with 16 yards and a touchdown, and Grady Faimon was 2-2 with 52 yards and a touchdown.
Mitchell had 94 yards rushing and a touchdown and Isaiah Neal had 49 yards and a touchdown. Neal had a catch for a touchdown too, and Zane Clark had 71 yards receiving and two scores.
Neal had 17 tackles and Ryan Maly added 13.
Clark had an interception and Parker Seyler had a fumble recovery. Matthew Mintzmyer had a sack.
Alma ends the season at 2-6. Hi-Line closes out the year at 1-7.
Arapahoe
Arapahoe had a top-10 showdown versus North Platte St. Pat's on Thursday. The #3 Warriors fell to the #9 Irish 24-14. Arapahoe faced adversity immediately as quarterback Trenton Roskop went down with a knee injury. Kade Fisher came in for Roskop for the Warriors and played pretty well. He was 2-7 passing with 77 yards a touchdown and an interception.
Will Cacy had 70 yards rushing and a touchdown. Alex Diaz had 43 yards receiving and a touchdown. Hayden Sich had 34 yards.
Cacy led Arapahoe with 11 tackles, Kade Fosher added nine, and Briggs Hill had eight.
Arapahoe is now 7-1 and will play as the #6 seed in the first round of the NSAA Class D1 Playoffs. They will play #11 Sutton at home at 6:30 P.M. CT.
Bertrand & Maywood-Hayes Center
Bertrand and Maywood-Hayes Center battled on Friday afternoon. The Wolves needed a win to keep playoff hopes alive. Bertrand though, came to Maywood and won, 26-7. Bertrand was led by Thunder Nelson with 57 yards rushing, Cooper Langford had 26, Eric Wood had 22 yards and a touchdown, Kayden Hatfield had 2 yards and a score, and Payton Way had 65 yards and a touchdown. Wood caught two passes for 49 yards and Way caught two for 17 yards.
Thunder Nelson had 14 tackles and Drake Olesen had 10.
Stats at this time have not been provided for MHC.
Both teams end their seasons at 2-6.
Hitchcock County & Cambridge
Hitchcock County and Cambridge played on Thursday evening. The Falcons won big, 34-0. This was an RPAC Rundown Featured Matchup so you can read the full game story here.
Both teams made the playoffs and their seasons will continue. Cambridge is a #9 seed in the opening round of the Class D2 Playoffs and will travel to #8 seed O'Neil to play St. Mary's. Kickoff is set for Thursday at 4:00 P.M. CT. Cambridge is 4-4 and St. Mary's is 5-3.
Hitchcock County, is the #6 seed in one of the Class D2 brackets and will play a #11 seed, Wilcox Hildreth. That game will be on Thursday, October 24th at 7:00 P.M. CT in Trenton. That will be an RPAC Rundown Featured Matchup. Hitchcock County is 6-2 and Wilcox Hildreth is 5-3.
Maxwell
The Wildcats took on Brady last week and won big, 58-28. Again for Maxwell, the ground game was effective. 40 carries for 433 yards, averaging 11 yards per carry. Jesse Reyes led the ground attack with 196 yards and three touchdowns. Kole Jones had 172 yards and a touchdown. Chris Mckeeman added 50 yards and a touchdown too.
Colt Gosnell led the tackling with eight of them and a forced fumble. Cole Huffman and Chris Mckeeman had an interception.
The Wildcats are 4-4 and made the playoffs again this season. The Wildcats are a #15 seed on the initial brackets in Class D2 and will face #2 seed Sandhills/Thedford. That game is on the road, on Thursday at 6:00 P.M. in Thedford.
Paxton & Medicine Valley
The Tigers and Raiders played in soggy conditions on Friday evening in Paxton. The Tigers came away with the win, 51-20 as both teams played very hard. You can read the full game story here.
Paxton is now 4-3 and will play at Southwest on Thursday at 6:00 P.M. MT. Medicine Valley is 0-7 and will play Wauneta-Palisade at home on Friday at 7:00 P.M. CT.
Southwest
Southwest played one of the top teams in 6-man football, SEM. The Roughriders fell, 56-22. Houston Billeter was 15-19 with a touchdown and two interceptions thrown. Jacob Barber had 22 yards rushing and a score. Deric Kelley threw a pass for 22 yards and a score.
Kelley caught four balls for 75 yards. Trenton Williams caught six balls for 48 yards and a touchdown, and Jacob Barber had two catches for 25 yards and a touchdown.
Kelley had eight tackles.
Southwest is now 4-3. and will host Medicine Valley on Thursday at 7:00 P.M. CT.
Sutherland
Sutherland played Bridgeport in their regular season finale and lost, 43-0. No stats were provided at this time. The Sailors end the season at 2-6.
Wauneta-Palisade & Wallace
Wauneta-Palisade played spoiler on Friday as they beat Wallace 49-22. This was an RPAC Rundown Featured Matchup and you can read the full story here.
The Broncos move to 3-4 and will face Medicine Valley on the road Friday at 6:00 P.M. MT. Wallace will host #1 SEM on Thursday at home at 6:00 P.M.
