Ord - The Ord Chanticleers hosted the Kearney Catholic Stars for the 2023 game. The Stars won the toss and elected to take the ball. After a quick 3 and out by the defense, the Chants offense went to work and marched the ball down the field to score. Trent McCain scored the first touchdown of the game on 3 yard touchdown run. After a fast moving first quarter, the score was 7-0. The Chant offense and defense dominated the second quarter also. The Chants offense scored two more times on runs from Trent McCain and Dylan Hurlburt from 10 and 4 yards. The Chants had another opportunity to score at the end of the half also but they turned it over on downs late in the quarter. At the end of the half the score was 20-0. At the start of the second half got the ball and marched down the field but the drive stalled and turned it over on downs. Kearney Catholic took advantage and scored on a slip screen to finally get on the board to make the score 20-7. On the next possession the Chants mishandled a snap and it was recovered in the endzone for a Star touchdown. The score was now 20-13 and the end of the quarter. In the fourth, the Chants responded to the adversity by marching the ball down the field and scoring on a 5 yard touchdown run from Dylan Hurlburt. On the next possession for Stars, Talan Bruha intercepted a pass and took it in for a score from 23 yards out. It was an amazing play the sealed the win for the Chants. Kearney Catholic was able to add one more score in the final seconds of the game. The Chants Coach Wells commented after the game, “We got off to a fantastic start to tonight, dominating the first half. We let them get a big play at the beginning of the third quarter and it gave them some hope. Our guys were able to battle throught the momentum shift and retake control of the game. We need to learn how to handle those situation throughout games. Very proud of our team. We keep getting better every week.” The Chanticleers will be on the road to take on 6-1 Broken Bow next week.
Quarter……..1…....2…....3…….4……...Final
Ord..……......7.......13.......0……14………34
KC…….……0……0…...13……7............ 20
Team Statistics
Ord
Rushing- 335, Passing- 95
KC
Rushing- 77, Passing- 147
Individual Statistics
Ord
Rushing- D. Hurlburt 36-177, T. McCain 15-106, A. Ryschon 10-52
Passing- D. Hurlburt 8-15, 95 Yards
Receiving- B. Hinrichs 1-40, T. Bruha 2-19, C. Thompson 2-19, E. Ryschon 2-15, A. Ryschon 1-2
Kicking- B. Hinrichs (PAT 3-4)
Tackles- (T. McCain 13 TT, 3 Sacks, 3 TFL’s), (D. Hurlburt 8 TT, 1 TFL), (J. Geiser 5 TT, 1 TFL)
Scoring- D. Hurlburt 2TD Runs, T. McCain 2 TD Runs, T. Bruha 1 INT Return TD
Takeaways- T. Bruha 2 INT