Ord - The Ord Chanticleers were at home for the opening round of the 2023 playoffs to take on the Cedar Catholic Trojans. The Chanticleers won the toss and elected to defer to the second half. The Chanticleer defense stymied the Trojans on their opeing drive and forced them punt. After a back and forth battle to start the game the first quarter ended in a tie 0-0. At the start of the second quarter Dylan Hurlburt found Blake Hinrichs for a 35 yard touchdown pass for the first points of the game. The point after attempt was missed. The Trojans answered before half on an 11 yard pass and catch to take the lead going into the half 7-6. The Chants were able to score first in the third when Dylan Hurlburt scampered up the middle for a 10 yard touchdown run. The Chants failed on the 2 point conversion. The Trojans responded with a score in third quarter on 7 yard touchdown pass. At the end of three quarters the Trojans led 13-12. In the fourth the Chants threatened to score mid quarter and turned it over on downs. The Chants defense needed a stop and got the ball back with a little less than three minutes left to go. Dylan Hurlburt found Blake Hinrichs up the sideline for 56 yards. Then Dylan found Talan Bruha on an amazing one handed catch down to the 1 yard line. On the next play Dylan ran it in from 1 yard out and the Chants took the lead 18-13. On the next drive, Blake Hinrichs tip a pass and it was intercepted by Colton Thompson. The Chants were then able to get in the greatest formation in football, the victory formation and run out the clock. The Chants Coach Wells commented after the game, “Playoff time is big boy football, and we are proud of the boys for finding a way a win. We never saw any panic in them and just kept battling. Winning in the playoffs isn’t easy. We struggled to score in the redzone tonight on a few drives, give them credit, they have a good defense. We need to clean up a few things offensively and execute at a higher level. Mitchell is going to be a fast and physical team. We are excited that we are moving on and playing at home again next week. These boys have worked really hard to be in a position to host playoff games at home. They also represent our school and community in a positive way. If your willing and able, come to the game this week and support your Chanticleer football team.” The Quarterfinal game against Mitchell will be at 4:30 on Friday.
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Chase County……..0……7……6…….0.............13
Team Statistics
Ord
Total- 404, Rushing- 216, Passing- 188
Chase County
Total- 245, Rushing- 130, Passing- 115
Individual Statistics
Ord
Rushing- T. McCain 15-124, D. Hurburt 25-89, B. Hinrichs 1-7, A. Ryschon 1-1, T. Kovarik 1-0
Passing- D. Hurlburt 10/17 188 Yds 1 TD, 1 INT
Receiving- B. Hinrichs 3-125 Yds, T. Bruha 5-57, C. Thompson 1-8, T. Kovarik 1-0
Scoring- D. Hurlburt 2 TD Rush, B. Hinrichs 1 TD Rec
Kicking- B. Hinrichs (PAT 0-1)
Tackles- (T. McCain 12 TT), (J. Boettcher 9 TT, 1 TFL), (D. Hurlburt 7 TT), (B. Hinrichs 6 TT, 2 TFL), (C. Meyer 4 TT)
Takeaways- C. Thompson 1 INT