Bulldogs Run Past Trojans in Opener

Osawatomie runningback Brandon Oakes leads the Trojans onto the field Friday night for the first home game of the season.

Anderson County dominated the first half of the home opener in Osawatomie scoring 28 points and holding on to win 36-12.
It was a rough start for the Trojans as they started their defense of the 2009 Pioneer League title.
The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff and marched down the field behind the running of Allen Troyer, Seth Bowman and Thomas Mudd. Troyer scored on a 6-yard touchdown run and Anderson County led 7-0.
Osawatomie ran three plays and was forced to punt and the Bulldogs needed only four plays to score the second touchdown of the game, a 5-yard run by Mudd.
“We will have to look at film to see exactly what happened but I think we will see we missed some tackles,” Coach Clint Bailey said. “I don’t think it was players being out of position.”
Following the second touchdown, Anderson County recovered an onside kick but the Trojans held them to only three plays and a punt.
They would score on their next possession on a 29-yard run by Troyer making the score 20-0.
The Trojans mounted their first rally drive late in the second quarter but penalties stalled the drive deep in Bulldog territory. Anderson County took over on downs with 2:36 to play in the half and scored again on a 14-yard run by Bowman. The two-point conversion made the score 28-0 at the half.
In the third quarter, the Trojans came out fired up and scored on their first drive. Brandon Oakes broke free for a 31-yard touchdown run and Osawatomie was on the board with six points.
On the next possession, Brant Johnson capped a long drive with a 2-yard run. Both conversion attempts failed but the Trojans had some momentum and trailed 28-12.
But the momentum stopped late in the third quarter when Bowman run up the middle for a 43-yard touchdown run to make the score 36-12. Neither team could muster much offense in the fourth quarter.
The Osawatomie offense was hurt by key penalties, injuries to Oakes and lineman Alex Stookey and dropped passes by receivers.
“I liked that we came out with some fire in the third quarter but too many dropped balls, we just didn’t click tonight,” Bailey said.
Oakes had a good rushing game with 122 yards on 14 carries. Johnson had 40 yards rushing on 12 carries.
Jones completed 4 of 21 passes for 41 yards. Daniel Dorsett had 34 yards receiving and Austin Chisam caught one pass for 7 yards.
Drew Needham led the Trojans with 13 tackles. Stookey had 11 and Kody Medina had 9 tackles.
Osawatomie has another home game Friday when they play host to Independence.

Other area scores:
Louisburg 33, Eudora 6
Baldwin 32, Paola 14
St. James Academy 27, Ottawa 18
DeSoto 24, Spring Hill 6
Other Kansas scores:
Anderson County 36, Osawatomie 12
Prairie View 14, Central Heights 7
Silver Lake 42, Wabaunsee 0
Wellsville 40, Jayhawk-Linn 0
Gardner 49, Blue Valley West 7
Tonganoxie 54, Bishop Ward 6
Labette County 26, Fort Scott 24
Lansing 28, Mill Valley 27
Missouri scores:
Cass-Midway 42, Appleton City 14
Sherwood 26, Drexel 6
Junior Varsity score:
Louisburg 14, Eudora 6
Freshman score:
Paola 15, Louisburg 0

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