Trojans Fall 70-8 To Panthers In Districts
By Jeff Gulley
The latest installment of the annual tom-tom game between Osawatomie and Paola was one the Trojans would like soon to forget.
It played out like every football team’s worse nightmare. Paola shredded the Trojans on the ground gaining 522 rushing yards in a 70-8 win.
Paola jumped out to a three-touchdown lead in the first quarter. Sklyer Hawkins rushing for touchdowns of 4, 36 and 16 yards.
Quickly, a Seth Jones to Brandon Oakes pass gave Osawatomie a glimmer of hope. Oakes hauled in the pass and raced 80-yards for a touchdown to cut the lead to 21-8.
But as quickly as hope arrived, it vanished with a 34-yard run by Tyler Henness. That touchdown was followed by a 34-yard run by Seth Kern, a 77-yard run by Henness and a 9-yard run by Kern.
Paola took a 49-8 lead into halftime. They scored three more times in the third quarter on runs by Henness, Hawkins and Tanner Staats.
Jones completed 17 of 40 passes for 185 yards and was the leading rusher with 33 yards. Oakes caught six passes for 140 yards and Josh Criddle caught five passes for 17 yards.
Brant Jones led the defense with 8 tackles and Mitch Talley had 7.
Osawatomie travels to Louisburg Friday night for the second of three district games. The Wildcats beat Spring Hill 35-6 Friday night to remain undefeated.
Other area football scores
Anderson County 36, Prairie View 21
Wellsville 63, Uniontown 0
Louisburg 35, Spring Hill 6
Paola 70, Osawatomie 8
Baldwin 47, Ottawa 12
Eudora 51, Santa Fe Trail 20
De Soto 56, Bishop Ward 22
Other Kansas Scores
Blue Valley Southwest 42, St. James Academy 26
Basehor-Linwood 35, Jeff West 12
Gardner 49, Pittsburg 14
Topeka Hayden 54, Royal Valley 0
Holton 55, Wamego 0
Fort Scott 69, Iola 21
Chanute 28, Independence 25
Perry 55, Tonganoxie 35
Abilene 28, Chapman 6
Andale 48, Cheney 17
Buhler 42, Pratt 7
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