Week 7 Friday Night Lights High School Football Heroes

*Anthony Rezac, Jahmez Ross, Christian Jones, Teddy Rezac, Jonquel Osler-Omaha Westside - It was an opening half like no other in Omaha Westside’s 56-0 win over a fine 6-0 Kearney team. In that 56-0 first half, star quarterback Anthony Rezac completed 13 of 14 passes for 227 yards and 3 touchdowns. RB Jahmez Ross zipped for 207 yards on just 15 totes with scoring runs of 3, 5 and 60 yards. The great Christian Jones, an imposing figure on both sides of the ball, caught two Anthony Rezac passes for 95 yards, both going for touchdowns (64, 31 yards).

Teddy Rezac caught a pair of passes from his Bro for 26 yards, made 2 tackles and pirated a Kearney pass to thwart the Bearcats only scoring threat of the game, and Jonquel Osler intercepted a pair of passes and made 5 tackles.

Thirty Five plays-520 yards-8 touchdowns, all in the first half by Westside is beyond belief against a team as talented as Kearney.

**MILESTONE WIN**

*Coach Jeff Bellar-Norfolk Catholic - My friend and Nebraska High School Hall of Fame Class of 2020 classmate coached his 400th Career Coaching Victory in the Knights 49-0 rout of Pender. 400 wins in 40 years of Coaching high school football? Crown this man The King!

***Here are the Top Ten Nebraska High School Football Coaches (By Wins) Thanks to the great Stu Pospisil for this information!

Jeff Bellar-Norfolk Catholic - 400-78-0

Mark Wortman-Elkhorn - 356-96-0

Carl Tesmer-Hastings St. Cecilia - 349-98-2

Tom Jaworski-Creighton Prep - 343-92-0

Doug Goltz-Falls City Sacred Heart - 339-63-0

Ron Mimick-David City Aquinas - 324-130-0

Gary DeBoer-Lawrence-Nelson - 319-110-4

Bob Fuller-Palmyra - 309-71-1

Tim Turman-Wahoo Neumann - 307-159-2

10. Bob Schnitzler-Battle Creek - 293-85-7

**1000 Yard Rusher Alert** 1000 Yard Passing Alert**

*Bryson Gadeken-Neligh-Oakdale - Senior All-State receiver, switched to quarterback this season, rushed for 185 yards on 25 carries and four touchdowns in the Warriors 44-22 win over North Central. That raises his 2023 rushing total to 1,013 yards (18 TDs). Gadeken also completed 13 of 23 passes for 136 yards and two more scores in Neligh-Oakdale’s third win against losses. That gives the Dual-Threat star 1,248 passing yards with 16 TDs.

Interesting note about Bryson Gadeken. He is one of the only football players in this state to achieve a 1000-1000-1000 yard seasons in Passing, Rushing and Receiving. His passing and rushing marks have come this season of course and his 1,197 yards receiving came a year ago when he was on the catching end of 85 Aiden Kuester’s beautiful throws.

Bryson is also a Career 2000 Yard Receiver (2,221 yards) and 2000 Yard Rusher (2, 342), The sensational athlete also has a mind-boggling 394 Career Tackles with 167 solos, 227 assists and an unimaginable 57 tackles for losses.

Good Lord!

*Brayden Anderson, Jeremiah Druckenmiller, Lincoln Benne, Lincoln Mendez, Silas Nelson-Oakland-Craig - Looks like this quintet had a barrel of fun in the Knights 70-27 win over Tekamah-Herman. Let’s check it out; Anderson, the All-State QB candidate, hit 19 of 21 passes for 367 yards and 4 touchdowns, Druckenmiller caught 6 of those for 148 yards and three TDs, Bennealso hauled in half a dozen Anderson passes, good for 120 yards and a score, Mendez ran for 35 yards on 6 carries, BUT three were for touchdowns and finally, Silas Nelson brought the Oakland-Craig crowd to its feet with his electrifying 85 yard kick return touchdown scamper.

*Dane Jacobsen, Drake Zimmerman-Ashland-Greenwood - Three year starter Dane Jacobsen set the Career Passing Yards record at Ashland-Greenwood in the Bluejays 54-7 win over Boys Town. The smooth as silk senior quarterback was a perfect (how fitting) 11 of 11 for 174 yards and 3 touchdowns, giving him 1,209 yards and 15 TDs with just 2 INTs for the season. For his career, Dane has completed an astounding 66% of his 447 pass attempts for 4,133 yards with 48 TDs. All this in 34 games.

Drake Zimmerman was his usual bruising, battering self, rushing 21 times for 143 yards and two TDs against the Cowboys, Zimmerman now is 15 yards away from a thousand yards rushing for the season.

*Treven Stassines-Fillmore Central - WAS the offensive show in the Panthers 21-14 victory over a vastly improved GICC team. Stassiness ran for a fat 190 yards on 29 carries and all three touchdowns.

*Kaden Logan-Lincoln Southeast, Knight’s Defense - FRESHMAN running back erupted for an impressive 235 yards and a TD on 21 carries in the Knights 21-10 win over Millard West. The 5-7, 165 pound dynamo had five runs of 10 yards or more and three runs that went for 30 plus yards.

While the rookie Logan was wowing the crowd, the Southeast defense was smothering the Millard West offense to 48 total yards for the game.

*Izaac Dickey-Cross County - Cougar strongman was unstoppable in Cross County’s 58-12 over defending D1 champion Clarkson-Leigh. Dickey’s 13 carries resulted in 250 yards and four touchdowns covering 2, 9, 48 and 44 yards in the win.

*Nick Conant-Adams Central - A/C coaching staff leaned on the senior running back during the Patriots sweet 21-19 victory over Aurora. Conant bolted for 184 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 23 carries, moving Adams Central’s record to 7-0 and a third in the C1 wild card standings.

*Grady Kelly-Central Valley - Junior RB Grady Kelly, one of the best runners in all of 8-Man football, rambled for 221 yards on 17 carries and SIX touchdowns in the Cougars 78-6 win over Burwell. Kelly also made 7 tackles on defense. Grady now has 1,286 yards and 21 TDs after 7 games.

**1000 Yard Rusher Alert**

*Drew Erhart-Palmyra - The REMARKABLE DUAL-THREAT QB eclipsed the 1000 yard rushing plateau in Palmyra’s 22-14 win over Southern, their first win of 2023. Erhart, who lost most of the talent surrounding him from 2022, ran for 141 yards and a touchdown on 22 touches and completed 7 of 11 passes for 93 yards and a score. That gives the gifted senior 1,086 yards rushing (15 TDs) and 884 yards through the air with 9 TDs.

Here are Drew Erhart’s 30 game Career statistics and you best be sitting down for this; PASSING, 450 of 725 yards (62%) for 6,060 yards/78 TDs. RUSHING, 3,023 yards-390 carries (7.8/carry)/39 TDs, RECEIVING; ONE for 50 yards/1 TD for a total of 9, 133 YARDS. Video game numbers.

**1000 Yard Rusher Alert/2nd Time Around**

*Ryker Evans-Hi-Line - Class D 200 Meter champion surpassed the thousand yard rushing for the second consecutive season, Evans darted for 158 yards and 3 touchdowns on 27 carries in the Bulls 58-32 win over Alma. That gives Ryker 1,054 yards and 25 touchdowns thus far in ‘23. Evans also was 4 of 8 passing for 85 yards and two more TDs plus 10 tackles on defense.

Also worth mentioning is Bryce Reiners and his THREE interceptions in this game.

*Peyton Prestito-Papillion LaVista - Senior ran 139 yards and a touchdown in the Monarchs 28-7 win over Omaha Central. That edges Prestito within 115 yards of that magical 1000 Yard Rushing season with two regular season games to go.

**1000 Yard Rusher Alert**

*Quincy Ryker-Twin Loup - Talk about carrying a football team to victory. Ryker was an Iron Man in Twin Loup’s 34-30 win over Elm Creek, carrying the pigskin 43 times for 224 yards and four touchdowns in the win. Quincy ended up gaining 224 of Twin Loup’s 275 yards of Total Offense in the exciting victory..

Oh yeah, Quincy’s 224 yards elevated him to over a thousand yards rushing for the year (1,112 yards).

**1000 Yard Rusher Alert**

*Cale Gustafson-Osceola - Powerful quarterback rambled for 177 yards on a grueling 42 carries in the Bulldogs hard earned 12-6 win over a surging High Plains team. Gustafson’s rushing total is currently at 1,169 yards with 16 TDs.

*Kyser Lewis-Morrill - Check this out because you won’t see this often. The senior carried the ball 11 times for 191 yards and all three touchdowns in the Lions 90-20 loss to Bridgeport. Coming into the game, Lewis had 33 yards on 25 carries for the o-7 Lions.

*Noah Bordovsky, Caden Smart-Wahoo - Bordovsky escaped for 184 yards on just 15 touches with touchdown dashes of 30, 1 and 30 yards in the Warriors 34-0 win over Columbus Scotus. Smart carried the ball 4 times for 48 yards and an 8 yard touchdown, but also returned a kickoff 81 yards for an additional score and made 10 tackles on defense.

*Dylan Hurlburt, Trent McCain, Talon Bruha-Ord - In the Chants 34-20 win over a improving Kearney Catholic squad; Hurlburt rushed 36 times for 177 yards and 3 TDs and made 8 stops on defense. McCain ran 15 times for 106 big ones with one TD and made 13 tackles on defense with 3 TFL. Talon Bruha had a pair of interceptions in the win, one of which being an incredible Pick 6 that featured Bruha jumping high in the air to pick off a pass behind the line of scrimmage then returning it 17 yards for an Ord score. Mr. Bruha has some serious hops baby!

**1000 Yard Rusher Alert/2nd Time Around**

*Parker Borer, James Fogleman, Brant Benes, Kolton Rasmussen-Boone Central - The punishing Parker Borer ran through the O’Neill defense for 171 yards and three touchdowns on 26 carries, raising his 2023 rushing total to 1,054 yards (12 TDs). Borer ran for 1,245 yards and 20 TDs a year ago. Cardinals QB James Fogleman was also lively in that 35-0 whitewashing of O’Neill, hitting 10 of 15 passes for 2 touchdowns. Brant Benes (3 receptions/73 yds) and Kolton Rasmussen (3 catches/55 yds) each snagged a scoring pass in the game.

*Harry Caskey, Caden Rezac-Ogallala - Dynamic Ground Gobbling Machine combined for 306 rushing yards in Ogallala’s 22-14 win over Chadron. Caskey erupted for 227 yards and a touchdown on 28 totes while Rezac added 79 yards on 14 attempts with a TD. Going into the big Sidney game Friday, Rezac has 868 yards rushing, followed closely by Harry’s 826.

*Jaden Williams, Jack Poppe-Doniphan, Kaden Detamore-Trumbull - Pass/Catch trio tore up Gibbon during the Cardinals 42-12 win over the Buffaloes. Williams was a razor sharp 27 of 29 yards passing for 311 yards with three touchdown strikes. The Dual-Threat Williams also ripped off 123 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries on the ground. Sophomore Jack Poppe reeled in 10 receptions for 105 yards and all three scoring tosses from Williams. Detamore caught 9 passes for 85 yards, made 9 tackles and pirated a Gibbon pass in the game.

*Sam Sauerdyke-Thayer Central - Big Sam bounced back from the EMF loss in a big way in the Bears 64-14 win over Freeman. The Junior star exploded for 271 yards and FIVE touchdowns on just TEN carries in the game. He also had 5 tackles and a 37 yard Pick 6 in the victory. The big rushing night gives Sauerdyke 1,329 yards and 25 touchdowns after 7 regular season games.

*Breckan Schluter-EMF - The 5000 yard Career rusher came through in the Bobcats nail biting 28-26 Friday afternoon win over Johnson County Central. Schluter ran 32 times for 164 yards and three scores, caught 2 passes for 7 yards and another touchdowns and made 6 tackles. Schulter now has a whopping 1,491 yards (25 TDs) so far in 2023 and is up to 5,883 Career Rushing yards, placing him 18th on the All-Time Career Rushing List.

*Aiden Norman, Fletcher Dubas, Nolan Dubas, Roe Patton-Fullerton - In Fullerton’s 64-28 win over Giltner; Aiden Norman cut loose for 221 yards and 4 touchdowns on 21 carries, QB Fletcher Dubas completed 10-12 passes for 148 yards and 3 TDs, touch Nolan Dubas had a pair of rushing touchdowns, a receiving touchdown and a recovered fumble while Roe Patton logged 7 tackles on defense for the Warriors.

Norman, by the way, has 887 rushing yards (13 TDs) through 7 games.