Best of Bison from Friday night

McCook senior Hunter Hays (57) reacts after the Bison were so close to securing another turnover in Friday’s Class B state quarterfinal at Omaha Skutt Catholic.Hays made six tackles and two assists to lead another solid Bison defensive effort that held the dynamic Skyhawks to 246 total yards while recovering three fumbles.

Steve Towery/McCook Gazette

OMAHA, Neb. — All the McCook Bison leaders from Friday night’s 30-14 state quarterfinal loss at Omaha Skutt Catholic:

TEAM STATS

Rushing yards: McCook 181, Skutt 162.

Passing yards: Skutt 84, McCook 45.

Total yards: Skutt 246, McCook 226.

First downs: McCook 16, Skutt 14.

Penalty yards: Skutt 74, McCook 46.

OFFENSE

Rushing: Zach Schlager 26 carries-128 yards-2 touchdowns; Paxton Terry 6-25, Cameryn Berry 10-21, Gabe Sehnert 3-7.

Passing: Schlager 3 completions-10 attempts-45 yards-3 Ints; Berry 0-5-0-1 Int.

Receiving: C.J. Martin 1 catch-21 yards, Sehnert 1-17, Hunter Potthoff 1-7.

DEFENSE

Total tackles: DJ Gross 12 (6 assists), Kaleb Taylor 6 (6 assists), Hunter Hays 6 (2 assists), Gabe Sehnert 5 (2 assists), Frank Hernandez 3 (3 assists), Hunter Potthoff 3 (2 assists), Zach Schlager 3, Morgan Fawver 3, Seth Dugger 3, Paxton Terry 2 (4 assists), Trae Koetter 2, Justin Barenberg 1, Alec Bunger 1, Corban Jernigan 1.

Tackles for loss: Gross, Sehnert.

Sack: Dugger.

Takeaways: Taylor, Gross and Dugger each recovered on Skutt fumble.