OSCEOLA, NE. What is the plan of attack when your Osceola/High Plains is down 14-0 to an undefeated Howells-Dodge team after one quarter of play in a “loser goes home” situation? You ride the legs of your stallion, Keaton Van Housen, who ran for 275 yards and 3 second half touchdowns the week before against defending D-1 champion Creighton...

*The Three Horsemen, Bluejay O/D Lines-Pierce - QB Dalton Freeman, HB Carson Oestreich, and FB Brett Tinker are back together and riding high like the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame did back in 1922-24, nearly a century ago. No, these guys are not Jim Crowley, Elmer Layden, Don Miller or Harry Stuhldreher, nor is their coach Knute Rockne, and they obviously go to Notre Dame, but I thought the name was cool for the Three Horsemen of Millard North back in the day, and now it certainly fits for Pierce. ...

*Eli Larson, Wildcats O-Line, Wildcats D-Line-St. Paul - It was a signature win for the Wildcats last Friday as they pulled off a great 25-10 win over traditional power David City Aquinas. The state’s leading rusher, St. Paul junior Eli Larson rushed for 169 yards on 21 carries and a touchdown and logged 10 tackles on the defensive side in the playoff victory. That raises Larson’s rushing total to 1,987 yards with 30 TDs after 11 games...

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**11-Man Performances: *Jack Dotzler-Omaha Roncalli - Crimson Pride super athlete set a record for passing yards in an 11-Man playoff game in Roncalli’s 56-28 win over Plattsmouth last Friday...

11-Man Performances: *****5,000 Yard Career Rusher Alert*Jay Ducker-Bellevue West - Remarkable Thunderbird running back soared over the 5,000 yard career rushing mark in Bellevue West’s 42-0 first round playoff win over Lincoln East...

DONIPHAN, NE...

(All Games Friday, November 1st) #1 Millard West (9-0) vs. #16 Lincoln Pius X (4-5) - (At Buell Stadium - 8:00) #1 Millard West Rushing leader : Ethan Valencia -123 carries-741 yards, 5 TDs...

STROMSBURG, NE The Cross County Cougars turned, what appeared to be one of the best Eight Man football first round matchups, into a Halloween nightmare for visiting Laurel-Concord-Coleridge. The second half was certainly not a treat for the visiting 5-3 Bears, as Cross County’s dynamic rushing duo of Isaac Noyd and Carter Seim combined for a monstrous 286 yards rushing on just 12 carries and four touchdowns...

*Rans Sanders-Northwest Vikings (Grand Island) - Vikings quarterback tore Hastings apart last Friday by exploding for 196 yards on 18 carries and three TD runs covering 11, 12 and 42 yards in GINW’s dominating 49-12 win over Hastings High...

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ALBION NE The Pierce Three Horsemen back were back intact Thursday night and Boone Central/Newman Grove felt the sting as Bluejays raced to a 42-7 halftime lead, then cruised in for a 55-20 win. Pierce quarterback Dalton Freeman, who suffered a collarbone injury on the second play of game in Ord back on September 13th, was back under center on this night to direct the opening half onslaught...

**2000 Yard Passer Alert*Jarrett Synek-Hastings - I wonder how many choruses of Hold That Tiger were going through the minds of the Beatrice faithful who attended the Orangemen/Hastings game last week?...

For only the second time in the history of my Friday Night Lights Football Heroes, I am going to break away from the norm and feature a Cross Country athlete from Aurora, who just happens to be my prize drum student. The remainder of the athletes in this Part Two version of Friday Night Lights Football Heroes of course will be football players...

Evan Johnson, Gabe Conant-Adams Central - Patriot senior Evan Johnson picked a good game to break a pair of Class C-1 passing records. The poised Adams Central trigger man not only surpassed Scott Frost’s career passing yardage mark of 6,793 in Adams Central’s 37-14 win over Kearney Catholic last Friday night, but the career pass completions record of 486 Johnson soared past was formerly held by Matt Masker…….of Kearney Catholic and Evan pulled it off on the Stars home turf to boot.. ...

It’s beginning to appear there may be more than one reason the name Adams Central is listed at the top of the NSAA’s Class C-1 Football Wildcard Schedules and Points listings...

********1000 Yard Rusher Alert*Will Lawrence-St. Edward - 5-11, 175 pound St. Edward back became just the 8th Freshman in the history of Nebraska high school football to rush for over a 1000 yards in a single season, and that includes 11-Man, 8-Man and 6-Man football players...

**1000 Yard Rusher Alert - 2nd Time Around*Will Gatzemeyer - BRLD - It doesn’t get much better in Class C-2 football circles than BRLD QB Will Gatzemeyer. This 5-10, 175 pound senior is the gold standard by which others are measured in that Class...

**1000 Yard Rusher Alert- 1000 Yard Passer Alert*Caleb Allen - Ainsworth - 5-9, 140 pound Dual-Threat Quarterback crashed over the 1000 yard mark in both rushing and passing yards in last week’s 82-65 win over Niobrara/Verdigre...