Oakland-Craig shutout at home by Yutan in 1st round of playoffs

The Oakland-Craig Football Team lost 25-0 at home to Yutan in the 1st round of the playoffs Friday night.

The Chieftains led 12-0 at the end of one and 19-0 at halftime.

Yutan blanked the Knights 6-0 in the 3rd quarter to go up 25-0 at the end of three.

Neither team scored in the 4th quarter.

Evan Reinert was 8-22 passing for 122 yards with an interception.

Garrett Seagren caught 3 passes for 55 yards.

Seagren also made 8 tackles.

Oakland-Craig racked up 146 yards of offense, including 122 passing.

The defense gave up 496 yards of total offense, 359 of them rushing.

Really tough end to what was a great season for the Knights. Then again Yutan was preseason ranked No. 1.

Oakland-Craig ends the year at 8-2.

It was a very memorable season for the Knights that came to an abrupt end.

I'm sure Oakland-Craig thought they would go farther in the playoffs. I sure did until I saw the Chieftains were the first round opponent.

Oakland-Craig's biggest wins were over Battle Creek, Logan View, Fremont Bergan, and BRLD I would say.

Reinert threw for 1,390 yards and 16 touchdowns this season.

Ben Smith was the team's leading rusher wit 517 yards and 6 touchdowns.

Seagren had 906 yards receiving and 10 touchdowns on the year.

The team's leading tackler was Ian Lundquist, who had 55 for the season.

The Knights say goodbye to Seagren, Reinert, Kobe Benne, Smith, Brandon Fentress, and Marcos Quintero.

These 6 seniors are very valuable losses and contributed a lot to Oakland-Craig Football the last four years without a doubt.

Key returners for next year include Robby Mayberry, Garrison Dodge, Jared Mulder, Lucas Hilliard, Lundquist, Jefferson McNeill, Wyatt Uhing, Daniel Sechler, Tyson Harney, Cole Bures, Max Ward, Jarron Metzler, Justyn Hale, Laurence Brands, and Wyatt Seagren.

The Knights bring back a lot of talent and experience on the line and at linebacker, and at the skill positions it appears.

It also appears Oakland-Craig has some guys waiting their turn that could get starting nods next year.

So the Knights should simply be reloading and should go on to have another great season in 2018.

With a lot of hard work, determination, and effort in the offseason in the weightroom and on the playing field, Oakland-Craig should be bound and determined for another playoff run next season.

You can bet the Knights will be back and stronger than ever in 2018.