The Oakland-Craig Football Team won 31-0 at Fremont Bergan Friday night to win District C2-3.
Evan Reinert was 8-16 passing for 134 yards and two touchdowns.
Ben Smith rushed for 64 yards on 17 carries.
Ian Lundquist made 8 tackles.
Oakland-Craig had 361 yards of total offense, including 222 on the ground.
The defense held Bergan to 156 yards of offense, including 46 passing.
Great win for Oakland-Craig. An 8-1 regular season and a District Championship is a job well done, in my opinion.
The reward though is Yutan (6-3) in the 1st round of the playoffs at home Friday night.
The Chieftains were the preseason ranked No. 1 team in C-2, and have won their last six contests, including blowout wins over 8-1 Wilber-Clatonia and 7-2 Lincoln Lutheran.
One common opponent is Logan View, who Yutan lost to 27-20 and Oakland-Craig beat 18-14.
The Chieftains lost to them, Battle Creek, and Centennial early though, and appear to be playing better football now than they were then.
So I could definitely see Yutan pulling the upset, but I could also see the Knights winning too.
Reinert, Seagren, Benne, and Smith need to have big games for Oakland-Craig though.
I think the Knights are going to need to have tremendous balance running and throwing the ball, and will need to hit some big plays to win.
Oakland-Craig is making their 10th straight playoff appearance though so don't think the Knights are going to go down easily.
Oakland-Craig is a very tough team, and has been a really tough out the last three years prior to this year.
The Knights had a better overall regular season than the Chieftains, and their only loss came to top seeded Ponca.
This is still going to be a tough game, and is a scary, dangerous, and difficult first round game for Oakland-Craig though as it could be argued that Yutan is playing better football right now.
The Knights have to start and finish strong in particular, but play a full, complete, four quarter game as well.
Oakland-Craig has to stay focused the entire game, and constantly make plays to have success I would say.
Limiting penalties and turnovers will be very important, in my opinion. No silly personal fouls or unsportsmanlike conducts.
There's really not a whole lot of room or margin for error for the Knights in this game I would say.
Oakland-Craig can't afford to play sloppy on offense or defense and shoot themselves in the foot on offense.
The Knights need to play well for 4 quarters to win.
It should be a great game, and I wish Oakland-Craig the best of luck. I hope they win.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in Oakland.
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