The Oakland-Craig Football Team won 47-6 at home over Tekamah-Herman Friday night.
Ben Smith carried the ball 6 times for 110 yards and scored twice. Evan Reinert was 5-7 passing for 102 yards and threw for 3 touchdowns and an interception.
Garrett Seagren hauled in 4 passes for 55 yards, and scored twice.
The Knights racked up 373 yards of total offense, including 239 on the ground.
Head Coach Joe Anderson says his team was able to build for the future in this game. "It was good to get another district win. Our older kids executed pretty well, which allowed our younger kids to get a lot of playing time. Games like this really help build our program for years to come."
He adds it was important to get the run game going. "We have been working hard on getting our rushing game. We like to throw the ball, but the weather (like the LV game) does not always allow you to do that, so for us to win games in October and November we will have to run the ball better, so it was good to see our OL give Ben some running room and he really took advantage of it."
Oakland-Craig (7-1) takes on Fremont Bergan (5-3) on the road Friday night in the regular season finale.
Bergan was upset 20-14 at BRLD this past Friday night.
Anderson says his squad will have their hands full. "Bergan is always a strong program and they play really tough at home. They are big power football team. We are going to have to match their physicality and try to slow down their running game. Offensively we are going to have to be assignment sound as they blitz a bunch of people from different areas."
This game is for the District Title, and Oakland-Craig can win District C2-3 outright with a win.
Should Bergan win and should BRLD beat Logan View, then there would be a 3-way tie for the district.
My guess is the tiebreaker would go to Oakland-Craig though.
Anderson says it would be big to get this win to win another district title and earn a high playoff seed. "One of our goals at the beginning of the year was to win another district title. We knew if we won our district, we would be in the playoffs. And if you win all of your district games, it means you are playing pretty good football at the end of the year, which is important if you want to keep playing in November. A win this Friday would most likely get us a home game in the 1st round."
Right now, Oakland-Craig would be the No. 6 seed if the C-2 playoffs started today.
A loss might mean a first round road playoff game for Oakland-Craig so this game is very important for them.
I look for Oakland-Craig to go into Fremont and take care of business.
Bergan is obviously a nice team and a traditional powerhouse, but I feel Oakland-Craig is better.
You know it will be a great game though with Bergan fighting for any playoff hopes they have left.
I wonder if Bergan was looking forward to this game last week when they lost to BRLD.
That could be the case, but if it is, then Bergan really put themselves in a tough position.
I don't even know if Bergan can win the District and make the playoffs with a win, but this game is still very important for both teams.
Reinert, Smith, and Seagren need to play the way they did against Tekamah-Herman.
If those three and the offensive line perform well then Oakland-Craig should be in good shape.
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