The West Point-Beemer Football Team won 35-14 at home over Columbus Lakeview in the 1st round of the Playoffs Friday night.
The Cadets led 14-0 after one and outscored the Vikings 14-6 in the 2nd quarter to go up 28-6 at halftime.
West Point-Beemer blanked Columbus Lakeview 7-0 in the 3rd quarter to lead 35-6 at the end of three.
The Vikings shutout the Cadets 8-0 in the 4th quarter to make up the final score.
Hunter Pilakowsi had 161 yards rushing on 14 carries, including a touchdown, while Blake Anderson racked up 158 yards on the ground on 13 attempts, and scored two touchdowns.
Cole Hughes made 9 tackles while Pilakowski, Anderson, Peyton Landholm, Greg Johnson, and Chase Streeter totaled 7 each.
West Point-Beemer rolled up 386 yards of total offense, 342 coming on the ground.
This was a very good, impressive win and performance by the Cadets. I was really impressed by how easily West Point-Beemer won this game.
The Cadets (9-1) take on Pierce (6-4) in the State Quarterfinals at Pierce Friday night.
West Point-Beemer Head Coach Troy Schlueter says the Cadets are going to need to be able to run and throw the ball well to come out on top. "We got to run the ball. And when there's spots that we see we got to pass the ball. We've been pretty efficient throwing the ball this year. And I think one of the things that's good about our team is we're fairly versatile. We prefer to run, but if we have to we'll pass. So I think we're going to have to do a little bit of both."
West Point-Beemer beat Pierce 35-28 at home in overtime in the regular season.
Pierce Head Coach Mark Brahmer says the battle in the trenches will be key. "Hopefully control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the football. That's going to be our challenge to our young men. And they've got good guys up front who play very hard on the offensive side as well as on the defensive side so that's going to be a challenge for us."
The Bluejays won 36-32 at Fairbury in the 1st round of the Playoffs Friday night.
I kind of figured Pierce would upset the Jeffs, although Fairbury's star running back went out with an injury.
The Cadets defeated the Bluejays 35-28 in overtime on Friday, October 13th.
West Point-Beemer stopped Pierce at the half yard line in OT to win that game, and that was a great win for the Cadets.
Round 2 figures to be tougher though.
The Bluejays are at home, and it's the playoffs, and Pierce has a lot of playoff tradition and experience.
West Point-Beemer might be up against it, but there's no doubt the Cadets can have success and win.
If West Point-Beemer runs the ball the way they did against Lakeview they're going to be awfully difficult to beat.
The Cadets have to have a good game plan and be ready to execute it, and play their best game of the year.
As good as West Point-Beemer played against the Bluejays the first time around, the Cadets are going to have to play even better to beat Pierce again I would say.
This game has all the makings of a great one and a classic, and West Point-Beemer has to go in there ready to play their best game.
The Cadets have to play to win and not play not to lose.
Some may take the Bluejays in this game, and that's fine, but I think West Point-Beemer is fully capable of beating Pierce again.
It would be a big deal for the Cadets to make the State Semifinals, and they can definitely do it, they just need to play a great game.
West Point-Beemer has to minimize penalties and turnovers, and be smart and play level headed.
The winner gets either Boys Town or Boone Central/Newman Grove next Friday night.
Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. on 107.9 the Bull with pregame at 6:40.
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