Stanton falls to Dundy County-Stratton in State Quarterfinals

 

The Stanton Football Team traveled down to Benkelman and left home empty handed on Friday, falling 50-24 to Dundy County-Stratton in the D-1 State Quarterfinals.

The Mustangs led 8-6 at the end of the 1st quarter before the Tigers blanked Stanton 20-0 in the 2nd quarter to take a 26-8 lead into the locker room.

Both teams scored 8 points in the 3rd quarter, and the score was 34-16 at the end of three in favor of DCS.

The Tigers doubled up the Mustangs 16-8 in the 4th quarter.

Sutton Pohlman had 113 yards rushing on 22 carries while Parker Krusemark was 6-12 passing for 83 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Pohlman hauled in 5 passes for 60 yards, including a touchdown. 

Pohlman made 11 tackles.

Stanton had 302 yards of total offense, including 219 on the ground.

Dundy County-Stratton totaled 369 yards of total offense, and had 273 rushing.

Definitely not what I expected in this one.

The Mustangs wrap up the season at 8-2.

It was a season filled with memories for Stanton.

The Mustangs picked up big wins over Howells-Dodge, Clarkson/Leigh, GACC, and Laurel-Concord-Coleridge on their way to winning a District Championship.

Stanton was also very dominant in their first two playoff games before losing to the Tigers.

Pohlman finished with 1,220 yards rushing with 16 touchdowns on the season while Gage Tighe had 776 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns on the year.

Pohlman made a team leading 93 tackles.

The Mustangs part ways with Pohlman, Matthew Reese, Brennan Wragge, Tighe, Nathan Wragge, Cody Kuester, Mason Bruggeman, Gunnar Davidson, Jordan Gartner, and Trey Elbert.

Lots of talent and lots of great seniors who did and meant so much to this program.

Key returners include Devyn Farrier, Adam Arens, Krusemark, Owen Vogel, Joe Butterfield, Parker Wiedeman, Jason Claussen, Brayan Acuna, Damien Erickson, Kamden Dusatko, Thomas Cunningham, Ben Butterfield, and Mitchell Hupp. 

A lot of these kids will be Seniors next year so Stanton figures to be poised to have another season like they did this year.

Pohlman and Tighe are huge losses at the I-back position though so the Mustangs will have to find someone to step up and fill those big shoes.

Stanton has to work as hard as possible this offseason and do what they can with the pandemic.

Hopefully the pandemic ends in a timely fashion so these kids can get back to normal and have a normal season next year.

That's what we're all hoping for anyways.