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High school playoff road reaches bitter end Hanover scores often in win over Lancers HANOVER – A 30-point outburst by Hanover High put Crest High’s Lancers in a hole too deep to escape Saturday. The Wildcats poured on the offense, turning a 16-6 lead after one quarter into a 46-18 cushion at the break. Hanover continued its offensive explosion in the second half in an 80-30 win. The loss ends the Lancers’ season at 7-4. Kyle Hammond’s storied high school career ended with the loss. Hammond rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns, while throwing for 165 yards and two more scores. Jordan Morton was his primary target, catching eight passes for 117 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown. Brock Ellis hauled in four catches for 38 yards. Hammond and Clayton Miller shared the team honors with 14 tackles apiece. Miller also registered a sack. Codi Vermillion had nine stops. Jesse Boone had eight tackSee CREST | Page B4
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Kyle Hammond, shown here in a game earlier this season, ran for 127 yards in a playoff loss Saturday at Hanover. The loss ends Crest’s season at 7-4.
Marmaton Valley falls at home to Rock Hills By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com
MORAN — For the first 7½ minutes of their playoff game Saturday, Marmaton Valley High could do little wrong. A pair of run-fueled drives powered the Wildcats to an early 16-0 lead over visiting Rock Hills-Mankato. That trend changed in a hurry. In Rock Hills’ next nine snaps from scrimmage, the Grizzlies scored five touchdowns, turning that 16-point deficit into a 38-22 lead. Marmaton Valley responded with much of the same spirit that led the team to a 10-0 record leading into Saturday’s tilt, but Rock Hills had an answer for every challenge. The Grizzlies defeated Marmaton Valley’s 76-48 in the second round of the Kansas Eight Man, Division I playoffs. The loss ends the Wildcats’ season at 10-1. “They were able to capitalize on all of our mistakes, and we couldn’t do the same,” Wildcat head coach Kent Houk said. “We had some trouble fighting off their blocks.” “They did what few teams could do — stop our run,” added Daylen Houk, Coach Houk’s son and a senior running back. Daylen Houk aggravated a knee injury in his first carry of the game and saw limited action. A PAIR of turnovers, coupled with big plays from Grizzlies sophomore speedster Joel Broeckelman ignited Rock Hills after Marmaton Valley jumped out to its early lead. Broeckelman returned a kickoff to the Marmaton Valley 16 following the Wildcats’ second touchdown, which led to a score one play later on a run by the Grizzlies’ Aaron Broeckelman. A delay of game penalty on fourth down thwarted the Wildcats’ next drive. Joel Broeckelman returned with a 25-yard touchdown run two plays later to cut the lead to 16-14. The Grizzlies retook pos-
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Above, Marmaton Valley High’s Lucas Hamlin, center, cannot pull in a pass while being defended by Rock Hills’ Robbie Dean (23) and Aaron Broeckelma (14). Hamlin later caught a touchdown pass in the Wildcats’ 76-48 loss. At right, Grizzlies’ runner Clay Cosand, center, is tackled by Marmaton Valley defenders Jared Kale (72), Nathan Smart (70) and Cole Becker, right. session on Marmaton Valley’s next play on a Robbie Dean interception, then took the lead See WILDCATS | Page B4
Turnovers doom Humboldt in 63-28 loss to Colgan By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com
PITTSBURG — Humboldt High’s Cubs had lived by the pass all season, setting a litany of school records en route to the Class 3A playoffs. On Saturday, the Cubs died by it. Host St. Mary’s Colgan High of Pittsburg turned the tide against Humboldt in a disastrous second quarter in which Cub quarterback Nathan Whitcomb was picked off four times. Colgan turned a 14-14 tie into a 49-14 lead by the latter moments of the opening half. Humboldt scored in the final minute of the second quarter, but could not cut the gap within three touchdowns in the second half of a 63-28 loss. The defeat ends Humboldt’s season at 8-3. “Offensively we played really, really well between the 25-yard lines. We just could not finish See HUMBOLDT | Page B4
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Humboldt High’s Tanner McNutt (3), above, and Nathan Whitcomb, at right, connected on a pair of touchdown passes in a 63-28 loss to St. Mary’s Colgan Saturday.
Klein injured, K-State goes to 9-0 MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Collin Klein piled up more than 300 yards of offense before leaving in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury, and No. 3 Kansas State remained unbeaten with a 44-30 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday night. Klein had thrown for 245 yards and run for 64 more before sneaking in for his 50th career rushing touch-
down with 9:47 left in the third quarter. The Heisman Trophy front-runner didn’t return to the field on the Wildcats’ next offensive series. Allen Chapman picked off three passes and returned one 29 yards for a touchdown, John Hubert had a pair of TD runs, and Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 100 yards for another score as Kansas State
kept alive its hopes of playing for a national championship. The Wildcats entered the weekend No. 2 in the BCS standings behind Alabama. Clint Chelf finished 16 of 27 for 233 yards and a touchdown for the Cowboys (5-3, 3-2),. Chapman’s interception return for a touchdown made it 31-17 at halftime.
Baylor pulls away from Hawks WACO, Texas (AP) — Nick Florence threw for 367 yards and three touchdowns, running back Lache Seastrunk had 194 total yards and Baylor won its first Big 12 game of the season, beating Kansas 4114 Saturday. Baylor (4-4, 1-4) led 20-14 at halftime before pulling away in the second half to snap a four-game losing streak.
Florence was 26 of 42 and surpassed 3,000 yards passing for the season. The senior had touchdown passes of 11, 68 and 40 yards. James Sims had 126 rushing yards for Kansas (1-8, 0-6), which lost its eighth in a row and 18th straight Big 12 game. The Jayhawks last won a conference game on Nov. 6, 2010, against Colorado,
now of the Pac-12. Glasco Martin rushed for 157 yards and Terrance Williams had 11 catches for 137 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown on Baylor’s opening drive. After Ahmad Dixon intercepted a pass at the Kansas 40, Florence had a 7-yard TD run to extend Baylor’s lead to 34-14 with 2:24 remaining in the third quarter.