It’s still summer, but it was the boys of fall that took center stage Friday night as high school football season kicked off in Kansas. With the start of football season begins the high school area game of the week.
The Trego Golden Eagles payed a visit to the Stockton Tigers for the this weeks match-up. Both squads had earned playoff spots last year, finishing 4th in their respective districts. Pat Haxtun has led the Trego squad for 7 years now, and felt good about this years squad. Phil Conyac is in his 5th year coaching the Stockton Tigers. The two teams meet annually and the stage was set for a fantastic game.
Trego received the ball first and the two teams exchanged punts before the Golden Eagles found pay dirt on a 40-yard TD pass from Junior Kobi Shubert to Senior Cooper Desormiers. The Golden Eagles found another TD to push the score to 12-0 by the end of the first The second quarter was all Trego County as well. The Golden Eagles put up two more touchdowns and the D-line, led by Senior Dillon Dunn, stifled all aspects of the Tiger offensive attack. The halftime score read: Trego 26 Stockton 0.
Stockton showed signs of life in the second half, driving into Trego territory, but they were stopped before they could cultivate points. Trego was able to ignite a rushing attack on the ensuing possession and beyond, as Senior Hunter price scored a pair of touchdowns to make it 38-0 by the end of the third. It was more of the same in the fourth as the Golden Eagles continued to pound the rock, ending the game by mercy rule at 50-0 with about 5 minutes left in the 4th on a James Kreigh rushing touchdown. Hunter Price finished the game with an astounding 256 yards on 20 carries with 3 touchdowns.
Other impressive individual performances included Kobi Shubbert passing for 117 yards and 4 touchdowns, 71 of which went to Senior Carter Minson. Stockton’s Rylan Bassart recorded 12 tackles, 2 for a loss. Junior Troy Rogers was able to manage 41 yards on 11 carries for the Tigers. Trego racked up 392 yards as a team while limiting the Tigers to 65 total yards.
Stockton hits the road next Friday to face Sylvan-Lucas, while Trego faces off against Hill City in Wakeeney.