By The Hays Daily News

Victoria senior Kameron Dinkel scored both of the Knights' touchdown, including taking the opening kickoff 78 yards for a score, but it wasn't enough as the Knights dropped their first season opener since 1999, when Victoria was in Class 2-1A.

Victoria (0-1) 6 8 0 0 -- 14

Macksville (1-0) 6 16 14 0 -- 36

Victoria -- Dinkel 78 kick return (run failed)

Macksville -- Oak 37 run (run failed)

Victoria -- Dinkel 2 run (Good pass from Sheck)

Macksville -- Bevan 33 pass from Filbert (Oak run)

Macksville -- Filbert 5 run (Allison run)

Macksville -- Oak pass from Filbert (run failed)

Macksville -- Bunker fumble recovery (Llamas pass from Filbert)

Hill City 40, Thunder Ridge 28

In a rematch of last year's 40-38 nailbiter in Hill City, the Ringnecks again got the better of the Longhorns, this time in Kensington. Senior quarterback Reggie Jordan rushed for all five Hill City scores. Joel Struckhoff carried the ball 29 times for 155 yards for Thunder Ridge.

Hill City (1-0) 16 0 16 8 -- 40

Thunder Ridge (0-1) 14 6 0 8 -- 28

Thunder Ridge -- Hrabe 14 run (PAT failed)

Hill City -- Jordan 30 run (Jordan run)

Hill City -- Jordan 3 run (Jordan run)

Thunder Ridge -- Struckhoff 7 run (Hrabe pass from Lowe)

Thunder Ridge -- Lowe 21 run (PAT failed)

Hill City -- Jordan 1 run (Jordan run)

Hill City -- Jordan 27 run (Jordan run)

Hill City -- Jordan 6 run (Pfeifer run)

Thunder Ridge -- Struckhoff 5 run (Struckhoff run)

Smith Center 58, Rawlins County 6

Dereck McNary carried the ball nine times for 112 yards and three touchdowns, while Truitt Kuhlmann added three scores as the Redmen cruised to a 58-6 victory at home.

Rawlins County (0-1) 0 0 0 6 -- 6

Smith Center (1-0) 16 22 14 6 -- 58

Smith Center -- D. McNary 34 run (D. McNary run)

Smith Center -- Kuhlmann 27 punt return (D. McNary run)

Smith Center -- Kuhlmann 4 run (Newell run)

Smith Center -- Kuhlmann 46 run (D. McNary run)

Smith Center -- Newell 12 run (run failed)

Smith Center -- D. McNary 9 run (run failed)

Smith Center -- D. McNary 16 run (A. McNary run)

Rawlins County -- Green 97 run (run failed)

Smith Center -- Newell 62 kickoff return (run failed)

Otis-Bison 56, St. John 0

Otis-Bison put up 412 yards of offense in its season-opening rout of St. John on the road. Patrick Piper and Mike Hlavaty combined for 262 rushing yards on just 18 carries combined. Dylan Wissman added 84 yards on 10 carries.

Otis-Bison (1-0) 14 24 8 0 -- 46

St. John (0-1) 0 0 0 0 -- 0

Otis-Bison -- Keller 1 run (PAT failed)

Otis-Bison -- Piper 66 run (Trapp psss from Keller)

Otis-Bison -- Wissman 31 run (Hlavaty from Keller)

Otis-Bison -- Trapp 10 pass from Keller (Wissman pass from Keller)

Otis-Bison -- Hlavaty 1 run (Wissman pass from Keller)

Otis-Bison -- Hlavaty 38 run (Trapp pass from Keller)

Phillipsburg 50, Plainville 6

Trevor Smith led Phillpsburg with 6 carries for 125 yards and had 85 receiving yards,leading the Panthers in the early-season blowout. The Panthers travel to Smith Center in Week 2.

Plainville (0-1) 0 0 0 6 -- 6

Phillipsburg (1-0) 21 15 14 0 -- 50

Phillipsburg -- Brown 5 run (Smith run)

Phillipsburg -- Smith 55 run (kick failed)

Phillipsburg -- Newland 7 run (Juenemann kick)

Phillipsburg -- Smith 85 pass from Newland (Smith run)

Phillipsburg -- Brown 14 pass from Newland (Smith run)

Phillipsburg -- Smith 55 run (Juenemann kick)

Phillipsburg -- Newland 53 run (Juenemann kick)

Plainville -- Axelson 62 run (PAT NA)

Oakley 58, Syracuse 6

Oakley returned just three starters off last year's one-loss team, but started things off on a strong note, with a blowout home win against Syracuse, giving coach Randall Rath his 99th career victory.

Syracuse (0-1) 6 0 0 0 -- 6

Oakley (1-0) 46 12 0 0 -- 58

Oakley -- Hefner 10 run (albers run)

Syracuse -- Schweiterman 1 run (pat failed)

Oakley -- Hefner 75 kickoff return (Albers run)

Oakley -- Gabel 37 run (pat failed)

Oakley -- Gabel 24 run (albers run)

Oakley _ Hefner 40 punt return (Macias run)

Oakley _ Macias 45 punt return (zerr run)

Oakley _ Albers 22 run( pat failed)

Oakley _ Gabel 23 run (pat failed)

Oakley _ Macias 16 run (pat failed)

Quinter 44, Golden Plains 20

Golden Plains had a 20-16 halftime but was unable to stop Quinter from rallying to a 44-20 win.

Joe Simon led Quinter with three touchdowns while Kalyn Weber scored two touchdowns for Golden Plains.

Quinter, the defending Eight-Man, Divison I state champion, accumulated 337 yards on the ground.

Golden Plains (0-1) 0 20 0 0 -- 20

Quinter (1-0) 8 8 14 14 -- 44

Quinter -- Reed 1 run (Somon run)

Golden Plains -- Weber 3 run (pass failed)

Quinter -- Roesch 21 run (Simon run)

Golden Plains -- Weber 30 run (pass failed)

Golden Plains -- Preston 4 pass from Spresser (PAT failed)

Quinter -- Simon 2 run (PAT failed)

Quinter -- Simon 39 run (Roesch run)

Quinter -- Simon 10 run (Simon run)

Quinter -- Evans 2 run (PAT failed)

Stockon 9, Palco 8

In a rare occurence in eight-man football, Stockton's Tyler Peterson kicked a 24-yard field goal with less than a minute left to give the Tigers a one-point victory in the Rooks County showdown.

Stockton (1-0) 0 6 0 3 -- 9

Palco (0-1) 8 0 0 0 -- 8

Palco -- Keller 9 run (Hamel run)

Stockton -- Bellerive 10 pass from S. Miller (PAT failed)

Stockton -- Peterson 24 field goal.

Trego 38, Ness City 28

In a matchup of two teams playing in their first season of eight-man football, the visiting Trego Golden Eagles got the better of the home Eagles.

Trego (1-0) 8 0 16 14 -- 38

Ness City(0-1) 20 8 0 0 -- 28

Ness City -- Gantz 48 run (Flax run)

Ness City -- Gantz 71 run (pat failed)

Ness City -- Gantz 54 run (pat failed)

Trego -- Staples 5 run (Griffith run).

Ness City- Klitzke 14 run (Flax run)

Trego- Papes 5 run (Griffith run)

Trego- Papes 10 run (Papes run)

Trego- Uhrich 23 blocked punt return (Pat failed)

Trego- Staples 2 run (Griffith run)

Weskan 46, No. Valley 34

A 20-game losing streak for Weskan came to an end on the road, as the Coyotes captured a 12-point win in Almena. Weskan trailed three times in a see-saw battle.

Weskan (1-0) 0 16 18 12 -- 46

Northern Valley (0-1) 8 14 6 6 -- 34

Northern Valley -- Bach 12 run (Eagleburger run)

Weskan -- Kuykendall 12 run (McKinney run)

Northern Valley -- Herman 1 run (Eagleburger run)

Weskan -- Reiss 1 run (Mckinney pass from Kuykendall)

Northern Valley- Eagleburger 15 pass from Herman (pat failed)

Weskan- Kuykendall 71 kickoff return (run failed)

Weskan- Kuykendall 18 run (run failed)

Weskan- Frasier 7 pass from Kuykendall (run failed)

Northern Valley- 26 interception return (run failed)

Weskan- Kuykendall 74 run (run failed)

Northern Valley- Eagleburger 2 run (run failed)

Weskan- Kuykendall 25 run (pass failed)

Sylvan-Lucas 28, Natoma 14

In its first season as a combined program, the Sylvan-Lucas Mustangs captured a victory on the road, winning 28-14 in Natoma.

Sylvan-Lucas(1-0) 6 8 6 8 -- 28

Natoma(0-1) 0 0 6 8 -- 14

Sylvan -- Nitch 1 run (pat failed)

Sylvan -- Nitch 10run (Bland run)

Natoma -- Laffery 6 pass from dunlap (pat failed)

Sylvan -- Nitch 2 run (pat failed).

Sylvan -- Poole 50 run (Nitch run)

Natoma -- Meiers 6 pass from dunlap (Dunlap to Murphy)

La Crosse 51, Larned 6

Marcus Moeder rushed seven times for 92 yards and Dylan Engel added 84 yards on nine carries as La Crosse had little trouble with Larned at home. Moeder rushed for two scores while Scott Irvin added a pair of rushings TDS, and Taylor Stull connected with Tanner Yohe for a seven-yard score.

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