W/P Football falls to Hyannis

By Alan Carman
The Imperial Republican
    The W/P Broncos hosted Hyannis (1-5), for Homecoming, Friday, Oct. 9, in Wauneta. Hyannis was coming off their first win of the year over Bayard on Sept. 25 and a week off.
    In the first half, things looked good for the Broncos. The Longhorns of Hyannis scored first on a four yard run by Beau Rice. Rice scored six of the seven touchdowns for the Longhorns. The two point conversion failed and the Broncos trailed 0-6. On the next possession, the Broncos drove down and Ayden Baker ran it in from a yard out. The two point conversion was good and the Broncos led 8-6.
    The Longhorns drove down and scored on a six yard run from Rice. The two point conversion failed and the Broncos trailed 8-12. Towards the end of the first quarter, Bennet Wiese scored from six yards out. After a successful two point conversion, the Broncos led 16-12.
    The two teams continued to trade scores in the second quarter. Rice caught a 54 yard touchdown pass from Ian Anderson. The two point conversion gave the Longhorns the lead back 16-20.
    Not to be out done, the Broncos scored on a 23 yard pass from Barrett Frecks to Wyatt Hilbert. The two point conversion gave the Broncos back the lead at 24-20.
    On the Longhorns next drive, Rice scored from 19 yards out. A failed two point conversion gave Hyannis a 24-26 lead. Just before halftime, Wiese ran in another score for the Broncos. The two point conversion failed and the Broncos went into the break leading 30-26.
    The second half belonged to the Longhorns. Cayden Sheets caught a 36 yard touchdown pass from Anderson to start the third quarter. The two point conversion was good giving the Longhorns the lead 30-34. The Broncos could not get the lead back after this.
    Still in the third quarter, Rice scored from five yards out. Rice added his sixth touchdown of the night in the fourth quarter. Both scores had successful two point conversions, building the lead to 30-50.
    The Broncos scored one more time in the fourth on a 52 yard Frecks run. The two point conversion failed and the game ended with the Broncos on the wrong end of the 36-50 score.
Game stats
Stats at a glance
Tackles (solos-assists)—D. Bryner 16-6, B. Wiese 9-8, B. Frecks 6-4, A. Baker 4-6, R. Einspahr 3-5, G. Cox 2-7, A. Wheeler 2-6, L. Dinnel 1-5, W. Hilbert 1-1, E. Marquezhoyos 0-1.
Rushing (attempts-yards-TD)—B. Frecks 14-135-1, B. Wiese 14-74-2, A. Baker 4-8-1.
Passing (completions-attempts-yards-TD-INT)—B. Frecks 9-15-122-1-1, B. Wiese 1-4-15-0-0.
Receiving (completions-yards-TDs)—W. Hilbert 4-88-1, A. Baker 4-39-0, B. Wiese 2-10-0.
Scoring
First Quarter HHS: B. Rice 4 yard run (Kick no good); W/P: A. Baker 1 yard run (2 Pt. conversion good); HHS: B. Rice 9 yard run (2 Pt. conversion failed); W/P: B. Wiese 3 yard run (2 Pt. conversion good).
Second Quarter HHS: B. Rice 54 yard pass from I. Anderson (2 Pt. conversion good); W/P: W. Hilbert 23 yard pass from B. Frecks (2 Pt. conversion good); HHS: B. Rice 19 yard run (2 Pt. conversion failed); W/P: B. Wiese 3 yard run (2 Pt. conversion failed).
Third Quarter HHS: C. Sheets 36 yard pass from I. Anderson (2 pt. conversion good); HHS: B. Rice 5 yard run (2 Pt. conversion good).
Fourth Quarter HHS: B. Rice 6 yard run (2 pt. conversion good), W/P: B. Frecks 52 yard run (2 pt. failed).
Score by quarters:
W/P    16    14    0    6—36
Hyannis    12    14    16    8—50

    The Broncos have this week off before traveling to Sutherland for the final game of the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 22. The Broncos have a 3-5 record going into the final game.