Plainsmen can’t contain Tigers on the field

by Diane Stamm

Grant tribune-sentinel

Although this year’s Dundy County Stratton football team isn’t as potent as its 2020 state championship team, Perkins County still faced a talented DCS team Friday evening in Grant.

The Tigers scored three first quarter touchdowns and added two more in the second quarter before Perkins County scored on a 53-yard pass from Dawson Tjaden to Jackson Wykert. Tjaden’s pass to Nolan Foster put eight points on the board for the Plainsmen.

Perkins County just missed out on two more points before halftime, when the DCS quarterback was sacked by Foster and Ethan Sihm, but ruled down on the one-yard line.

PCS went into halftime trailing 8-38, however, it was the Plainsmen who first put points on the board in the second half, thanks to a DCS fumble. Sihm knocked Tigers into the end zone ahead of him on an 11-yard run to cap the nine-play drive.

Two touchdowns by Dundy County Stratton ended the night, a 14-54 Plainsmen loss.

Sihm led PCS offensively with 53 yards rushing and defensively, with four solo tackles and 10 assists.

Tjaden finished the night 10-17 passing for 93 yards and the touchdown to Wykert, who had three catches for 44 yards.

Overall, PCS had more passing yards than the Tigers, 93-87, but DCS racked up 382 yards on the ground compared to 157 for the Plainsmen.

Up next

After a two-game home stand to open the season, the Plainsmen play their first of two consecutive away games Thursday at Bayard. The Tigers have lost both of their games this season, 8-72 to Class D2 number seven Hitchcock County and 18-64 to Sandhills Valley.

Next week Perkins County will travel to 0-2 Kimball, which has lost to a pair of 2-0 teams, Hyannis and Leyton. Kimball also faces Class D1 number one North Platte St. Pat’s this week.

Stats at a glance

Team Totals PCS DCS

Total Plays 67 66

Total Yards 157 382

Passing Yards 93 87

Rushing Yards 64 295

First Downs 12 21

Third Down Efficiency 5-16 8-12

Fourth Down Efficiency 2-5 0-2

Turnovers 1 1

Fumbles Lost 1 1

Interceptions Thrown - -

Penalties/Yards 8/106 7/49

Tackles (total-assists-TFL)—Ethan Sihm, 4-10-0; Oscar Boldt, 4-4-0; Tony Lyon, 2-3-0; Maddox Lee, 2-4-0; Landon Noyes, 2-2-; Mason Toner, 1-5-0; Juan Perez, 1-6-1; Ryder Potts, 1-3-0; Henry Taylor, 1-0-0; Trevor Cornelius, 1-0-0; Nolan Foster, 0-3-0; Eli Busick, 0-1-0; team, 3-1-2.

Rushing (attempts-yards-TD)—Sihm, 11-53-1; Lyon, 3-13-0; Toner, 4-5-0; Williams, 2-4-0; Lee, 1-0-0; Foster, 1- -3-0; Tjaden, 14- -14-0; team, 6-6-0.

Passing (completions-attempts-yards-TD-INT)—Tjaden, 10-17-93-1-0; Wykert, 1-1-0-0-0; team, 0-2-0-0.

Receiving (receptions-yards-TD)—Wykert, 3-44-1; Sihm, 4-25-0; Foster, 1-14-0; Toner, 1-5-0; team, 1-0-0.

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

DCS: Alex Englot 26-yd pass from Corbin Horner (Englot pass from Mauricio Diaz)

DCS: C. Horner 52-yd run (conversion no good)

DCS: C. Horner 10-yd run (Dante Horner pass from C. Horner) 

Second Quarter

DCS: Englot 25-yd pass from C. Horner (C. Horner run)

DCS: Diaz 2-yd run (Englot pass from C. Horner)

PCS: Jackson Wykert 53-yd pass from Dawson Tjaden (Nolan Foster pass from Tjaden)

Third Quarter

PCS: Ethan Sihm 11-yd run (conversion no good)

DCS: C. Horner 15-yd run (Englot pass from Diaz) 

Fourth Quarter

DCS: C. Horner 9-yd run (Englot pass from C. Horner) 

Score by quarters:

PCS 0 8 6 0—14

DCS 22 16 8 8—54