Sigourney-Keota clinches State playoff birth edging out Wilton 35-28

SIGOURNEY- The Cobras were explosive running the football once again on Friday, but the highlight of the night went to the defense who forced six turnovers against Wilton on Friday, Oct. 21. It was a back and forth matchup that saw the defense make several decisive turnovers that resulted in, or led to SK points.

            The game began on a somewhat ominous note with Wilton’s Evan Reifert taking the opening kickoff for a 90 yard touchdown, putting the Beavers up 6-0 less than 20 seconds into the game. The Cobras put together a quick dive capped off by a Carson Crawford four-yard touchdown plunge. Then with just over a minute to play in the first quarter a Jerome Mays pass was intercepted by Noah Boender, who rumbled ahead like a locomotive into the end zone, putting SK up 14-6. SK struck again with a little over 8:30 left in the second quarter when Avery Moore ran in a 14-yard touchdown putting SK up 21-6. Mays struck for Wilton from 25 yards out, and with the 2-point conversion made the score 21-14 with a little over eight minutes left until halftime. Then, nothing from both offenses’, and the defenses’ for both teams took over for a good portion of this game.

            The Cobras put together a beautiful drive which was capped off by a seven-yard Carson Crawford touchdown run, making it a 28-14 SK lead.  After a Jerome Mays 55-yard touchdown run, SK put together another nice drive off of a Wilton turnover.  Crawford struck for his third touchdown of the night this time from 31 yard out. The score was 35-21 and less than 30 seconds later Wilton struck again with a Reifert 59 yard touchdown reception from Mays, making it a 35-28 score with 9:30 left in the game. Then the SK defense took control again and shut down the big plays from Wilton.  They forced several more fumbles in this time span and late in the game Noah Reeves had a big late-game interception to help seal the deal. Alec Schuster had several fumble recoveries and was in on many plays defensively, Boender and Cooper Greiner were forces on the line that kept Jerome Mays on the run for much of the night.

(For full article read Oct 26 edition of keota Eagle)