The Webbers Falls Warriors wanted to make sure they did not drop into the fourthplace slot in District BII-4 so as to not have to face a district champion in this Friday night’s Class B, Division II playoff opener. They succeeded.
On a dreary, rainy and damp night at Smokey Cox Stadium, the Warriors blanked the Gans Grizzlies 52-0 on Senior Night in a game that ended at halftime due to the 45-point mercy rule.
The Warriors (6-4 overall, 3-2 in district play) will travel to meet the Waukomis Chiefs (8-2) at 7 p.m. next Friday at Lovell Field in Waukomis.
“Waukomis is very good,” Webbers Falls coach Trent Holt said. “We need all the momentum we can get. They’re a good football team. It’s definitely going to be a chore to beat them. We’re going to have to play really well.”
The Grizzlies (1-9, 0-5) ended the season with a six-game losing streak.
The Warriors jumped out to a 30-0 lead after a quarter, then used a 22-point second period to put the game into mercy-rule status.
Aiden Turley rushed for 139 yards and scored four touchdowns on runs of 46, 20, 14 and 28 yards.
Caden Cowan scored on a 7-yard TD run, Elliott Kunkel had a 4-yard touchdown run and Dawson Littlefield had a 3-yard TD run.
“They had a blast,” Holt said about his players’ thoughts about the victorious contest. “Gans fumbled the ball six times, and I think we dropped one (center) snap or two the whole time we ran it and never lost a fumble. That was pretty impressive.”
••• To Get There — Take Oklahoma State Highway 100 west to Interstate 40. Take I-40 west to El Reno. Take U.S. 81 north to Waukomis. Once in Waukomis, turn left at the first street available (the sign will say Pioneer School to the right). Continue west to Waukomis High School’s Lovell Field.
