Prep football roundup: Lisbon avenges regular-season loss to East Buchanan

Lisbon survived a late game scare and rallied for a 31-20 Class A first-round prep football playoff victory Friday night in Winthrop.

The Buccaneers (7-3) were clinging to a slim, 20-19, edge with three minutes remaining in the game, but the Lions were driving and had a third-and-nine at the Bucs 27 yard line.

Needing to score, Lions quarterback Jake Jennett sent a line drive pass down the middle that went in and out of the hands of a Bucs defender, which would have sealed the win.

Instead, Jennett used his extra chance to convert a fourth down pass to Blake Langhurst, connecting on the 27-yard scoring play to go up 25-20.

The Lions converted a Buccaneer fumble on their next series into six points for the final score.

'We did not give up and we just wanted to keep going at them,' Lions Coach Darin Hofmeister said. 'We knew this would be a battle up front and it was. Our guys stayed with it and came away with the win.'

The Bucs grabbed a 20-6 lead early in the second half when they recovered a muffed attempt by the Lions to retrieve a short kick.

Buccaneers quarterback Spencer Cook hit Tyler Williams three plays later from 19 yards out for the two-touchdown lead.

'When they recovered that kickoff, it was just like the last time we played them,' Hofmeister said. 'We had a lead and they recovered the second half kick and went on to win (44-20).

'Our guys stuck with it and overcame it.'

— Rod Payne, Waterloo Courier

NORTH FAYETTE VALLEY 21, NEW HAMPTON 7 — Top-ranked North Fayette Valley turned two turnovers into 14 points as the TigerHawks turned away seventh-ranked New Hampton in a Class 2A first-round playoff game at West Union.

NFV (10-0) also got 100-yard rushing performances by Tanner Kuhens and Trey Kuhens as it moved on to host No. 3 Union next Friday in the quarterfinals.

'Yeah it was. I didn't expect it any different,' North Fayette Valley head coach Bob Lape said of it being a four-quarter game. 'This is our fourth meeting in three years and they are a good, solid football team and this is the type of game we get involved with every time we play.'

Tanner Kuhens finished with 159 yards on 26 carries, while his brother Trey had 135 on 29.

— Jim Nelson, Waterloo Courier

MIDLAND 80, HLV 24 — Alex Martens passed for 236 yards and four touchdowns as the host Eagles earned their first playoff win in a first-round 8-player playoff game in Wyoming.

Midland scored on its first six possessions, including four in the first quarter to build a 28-0 lead.

Leading 44-12 at the half, Midland's Austin Smith returned the opening kick off 74 yards for a touchdown and set the continuous clock in motion for the rest of the game.

Martens completed 15 of 21 passes and Connor Harms had five receptions for 77 yards and two TDs.

Smith led the Eagle ground game with 91 yards and two touchdowns.

Midland finished with 472 yards of total offense.

— Daryl Schepanski, correspondent

DON BOSCO 75, TURKEY VALLEY 24 — The Dons scored 41 unanswered points in the second half in a lopsided 8-player victory in Jackson Junction.

Austin Svoboda ran for four touchddowns and also scored on a reception, Brandon Bagby and four TDs, three rushing, and Austin Hellman scored three times on runs.

Turkey Valley's Cody Hackman scored on a run and a reception.

— Darin Svenon, correspondent