Join WGFA Radio on Friday Night for coverage of the South Newton Rebels playing Triton at home. Kickoff is at 6:30 and pre-game at 6:10 on WGFA.
Then on Saturday, Central plays at Flanigan at 1pm. WGFA Pregame coverage begins at 12:40 with Mike Harris and Darryl Focken.
Congratulations to Momence who moves on to play at Bushnell with a 2pm kickoff on Saturday.
Morning everyone, recapping area high school football playoffs from last weekend, we gotta start with yet another close and physical battle between two long-time rivals, Clifton Central and Watseka, as these 2 clubs had to go to overtime to decide their first round Class 2A playoff game, and the Comets prevailed at home 34-27. Central sophomore David Payne’s 5 yd TD run in the Comets’ first OT possession was the decider. Another Comet sophomore, Kyle Frake, had 2 TD runs, Jarrett Hixson also with one of his own. Watseka’s Alex Hall with 2 TD runs and Sawyer Harris catching 2 TD passes in the losing cause as the Warriors finish 6-4, while Central improves to 8-2 and wi ll play the Flanagan Falcons next.
At Momence, the Redskins easily took down the Farmington Farmers 41-0, holding the Farmers to only 9 yards passing, while Momence’s Clayton Simpson had another fine day, passing for 324 yards and 4 TD passes–2 of them went to Drew Sain, 2 to DeMar Brown. Calvin Phillips with 2 TD runs of 44 and 29 yards. Momence improves to 9-1, and their 2nd round opponent will be the Bushnell-Prairie City Spartans.
Other Illinois teams moving on to round 2 include Bishop McNamara Catholic, Kankakee, Wilmington, Coal City, Salt Fork and Westville.
In Lake Station Indiana, the South Newton Rebels had little trouble with the Fighting Eagles, as S. Newton rang up a 48-0 win. Jace Snodgrass with 2 TD runs, and 1 each by Curt Roberts, Jordan Purdy, Kody Wilson, Jarrod McCord and Luke Welch. Blaine Bond a fine night rushing for 111 yards on just 8 carries. The Rebels next week have a Sectional 33 Championship rematch with the Triton Trojans, only this time it will be in Kentland.
Keep it tuned to 94.1 FM and wgfaradio.com for the latest updates on our broadcast schedule for Dralle’s high school playoff football. For 94.1 WGFA, this is Tom Conn.
