Rossville Wins Over Perry-Lecompton

From the Capital Journal:
It was an outcome the Bulldawgs will gladly take as they begin their quest for a three-peat. Thanks to a couple big defensive stands in the first half, Rossville grabbed control of a tight game and blew out the visiting Kaws 41-14.

Rossville (9-1) will now travel to Sabetha (9-1) for Saturday’s second-round playoff contest,  "They’re a good ballclub and Coach (Garrett) Michael does a great job with them,” Rossville coach Derick Hammes said. “We’ll be on the road and that will be another obstacle for us. We hear good things form the north about them and we’re going to have to prepare and do just as well with this turnaround as we did coming into this game.”

Tuesday’s game with Perry turned thanks to the Bulldawg defense. With the game tied 6-6 late in the first quarter, the Bulldawgs twice came up with fourth-down stops of less than three yards, stuffing Cole Kellum for a one-yard loss at the Rossville 47 and three possessions later dropping Kellum for a two-yard loss at the Kaws’ 37.

“Those were huge,” Reeves said. “They had a lot of momentum coming into the game and those two stops were two of the biggest things that put them down a little bit and gave us momentum going in at halftime.”

Rossville followed the first stand with touchdown drives on its next four possessions, none of the marches lasting more than five plays. Bradshaw busted scoring runs of 33, 6 and 2 yards and Dawson Hammes added a 1-yard touchdown plunge as Rossville scored 28 unanswered points for a 34-6 halftime lead.

The Bulldawgs then scored on their first possession of the second half after Wyatt Dyche picked off Perry quarterback Jordan Spreer, Bradshaw hitting Cole Schumacher for a 24-yard touchdown on fourth-and-8.

Perry got a late touchdown on a 1-yard run by Tyler Erickson, but struggled to move that ball for much of the game after Kellum’s 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter matched Rossville’s opening 46-yard touchdown run from Trevor Balch.

“We felt good coming in, but in the playoffs situations change and everything elevates,” Perry coach Mike Paramore said. “I think the experience factor showed up for (Rossville) tonight, but I love what our seniors have done for our program and how they’ve left it.”

Bradshaw finished with 175 of Rossville’s 394 rushing yards while Hammes added 91 and Balch 81. Bradshaw also threw for 156 yards.

Perry-Lecompton (4-6) 6   0  0  8 — 14

Rossville (9-1)             13 21 7  0 — 41

Ross — Balch 46 run (kick failed)PL — C. Kellum 1 run (run failed)Ross — Bradshaw 33 run (Andresen kick)Ross — Bradshaw 6 run (Andresen kick)Ross — Hammes 1 run (Andresen kick)Ross — Bradshaw 2 run (Andresen kick)Ross — Schumacher 24 pass from Bradshaw (Andresen kick)PL — Erickson 1 run (Spreer run)

GAME IN FIGURES

PL Ross

First downs 14 25
Rushes-yards 46-201 49-394
Passing 22 156Comp-Att-Int 1-8-1 10-12-1
Punts 4-43.5 1-32.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 0-0 5-55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Perry-Lecompton: C. Kellum 15-29, Quinlan 1-1, Spreer 11-88, M. Kellum 9
43, D. Kellum 4-14, Erickson 6-26. Rossville: Bradshaw 17-175, Hammes 10-91, Balch 8-81, Foster 7-26, Hulbert 2-minus 1, Martinek 3-11, Johnson 2-11.

PASSING — Perry-Lecompton: Spreer 1-8-1, 22. Rossville: Bradshaw 10-12-1, 156.RECEIVING — Perry-Lecompton: Christman 1-22. Rossville: Schumacher 3-39, Dyc