By JEREMY OBERMEYER
Salina Post Contributor
The Southeast of Saline defense set the tone early Friday in their 40-6 victory over the Kingman Eagles to start District play, tallying an interception, a safety, and 11 tackles for loss.
SES held a powerful Kingman offense to just 106 total yards.
“[Kingman] does a good job with their quarterback power run game, and I felt like our kids did a darn good job with it,” SES head coach Mitch Gebhardt said. “I thought we played a physical football game, and I think we’ve been good about that, but in the open field, we were more physical tonight.”
Offensively, Southeast amassed 275 yards of total offense with 167 rushing and 108 yards passing.
Gannon Jacobson led the Trojans in rushing with 79 yards and a touchdown on 8 carries, followed by Amarion Holub with 76 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.
Jacobson also passed for 3 touchdowns, including two to Tucker Thaxton and one to Holub.
Bryson Lippold led the Trojan defense with 8 solo tackles and 3 assists, while Deacon Baier and Kanyon Douglas each totaled 6 solos and 2 assists.
Douglas also added another interception to his resume, while Baier added a blocked PAT to his.
The Trojans, now 4-0 (1-0 in District), will host Lyons for homecoming next Friday, while Kingman falls to 2-2 and will host Douglass.