By Jeremy Obermeyer
Salina Post Contributor
Southeast of Saline traveled to Ellsworth on Friday night as they looked to keep their perfect regular season streak alive.
The Trojans have not lost a regular-season game since 2019 and have not lost to the Bearcats in the last nine meetings, but along with those streaks, there was also a lot more on the line in the regular-season closer.
Southeast was also looking to win their seventh consecutive NCAA league title, fifth consecutive District title, plus looking to earn the #1 seed and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.
After both teams played through a scoreless opening for the third week in a row, the Trojans put up 30 points in the second quarter on their way to a to a 44-8 victory over the Bearcats.
“I thought our second quarter was real good” SES Head Coach, Mitch Gebhardt said. “Obviously, when you score 30 points and hold Ellsworth to 0, I thought we played real well. We tackled better tonight than we have the last two weeks, and I thought our kids did a pretty good job against the running game tonight.”
The Trojans had a total of 548 yards of offense while only allowing Ellsworth 164 yards.
Gannon Jacobson threw for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, completing 15 of 23 passes, while Gray Gebhardt led the purple in rushing with 136 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries,
Tucker Thaxton was the leading receiver with 7 catches for 119 yards and a touchdown.
Southeast ends the regular season with a perfect 8-0 record, giving them the #1 seed and home field in the playoffs where they will host Larned next Friday night.
Ellsworth meanwhile, drops to 5-3, giving them the #13 seed, they will travel to Hoisington.
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