By Jeremy Obermeyer
Salina Post Contributor
Southeast of Saline hosted the Halstead Dragons at Steve Fritz Field on Friday night, in a physical matchup.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Trojans got a needed spark from Grady Gebhardt, as he scampered for 40 yards on his first rush since coming back from injury, setting up a 12-yard Kanyon Douglas touchdown run to go 6-0.
Gebhardt then added two more touchdowns on a 40-yard reception in the second quarter and a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to extend the Trojan lead to 22-0, as they go on to win the game 38-15 on Senior Night.
Defensively, the Trojans used more of a bend but don’t break attitude, as the Dragons were able to move the ball at times, but tightened up when it mattered most.
The Southeast defense forced two turnovers, and only allowed Halstead into the red zone once.
“They’re [Halstead] a good football team. They’re always going to be physical and they’re always going to be big.” stated Head Coach, Mitch Gebhardt. “[Offense] I thought our guys up front did a good job. In the beginning of the year, that was one of our question marks, but I don’t believe that’s a fact anymore.
Gannon Jacobson threw for 175 yards and 3 touchdowns as Gebhardt led the Trojans in rushing with 129 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries, while Tucker Thaxton had 5 catches for 65 yards.
Douglas also had a big night defensively as he led the Trojans in tackles with 10 tackles.
Southeast of Saline remains undefeated as they move to 7-0 on the season and will travel to Ellsworth next week for the regular season finale.
Halstead drops to 2-5 and will host Lyons.