By TYLER HENRY
Salina Post contributor
For a fifth consecutive week, the Southeast of Saline Trojan football team put together a win of 30+ points, defeating the Colby Eagles 45-0 to advance to a perfect 5-0.
“Colby’s got a good football team,” SES head coach Mitch Gebhardt said. “It was a physical game and I didn’t think we started things off very well but as we progressed I thought we started to play a lot better.”
With this win, SES is one of just nine remaining undefeated 3A teams left in the state, and will have an excellent chance to remain perfect at Goodland next week.
The Trojans are also the only remaining district team without a loss in district play, making them the clear favorites to finish on top after the final three games.
It was another outstanding day for Chase Poague, who punched in the team’s first three scores en route to a 164-yard performance in the passing game.
Those numbers were made all the more impressive by the fact that most of his yards came after the catch and after contact.
“Chase Poague is a special football player,” Gebhardt said. “Two times tonight I thought he was going down and both times he got into the open and made something happen.”
Quarterback Luke Gebhardt looked efficient as well, completing 14/19 for 223 yards and three more touchdowns without a pick.
For the third time this season, the Trojan defense pitched a shutout, allowing Colby just 146 yards of total offense and just 47 yards through the air.
That defensive unit is allowing opponents half a point per quarter on average this year.
SES will have three remaining district games, traveling to Goodland, hosting Smoky Valley, and finishing their regular season in Scott City.
“Our district is tough,” Gebhardt said. “We have some really tough games left and we’ll be getting ready for that next game at Goodland pretty quick.”
After losing to Smoky Valley 40-6 this week, Goodland will enter next week's contest still searching for their first win of 2021.
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