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Central Valley Sandhills/Thedford

Cougars

Knights

The Sandhills/Thedford (Dunning, NE) varsity football team lost Friday's home playoff game against Central Valley (Greeley, NE) by a score of 20-16.

This game is a part of the "2022 NSAA State Football Championships (Nebraska) - Class D2" tournament.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central Valley	-	-	-	-	20
Sandhills/Thedford	-	-	-	-	16

Final score provided by J. McIntyre.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup

Game Stats

Sandhills/Thedford (22-23)

Central Valley

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	10	16	126	.625	12.6	2	1	22	100.5
14	D. Nekoliczak (Jr)	10	16	126	.625	12.6	2	1	22	100.5

Sandhills/Thedford

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	16	22	151	.727	9.4	1			106.4
5	Kyle Cox (So)	16	22	151	.727	9.4	1			106.4

Central Valley

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	30	94	3.1	12	1
2	Ty Landers (Sr)	15	46	3.1	8	1
5	Grady Kelley (So)	7	13	1.9	3
17	Zandar Wolf (Sr)	8	35	4.4	12

Sandhills/Thedford

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	TD
	Team Totals	41	177	4.3	1
5	Kyle Cox (So)	18	85	4.7	1
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)	17	61	3.6
28	Kaden Haake (Sr)	6	31	5.2

Central Valley

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	10	126	12.6	22	2
1	Tanner Landers (Sr)	1	15	15.0	15	1
5	Grady Kelley (So)	1	18	18.0	18	1
12	Taesian Soto (So)	8	93	11.6	22

Sandhills/Thedford

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
	Team Totals	16	151	9.4	1
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)	10	87	8.7	1
28	Kaden Haake (Sr)	4	46	11.5
40	Andrew P furrow (Sr)	1	14	14.0
50	Brady Dahlberg (Jr)	1	4	4.0

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

Central Valley has not entered any offensive fumbles and pancake blocks stats.

Sandhills/Thedford

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost
	Team Totals	3	2
5	Kyle Cox (So)	1
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)	2	2

Central Valley

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	94	126	17	6	243
1	Tanner Landers (Sr)		15	1		16
2	Ty Landers (Sr)	46				46
5	Grady Kelley (So)	13	18	16		47
12	Taesian Soto (So)		93			93
13	Boston Wood (So)				6	6
17	Zandar Wolf (Sr)	35				35

Sandhills/Thedford

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	177	151	48	30	406
5	Kyle Cox (So)	85			30	115
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)	61	87	34		182
28	Kaden Haake (Sr)	31	46	14		91
40	Andrew P furrow (Sr)		14			14
50	Brady Dahlberg (Jr)		4			4

Central Valley

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	94	126	126	220
1	Tanner Landers (Sr)			15	15
2	Ty Landers (Sr)	46			46
5	Grady Kelley (So)	13		18	31
12	Taesian Soto (So)			93	93
14	D. Nekoliczak (Jr)		126		126
17	Zandar Wolf (Sr)	35			35

Sandhills/Thedford

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	177	151	151	328
5	Kyle Cox (So)	85	151		236
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)	61		87	148
28	Kaden Haake (Sr)	31		46	77
40	Andrew P furrow (Sr)			14	14
50	Brady Dahlberg (Jr)			4	4

Central Valley

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	42	32	74	2.0
2	Ty Landers (Sr)	14	5	19	2.0
3	Zaden Wolf (So)	5	3	8
4	Aiden Freeman (Sr)	1	1	2
5	Grady Kelley (So)	8	5	13
8	Treyvan Straka (Jr)	2	2	4
12	Taesian Soto (So)	5	8	13
14	D. Nekoliczak (Jr)	2	4	6
24	Donovan Burns (Sr)	3	2	5
52	Keean Benson (Sr)	2	2	4

Sandhills/Thedford

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	45	27	72	2.0
3	Coby Higgins (Jr)	2	3	5
5	Kyle Cox (So)	3	3	6
14	Carson Cooksley (So)	1	1	2
15	C. Winkelbauer (Sr)		1	1
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)	8	2	10
28	Kaden Haake (Sr)	7	6	13
32	Zeb Wilde (Jr)	9	3	12
38	Caden Zutavern (So)	1		1	1.0
40	Andrew P furrow (Sr)	4	3	7	1.0
48	Rhett Mcfadden (Jr)	6	2	8
50	Brady Dahlberg (Jr)	4	3	7

Sacks

Central Valley has not entered any sacks stats.

Sandhills/Thedford

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals			1
32	Zeb Wilde (Jr)			1

Central Valley

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Fmb Rec
	Team Totals	2
5	Grady Kelley (So)	1
14	D. Nekoliczak (Jr)	1

Sandhills/Thedford

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec
	Team Totals	1	30	30.0	4	1
5	Kyle Cox (So)	1	30	30.0		1
38	Caden Zutavern (So)				1
40	Andrew P furrow (Sr)				1
48	Rhett Mcfadden (Jr)				1
50	Brady Dahlberg (Jr)				1

Central Valley

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	4	193	48.3	49	0
1	Tanner Landers (Sr)	4	193	48.3	49	0

Sandhills/Thedford

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	2	72	36.0	47
50	Brady Dahlberg (Jr)	2	72	36.0	47

Central Valley

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	2	76	38.0	41	1
5	Grady Kelley (So)	2	76	38.0	41	1

Sandhills/Thedford

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	1	30	30.0
28	Kaden Haake (Sr)	1	30	30.0

Central Valley

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	2	17	8.5	16	1	6	6.0	6	23
1	Tanner Landers (Sr)	1	1	1.0	1					1
5	Grady Kelley (So)	1	16	16.0	16					16
13	Boston Wood (So)					1	6	6.0	6	6

Sandhills/Thedford

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	3	48	16.0	18	48
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)	2	34	17.0	18	34
28	Kaden Haake (Sr)	1	14	14.0		14

Central Valley

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	3	18	2	20
1	Tanner Landers (Sr)	1	6		6
2	Ty Landers (Sr)	1	6		6
5	Grady Kelley (So)	1	6		6
13	Boston Wood (So)			2	2

Sandhills/Thedford

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	12	4	16
5	Kyle Cox (So)	1	6		6
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)	1	6	4	10

Central Valley

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	2	3
1	Tanner Landers (Sr)		1	1
2	Ty Landers (Sr)	1		1
5	Grady Kelley (So)		1	1

Sandhills/Thedford

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	1	2
5	Kyle Cox (So)	1		1
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)		1	1

Central Valley

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals		1	1
13	Boston Wood (So)		1	1

Sandhills/Thedford

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	2		2
23	Connor Cooksley (Sr)	2		2

Game Story

Nebraska High School Football - Central Valley gets by Sandhills/Thedford

October 28, 2022: Dunning, NE 68833

The crowd at Friday's non-league contest between the Central Valley Cougars (Greeley, NE) and the host Sandhills/Thedford Knights (Dunning, NE), observed Central Valley's football squad edge Sandhills/Thedford by a tally of 20-16.

The Cougars now possess a 9-1 record. They play next when they travel to Bruning-Davenport/Shickley for a non-league contest on Friday, November 4. Central Valley will play a Eagles squad coming off a 54-26 non-league win over Lawrence-Nelson (Nelson, NE). The Eagles record now stands at 10-0.

Players of the Game

Central Valley (22-23)

Congratulations to #2 Ty Landers (overall and defensive), #14 Dierks Nekoliczak (offensive) and #5 Grady Kelley (special teams) for being selected the Central Valley Football Players of the Game.

Sandhills/Thedford (22-23)

Sandhills/Thedford has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Central Valley (22-23)

National	NE	Class
76	6	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
10-2	4-1	6-0	4-1	0-1	.833	.800	532	263

Sandhills/Thedford (22-23)

National	NE	Class
102	9	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
8-2	5-0	4-1	3-1	1-0	.800	1.000	418	156

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Central Valley	10.0	19.4	11.4	6.2	44.3
Sandhills/Thedford	16.4	12.6	7.3	4.0	41.8

Central Valley Videos

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Team Stat Comparison

Central Valley		Sandhills/Thedford
228.0	Rushing Yards Per Game	167.9
96.9	Passing Yards Per Game	145.4
324.9	Total Yards Per Game	313.3
63.7	Tackles Per Game	61.4
0.4	Sacks Per Game	1.0
44.3	Points Per Game	41.0
3	Pancake Blocks	33

Team Leaders

Central Valley		Sandhills/Thedford	National Avg.
#17 Zandar Wolf166.1	Rushing Yards Per Game	#23 Connor Cooksley68.9	21.0
#14 Dierks Nekoliczak89.7	Passing Yards Per Game	#5 Kyle Cox143.4	51.8
#17 Zandar Wolf175.4	Total Yards Per Game	#5 Kyle Cox198.3	37.0
#2 Ty Landers12.8	Tackles Per Game	#32 Zeb Wilde8.9	2.8
#52 Keean Benson0.3	Sacks Per Game	#40 Andrew P furrow0.5	0.2
#17 Zandar Wolf24.2	Points Per Game	#23 Connor Cooksley12.8	2.2
#12 Taesian Soto1	Pancake Blocks	#32 Zeb Wilde9	6

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central Valley	3-0		Sandhills/Thedford	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/9/22	Anselmo-Merna	Central Valley	(W) 42-0	9/30/22	Anselmo-Merna	Sandhills/Thedford	(W) 49-8
10/7/22	Burwell	Central Valley	(W) 58-6	8/26/22	Sandhills/Thedford	Burwell	(W) 42-0
10/14/22	Central Valley	Twin Loup	(W) 60-24	9/9/22	Twin Loup	Sandhills/Thedford	(W) 44-8

Record Breakdown

Central Valley (22-23)		Sandhills/Thedford (22-23)
10-2	Overall	8-2
4-1	League	5-0
3-0	Non-League	2-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-0	Common Opponent	3-0
6-0	Home	4-1
4-1	Away	3-1
0-1	Neutral	1-0
3-1	Playoff	1-1
10-2	In-State	8-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0