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The Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) varsity football team won Friday's home non-conference game against Sandhills/Thedford (Dunning, NE) by a score of 36-34.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sandhills/Thedford	6	22	6	0	34
Anselmo-Merna	8	14	0	14	36

Final score provided by T. Gilligan.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Sandhills/Thedford (25-26)		Anselmo-Merna (25-26)
0	Total Plays	61
0	First Downs	19
0	Penalties	7
0	Penalty Yards	68
-	Possession Time	26:57

Game Stats

Anselmo-Merna (25-26)

Sandhills/Thedford

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	8	11	142	.727	17.8	2	0	41	154.4
15	Carter Anderson (So)	8	11	142	.727	17.8	2	0	41	154.4

Anselmo-Merna

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	4	8	57	.500	14.3	1	1	38	73.4
15	Dane Duryea (Jr)	4	8	57	.500	14.3	1	1	38	73.4

Sandhills/Thedford

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	41	155	3.8	33	3
8	Aaron Hall (Jr)	1	2	2.0
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	4	0	0.0
15	Carter Anderson (So)	21	83	4.0	32	2
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	15	70	4.7	33	1

Anselmo-Merna

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	44	330	7.5	55	1	4
3	Caenyn Priest (Jr)	4	32	8.0	17	0
10	Jarrett Wells (Sr)	4	15	3.8	8	0
15	Dane Duryea (Jr)	36	283	7.9	55	1	4

Sandhills/Thedford

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	12	142	11.8	41	2
1	Mason Sutton (So)	1	5	5.0	5
8	Aaron Hall (Jr)	1	11	11.0	11
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	5	110	22.0	41	2
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	5	16	3.2	16

Anselmo-Merna

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	4	57	14.3	38	1
3	Caenyn Priest (Jr)	2	38	19.0	38	1
10	Jarrett Wells (Sr)	2	19	9.5	14

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

Sandhills/Thedford has not entered any offensive fumbles and pancake blocks stats.

Anselmo-Merna

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost	Pnk Blk
	Team Totals	2	2
15	Dane Duryea (Jr)	2	2

Sandhills/Thedford

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	155	142	57	0	354
1	Mason Sutton (So)		5			5
8	Aaron Hall (Jr)	2	11			13
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	0	110	38		148
15	Carter Anderson (So)	83	0	19		102
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	70	16		0	86

Anselmo-Merna

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	330	57	73	32	492
3	Caenyn Priest (Jr)	32	38	33	32	135
5	Colin Wright (Sr)			40		40
10	Jarrett Wells (Sr)	15	19			34
15	Dane Duryea (Jr)	283				283

Sandhills/Thedford

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	155	142	142	297
1	Mason Sutton (So)			5	5
8	Aaron Hall (Jr)	2		11	13
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	0		110	110
15	Carter Anderson (So)	83	142	0	225
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	70		16	86

Anselmo-Merna

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	330	57	57	387
3	Caenyn Priest (Jr)	32		38	70
10	Jarrett Wells (Sr)	15		19	34
15	Dane Duryea (Jr)	283	57		340

Sandhills/Thedford

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	26	44	70	2.0
1	Mason Sutton (So)	2	7	9
8	Aaron Hall (Jr)	3	5	8
11	Thatcher Teahon (Jr)	1	3	4
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	2	3	5
14	Caleb Clark (Fr)		1	1
15	Carter Anderson (So)	4	4	8
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	6	5	11	1.0
22	James Reiser (Sr)	2	2	4
30	Ethan Rabou (Sr)	5	9	14	1.0
32	Mason Cooksley (Jr)	1	5	6

Anselmo-Merna

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls
	Team Totals	24	34	58
3	Caenyn Priest (Jr)	1	4	5
5	Colin Wright (Sr)	4	4	8
7	Destrey White (Jr)	3	3	6
10	Jarrett Wells (Sr)	4	2	6
15	Dane Duryea (Jr)	4	8	12
44	Ryan Finney (Sr)	0	1	1
50	B. MacIntyre (Jr)	5	4	9
77	Drake Doss (Sr)	1	7	8
88	Brayden Wilson (Sr)	2	1	3

Sandhills/Thedford

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus
	Team Totals	1	0	0.0	2	2	23	2
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)				1
15	Carter Anderson (So)				1			1
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	1	0	0.0		1	6	1
30	Ethan Rabou (Sr)					1	17

Defensive Statistics

Anselmo-Merna has not entered any defensive statistics stats.

Sandhills/Thedford

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	6	258	43.0	50	1
8	Aaron Hall (Jr)	4	171	42.8	50	1
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	2	87	43.5	47

Anselmo-Merna

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	7	173	24.7	40	0
7	Destrey White (Jr)	7	173	24.7	40	0

Sandhills/Thedford

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	2	68	34.0	38
11	Thatcher Teahon (Jr)	2	68	34.0	38

Anselmo-Merna

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	1	46	46.0	46
15	Dane Duryea (Jr)	1	46	46.0	46

Sandhills/Thedford

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	4	57	14.3	30	57
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	2	38	19.0	30	38
15	Carter Anderson (So)	2	19	9.5	11	19

Anselmo-Merna

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	5	73	14.6	23	2	32	16.0	22	105
3	Caenyn Priest (Jr)	2	33	16.5	19	2	32	16.0	22	65
5	Colin Wright (Sr)	3	40	13.3	23					40

Sandhills/Thedford

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	5	30	4	34
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)	2	12	2	14
15	Carter Anderson (So)	2	12		12
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	1	6	2	8

Anselmo-Merna

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv
	Team Totals	5	30	6
3	Caenyn Priest (Jr)	1	6	4
5	Colin Wright (Sr)			2
15	Dane Duryea (Jr)	4	24

Sandhills/Thedford

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	3	2	5
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)		2	2
15	Carter Anderson (So)	2		2
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	1		1

Anselmo-Merna

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	4	1	5
3	Caenyn Priest (Jr)		1	1
15	Dane Duryea (Jr)	4		4

Sandhills/Thedford

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	1	2
12	Brandon Goshorn (Jr)		1	1
20	M. Robinson (Sr)	1		1

Anselmo-Merna

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	3	3
3	Caenyn Priest (Jr)	2	2
5	Colin Wright (Sr)	1	1

Game Story

Nebraska High School Football - Sandhills/Thedford nudged by Anselmo-Merna

August 29, 2025: Merna, NE 68856

In Friday's non-league game, the Anselmo-Merna Coyotes (Merna, NE) football team edged the visiting Sandhills/Thedford Knights (Dunning, NE), by a tally of 36-34.

In their next game, the Coyotes battle the Overton Eagles (Overton, NE) in a non-league game, on Friday, September 5. Anselmo-Merna will attempt to better on its 1-0 season record. The Eagles enter the game with a 1-0 record after their 67-22 non-league win over Axtell (Axtell, NE).

The Knights (0-1) will now prepare for their game against Ainsworth (Ainsworth, NE). The Bulldogs enter the non-league game with a 0-1 record. In their last game, Ainsworth was nipped by Hartington-Newcastle (Hartington, NE), 49-26, in a non-league outing.

STHS (CO-OP) @ Anselmo-Merna Football Game Info

Fri., Aug. 29, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) varsity football team won Friday's home non-conference game against Sandhills/Thedford (Dunning, NE) by a score of 36-34.

Rankings & Records

Sandhills/Thedford (25-26)

NE	Class
48	15

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
8-2	5-0	4-1	4-1	.800	1.000	436	262

Anselmo-Merna (25-26)

NE	Class
11	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
8-2	4-1	5-1	3-1	.800	.800	438	314

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Sandhills/Thedford	8.8	20.2	9.9	4.7	43.6
Anselmo-Merna	7.8	14.8	11.2	10.0	43.8

Head-to-Head

Anselmo-Merna won on 8/29/2025

8/29 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

STHS (CO-OP) 6 22 6 0 34
Anselmo-Merna 8 14 0 14 36

The Sandhills/Thedford (Dunning, NE) varsity football team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) by a score of 36-34.
Box score
Sandhills/Thedford won yesterday

10/31 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

STHS (CO-OP) 6 16 0 6 28
Anselmo-Merna 0 8 6 6 20

The Sandhills/Thedford (Dunning, NE) varsity football team won Friday's away playoff game against Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) by a score of 28-20.
Box score

8/29 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
STHS (CO-OP)	6	22	6	0	34
Anselmo-Merna	8	14	0	14	36

10/31 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
STHS (CO-OP)	6	16	0	6	28
Anselmo-Merna	0	8	6	6	20

Team Stat Comparison

Sandhills/Thedford		Anselmo-Merna
246.3	Rushing Yards Per Game	264.9
98.3	Passing Yards Per Game	63.8
98.1	Receiving Yards Per Game	78.3
344.6	Total Yards Per Game	328.7
63.8	Tackles Per Game	46.9
1.9	Sacks Per Game	1.1
39.8	Points Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Sandhills/Thedford		Anselmo-Merna	National Avg.
#20 Maurice Robinson168.9	Rushing Yards Per Game	#15 Dane Duryea190.4	11.8
#20 Maurice Robinson68.2	Passing Yards Per Game	#15 Dane Duryea60.4	11.9
#12 Brandon Goshorn28.1	Receiving Yards Per Game	#1 Timmy Myers30.9	9.4
#20 Maurice Robinson246.0	Total Yards Per Game	#15 Dane Duryea250.9	25.9
#30 Ethan Rabou11.3	Tackles Per Game	#15 Dane Duryea8.0	2.6
#13 Andrew Byrd0.6	Sacks Per Game	#12 Tate Seevers0.4	0.2
#20 Maurice Robinson18.6	Points Per Game	-	2.0

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sandhills/Thedford	0-1		Anselmo-Merna	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
9/11/25	Burwell	Sandhills/Thedford	(L) 54-38		10/3/25	Anselmo-Merna	Burwell	(W) 58-35

Record Breakdown

Sandhills/Thedford (25-26)		Anselmo-Merna (25-26)
8-2	Overall	8-2
5-0	League	4-1
1-2	Non-League	3-0
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
0-1	Common Opponent	1-0
4-1	Home	5-1
4-1	Away	3-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
2-0	Playoff	1-1
8-2	In-State	8-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0