Get Unlimited Access – for Free

See all the latest scores & stats from your favorite teams! Simply sign in or create your free MaxPreps account to unlock this page - it only takes a minute to join.

The Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] (Wathena, KS) varsity football team won Friday's home non-conference game against Atchison County (Effingham, KS) by a score of 26-7.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Atchison County	-	-	-	-	7
R (CO-OP)	-	-	-	-	26

Final score provided by M. L.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Atchison County (25-26)

Atchison County

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	5	10	35	.500	7.0		1		18.8
3	Cody Falk (Jr)	5	10	35	.500	7.0		1		18.8

Atchison County

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	TD
	Team Totals	28	47	1.7	1
3	Cody Falk (Jr)	7	20	2.9
5	Raul Melara (Sr)	4	11	2.8
7	Max Bottorff (Sr)	10	22	2.2	1
9	Rance Vessar (Sr)	5	-1	-0.2
15	Colton Lowe (Sr)	2	-5	-2.5

Atchison County

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg
	Team Totals	5	35	7.0
2	Riley Kesinger (So)	1	13	13.0
6	Benjamin Handke (Jr)	2	20	10.0
7	Max Bottorff (Sr)	1	1	1.0
9	Rance Vessar (Sr)	1	1	1.0

Atchison County

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	Total
	Team Totals	47	35	68	150
2	Riley Kesinger (So)		13	14	27
3	Cody Falk (Jr)	20			20
5	Raul Melara (Sr)	11		33	44
6	Benjamin Handke (Jr)		20		20
7	Max Bottorff (Sr)	22	1		23
9	Rance Vessar (Sr)	-1	1	21	21
15	Colton Lowe (Sr)	-5			-5

Atchison County

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	47	35	35	82
2	Riley Kesinger (So)			13	13
3	Cody Falk (Jr)	20	35		55
5	Raul Melara (Sr)	11			11
6	Benjamin Handke (Jr)			20	20
7	Max Bottorff (Sr)	22		1	23
9	Rance Vessar (Sr)	-1		1	0
15	Colton Lowe (Sr)	-5			-5

Atchison County

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	17	55	72	5.0
2	Riley Kesinger (So)	1	6	7
3	Cody Falk (Jr)	1	1	2
4	Jayden Harvey (Sr)		1	1
5	Raul Melara (Sr)		3	3
6	Benjamin Handke (Jr)	2		2
7	Max Bottorff (Sr)	4	10	14
8	Kain Koontz (Jr)	3	4	7	1.0
9	Rance Vessar (Sr)	2	4	6
13	Evan Falk (Jr)		14	14	2.0
15	Colton Lowe (Sr)	2	9	11
40	Colt Pewamo (So)		2	2
58	Elijah Webb (Jr)	2	1	3	2.0

Atchison County

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus	Blk Pnts	Blk FGs
	Team Totals					1
7	Max Bottorff (Sr)					1

Atchison County

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	4	138	34.5	53
9	Rance Vessar (Sr)	4	138	34.5	53

Atchison County

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	4	68	17.0	21	68
2	Riley Kesinger (So)	1	14	14.0		14
5	Raul Melara (Sr)	2	33	16.5		33
9	Rance Vessar (Sr)	1	21	21.0	21	21

Atchison County

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts
	Team Totals	1	6	1
7	Max Bottorff (Sr)	1	6
15	Colton Lowe (Sr)			1

Atchison County

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	1.0					1
15	Colton Lowe (Sr)	1	1	1.0					1

Atchison County

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals	1						1
7	Max Bottorff (Sr)	1						1

Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] (25-26)

Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Kansas High School Football - Atchison County knocked off by Riverside [Wathena/Elwood]

September 12, 2025: Wathena, KS 66092

In Friday's non-league game, the Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] Cyclones (Wathena, KS) football team overcame the visiting Atchison County Tigers (Effingham, KS), by a tally of 26-7.

In their next game, the Cyclones battle the McLouth Bulldogs (McLouth, KS) in a Northeast Kansas game, on Friday, September 19. Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] will attempt to better on its 1-1 season record. The Bulldogs enter the game with a 0-2 record after their 46-0 league loss to Troy (Troy, KS).

With the defeat, Atchison County drops to 1-1 on the campaign. The Tigers host Valley Falls (Valley Falls, KS) to clash with the Dragons in a non-league contest on Friday, September 19. The Dragons enter the bout with a record of 1-1. Valley Falls lost 18-6 in their recent non-league bout against Oskaloosa (Oskaloosa, KS)

ACHS @ R (CO-OP) Football Game Info

Fri., Sep. 12, 2025 @ 7p

The Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] (Wathena, KS) varsity football team won Friday's home non-conference game against Atchison County (Effingham, KS) by a score of 26-7.

Rankings & Records

Atchison County (25-26)

KS	Class
126	20

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-6	1-0	3-1	1-4	0-1	.400	1.000	180	312

Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] (25-26)

KS	Class
59	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
8-2	4-1	5-0	2-2	1-0	.800	.800	303	76

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Atchison County	0	4.3	2.0	6.3	18.0
Riverside [Wathena/Elwood]	7.0	6.5	3.5	3.5	30.3

Atchison County Videos

Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] Videos

Team Stat Comparison

Atchison County		Riverside [Wathena/Elwood]
119.7	Rushing Yards Per Game	-
74.0	Passing Yards Per Game	-
72.3	Receiving Yards Per Game	-
193.7	Total Yards Per Game	-
59.1	Tackles Per Game	-
1.9	Sacks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Atchison County		Riverside [Wathena/Elwood]	National Avg.
#7 Max Bottorff73.0	Rushing Yards Per Game	-	11.4
#3 Cody Falk72.7	Passing Yards Per Game	-	11.2
#2 Riley Kesinger21.7	Receiving Yards Per Game	-	9.0
#7 Max Bottorff92.0	Total Yards Per Game	-	25.1
#7 Max Bottorff12.8	Tackles Per Game	-	2.6
#13 Evan Falk0.7	Sacks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Atchison County	1-0		Riverside [Wathena/Elwood]	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
9/5/25	McLouth	Atchison County	(W) 40-20		9/19/25	Riverside [Wathena/Elwood]	McLouth	(W) 35-8

Record Breakdown

Atchison County (25-26)		Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] (25-26)
4-6	Overall	8-2
1-0	League	4-1
2-5	Non-League	2-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
3-1	Home	5-0
1-4	Away	2-2
0-1	Neutral	1-0
1-1	Playoff	2-0
4-6	In-State	8-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0