Anselmo-Merna vs Kenesaw | Football

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.

Anselmo-Merna Kenesaw

Coyotes

Blue Devils

The Kenesaw (NE) varsity football team won Thursday's home playoff game against Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE) by a score of 52-14.

This game is a part of the "2019 NSAA State Football Championships - Class D2 " tournament.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Anselmo-Merna	0	8	0	6	14
Kenesaw	16	20	8	8	52

Final score provided by C. Roe.

Recap
Box Score
Videos
Matchup

Box Score Stats

Anselmo-Merna (19-20)		Kenesaw (19-20)
58	Total Plays	56
9	First Downs	14
7	Penalties	7
85	Penalty Yards	60

Game Stats

Kenesaw (19-20)

Anselmo-Merna

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	4	9	25	.444	6.3	1	0	13	88.7
12	Jace Leibhart (Sr)	4	9	25	.444	6.3	1	0	13	88.7

Kenesaw

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	5	5	146	1.000	29.2	3	0		177.1
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	5	5	146	1.000	29.2	3	0		177.1

Anselmo-Merna

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	40	127	3.2	60	1
3	Destry Miller (Sr)	10	73	7.3	60	1
5	Carter Johnson (So)	2	8	4.0	8
12	Jace Leibhart (Sr)	3	-11	-3.7	1
15	Cyrus Wells (So)	11	22	2.0	6
20	Cort West (Jr)	1	8	8.0	8
30	Byrce Schmidt (So)	12	20	1.7	6
34	Connor Wells (Fr)	1	7	7.0	7

Kenesaw

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	100+	TD
	Team Totals	38	229	6.0	1	4
4	D. Goldenstein (Jr)	1	-4	-4.0	0
6	Nick Kuehn (Fr)	4	11	2.8	0
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	20	137	6.9	1	4
13	Trey Kennedy (So)	9	71	7.9	0
21	Lane Kelley (Fr)	1	3	3.0	0
30	Corey Frase (Sr)	2	10	5.0	0
33	Joel Katzberg (Fr)	1	1	1.0	0

Anselmo-Merna

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	4	25	6.3	10	1
3	Destry Miller (Sr)	1	13	13.0		1
15	Cyrus Wells (So)	2	9	4.5	10
30	Byrce Schmidt (So)	1	3	3.0	3

Kenesaw

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	5	146	29.2		3
4	D. Goldenstein (Jr)	5	146	29.2		3

Anselmo-Merna

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost	Pnk Blk
	Team Totals	3	2
15	Cyrus Wells (So)	3	2

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

Kenesaw has not entered any offensive fumbles and pancake blocks stats.

Anselmo-Merna

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	127	25	150	24	326
3	Destry Miller (Sr)	73	13	88	24	198
5	Carter Johnson (So)	8				8
12	Jace Leibhart (Sr)	-11				-11
15	Cyrus Wells (So)	22	9			31
20	Cort West (Jr)	8				8
30	Byrce Schmidt (So)	20	3	62		85
34	Connor Wells (Fr)	7				7

Kenesaw

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	229	146	38	21	375
4	D. Goldenstein (Jr)	-4	146	33		142
6	Nick Kuehn (Fr)	11				11
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	137			21	137
13	Trey Kennedy (So)	71		5		71
21	Lane Kelley (Fr)	3				3
30	Corey Frase (Sr)	10				10
33	Joel Katzberg (Fr)	1				1

Anselmo-Merna

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	127	25	25	152
3	Destry Miller (Sr)	73		13	86
5	Carter Johnson (So)	8			8
12	Jace Leibhart (Sr)	-11	25		14
15	Cyrus Wells (So)	22		9	31
20	Cort West (Jr)	8			8
30	Byrce Schmidt (So)	20		3	23
34	Connor Wells (Fr)	7			7

Kenesaw

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	229	146	146	375
4	D. Goldenstein (Jr)	-4		146	142
6	Nick Kuehn (Fr)	11			11
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	137	146		283
13	Trey Kennedy (So)	71			71
21	Lane Kelley (Fr)	3			3
30	Corey Frase (Sr)	10			10
33	Joel Katzberg (Fr)	1			1

Anselmo-Merna

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	35	19	54	6.0
1	Rhett Safranek (Sr)	1	1	2
2	Cass Mcginn (So)	5	1	6
5	Carter Johnson (So)	1	0	1
8	Kade Safranek (Jr)	2	3	5	1.0
15	Cyrus Wells (So)	5	0	5
20	Cort West (Jr)	1	0	1
21	Seth Miller (Sr)	7	6	13	1.0
22	Joel Finney (Jr)	2	5	7	2.0
24	T. Kirkpatrick (Jr)	1	0	1
29	Wyat Lambertson (So)	0	1	1
30	Byrce Schmidt (So)	4	2	6	1.0
34	Connor Wells (Fr)	1	0	1
35	Garrett Porter (So)	4	0	4
44	Dalton Duryea (So)	1	0	1	1.0

Kenesaw

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	30	43	73	1.0
2	Randyn Uden (Fr)		2	2
4	D. Goldenstein (Jr)	3	3	6
6	Nick Kuehn (Fr)	2	3	5
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	5	5	10
13	Trey Kennedy (So)	6	4	10
21	Lane Kelley (Fr)	1		1
25	Sean Duffy (So)	6	7	13
30	Corey Frase (Sr)	2	5	7
33	Joel Katzberg (Fr)		1	1
43	Drake Olson (So)		5	5
70	Eli Jensen (So)	3	6	9
83	Austin Peterson (Jr)	2	2	4	1.0

Anselmo-Merna

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	1.0	5
22	Joel Finney (Jr)	1.0	5

Kenesaw

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	1.0	11
83	Austin Peterson (Jr)	1.0	11

Anselmo-Merna

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus	Blk Pnts	Blk FGs
	Team Totals								1
29	Wyat Lambertson (So)								1

Kenesaw

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	PD	Fmb Rec	Blk Pnts
	Team Totals	1	2	1
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	1	1
21	Lane Kelley (Fr)			1
33	Joel Katzberg (Fr)		1

Anselmo-Merna

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	3	87	29.0	36
3	Destry Miller (Sr)	3	87	29.0	36

Kenesaw

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	8	341	42.6		1
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	8	341	42.6		1

Anselmo-Merna

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	6	178	29.7	36
12	Jace Leibhart (Sr)	6	178	29.7	36

Kenesaw

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg
	Team Totals	3	65	21.7
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	2	62	31.0
21	Lane Kelley (Fr)	1	3	3.0

Anselmo-Merna

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	7	150	21.4	27	1	24	24.0	24	174
3	Destry Miller (Sr)	4	88	22.0	25	1	24	24.0	24	112
30	Byrce Schmidt (So)	3	62	20.7	27					62

Kenesaw

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	P Rets	Yds	Avg
	Team Totals	3	38	12.7	2	21	10.5
4	D. Goldenstein (Jr)	2	33	16.5
10	Tyson Denkert (So)				2	21	10.5
13	Trey Kennedy (So)	1	5	5.0

Anselmo-Merna

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	12	2	14
3	Destry Miller (Sr)	2	12		12
35	Garrett Porter (So)			2	2

Kenesaw

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	7	42	52
4	D. Goldenstein (Jr)	3	18	20
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	4	24	28
13	Trey Kennedy (So)			2
30	Corey Frase (Sr)			2

Anselmo-Merna

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals	1	1					2
3	Destry Miller (Sr)	1	1					2

Kenesaw

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	4	3	7
4	D. Goldenstein (Jr)		3	3
10	Tyson Denkert (So)	4		4

Anselmo-Merna

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals		1	1
35	Garrett Porter (So)		1	1

Conversions

Kenesaw has not entered any conversions stats.

Recap Video

Destry Miller's highlights Kenesaw High School 0:27

Game Story

Nebraska High School Football - Anselmo-Merna crushed by Kenesaw

October 31, 2019: Kenesaw, NE 68956

In Thursday's non-league game, the Kenesaw Blue Devils (Kenesaw, NE) football team smashed the visiting Anselmo-Merna Coyotes (Merna, NE), by a final score of 52-14.

The Coyotes now hold a 3-6 record.

Coaches Summary

First Quarter

Kenesaw: 25 yard touchdown run by Tyson Denkert. Two point conversion run by Tyson Denkert. (0-8)
Kenesaw: 12 yard touchdown run by Tyson Denkert. Two point conversion run by Corey Frase. (0-16)

Second Quarter

Anselmo-Merna: 13 yard touchdown reception by Destry Miller, from Jace Leibhart. Two point conversion reception by Garrett Porter. (8-16)
Kenesaw: 28 yard touchdown reception by Deric Goldstein, from Tyson Denkert. Two point conversion run by Tyson Denkert. (8-24)
Kenesaw: 43 yard touchdown run by Tyson Denkert. Two point conversion is NO GOOD. (8-30)
Kenesaw: 49 yard touchdown reception by Deric Goldstein, from Tyson Denkert. Two point conversion is NO GOOD. (8-36)

Third Quarter

Kenesaw: 3 yard touchdown run by Tyson Denkert. Two point conversion reception by Deric Goldstein. (8-44)

Fourth Quarter

Kenesaw: 10 yard touchdown reception by Deric Goldstein, from Tyson Denkert. Two point conversion run by Trey Kennedy. (8-52)
Anselmo-Merna: 60 yard touchdown run by Destry Miller. Two point conversion is NO GOOD. (14-52)

Highlight Videos

Scoretracker Providers

Rankings & Records

Anselmo-Merna (19-20)

National	NE	Class
857	46	18

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
3-6	2-3	1-3	2-3	.333	.400	292	337

Kenesaw (19-20)

National	NE	Class
65	11	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
8-2	4-0	5-0	3-1	0-1	.800	1.000	363	136

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Anselmo-Merna	4.4	7.8	7.8	12.4	32.4
Kenesaw	12.7	14.4	8.4	4.7	36.3

Anselmo-Merna Videos

Kenesaw Videos

Team Stat Comparison

Anselmo-Merna		Kenesaw
201.6	Rushing Yards Per Game	245.6
138.3	Passing Yards Per Game	75.8
339.9	Total Yards Per Game	321.4
60.9	Tackles Per Game	56.0
1.0	Sacks Per Game	1.7
32.4	Points Per Game	36.2

Team Leaders

Anselmo-Merna		Kenesaw	National Avg.
#30 Byrce Schmidt61.7	Rushing Yards Per Game	#10 Tyson Denkert164.8	21.4
#12 Jace Leibhart138.3	Passing Yards Per Game	#10 Tyson Denkert83.0	50.5
#12 Jace Leibhart172.3	Total Yards Per Game	#10 Tyson Denkert247.8	37.3
#21 Seth Miller11.0	Tackles Per Game	#25 Sean Duffy9.4	2.8
#21 Seth Miller0.3	Sacks Per Game	#30 Corey Frase0.7	0.2
#3 Destry Miller9.3	Points Per Game	#10 Tyson Denkert22.4	2.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Anselmo-Merna	0-3		Kenesaw	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/29/19	Twin Loup	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 44-22	9/20/19	Kenesaw	Twin Loup	(W) 51-6
10/11/19	Overton	Anselmo-Merna	(L) 20-0	9/6/19	Overton	Kenesaw	(W) 18-6
10/18/19	Anselmo-Merna	Pleasanton	(L) 41-20	9/13/19	Kenesaw	Pleasanton	(L) 54-42
				11/6/19	Pleasanton	Kenesaw	(L) 27-14

Record Breakdown

Anselmo-Merna (19-20)		Kenesaw (19-20)
3-6	Overall	8-2
2-3	League	4-0
1-2	Non-League	3-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-3	Common Opponent	2-2
1-3	Home	5-0
2-3	Away	3-1
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
3-6	In-State	8-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0