Football Recap: Crete Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Oct 27, 2024, 6:34pm

Football Recap: Crete Cardinals vs. Seward Bluejays

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Friday just wasn't the day for Crete's offense. They took a blow against the Seward Bluejays on Friday, falling 43-0. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 114th, while the Bluejays are ranked seventh).

Nick Wendt threw for 35 yards on four of 16 attempts. Carson Kotil was his top target, rushing for 49 yards, while also picking up 35 receiving yards. On the ground, Jules Reed rushed for 118 yards.

A big part of Seward's victory came down to the chemistry between Tresten Hass and his top target Jack Vyhnalek. Hass threw for 255 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes while Vyhnalek picked up 99 receiving yards and three touchdowns.

This is the second loss in a row for Crete and nudges their season record down to 1-8. As for Seward, their win was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0.

Crete does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Seward, they will welcome Pius X at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Seward is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34 points per game this season.

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