BY BUDDY TABLER
Special to the Tribune
Lakin's Eli Bemis scored three touchdowns as the Broncs held off Larned's gutsy rally for a hard-earned 30-22 football victory over the Indians in 2A, District 8. Larned drops to 0-8, 0-4 District.
Bemis scored on 2, 4 and 5-yard runs for a 22-0 lead. But winless Larned played its best football of the season to outscore Lakin 22-8. Tristan Regan scored on a 1-yard pass from Mason Miller and David Colglazier converted 2- and 51-yard touchdown runs.
Alexis Robles scored on a 44-yard run to preserve the second-half lead for Lakin (3-5, 2-2 District).
Down 22-0, just seconds before halftime, Larned rallied with some of their best offensive play of the season to outscore Lakin 22-8 the rest of the game but came up just short in losing to the Broncs, 30-22 in Larned Friday evening on Senior Night.
Lakin’s Eli Bemis scored three touchdowns to spark the Broncs to the 22-0 lead with 46 seconds before halftime,
Larned’s Tristan Regan fashioned a long kickoff return to Lakin’s 33-yard line. Mason Miller connected with Regan on a pass to the 5-yard line with 27 seconds left. Regan on a 1-yard touchdown pass with two seconds left before halftime. Owen Shaver ran in the 2-point conversion and Larned had new life going into the halftime break.
Larned received the second-half kickoff and wasted little time posting their second score as David Colglazier scampered for a 51-yard touchdown. He added the conversion and Larned was back in the game at 22-16 and Lakin hadn’t touched the ball since scoring for their 22-0 lead in the second quarter.
Lakin countered and scored on a 44-yard touchdown streak by Alexis Robles and Robles ran in the conversion and Lakin was back on top at 30-16 with 9:09 remaining in the third quarter. The third-quarter fireworks weren’t over as Larned’s offense again moved down the field on a 33-yard pass reception by Colglazier and then with 4:00 remaining in the third quarter Colglazier blasted into the end zone from the two-yard line, bringing the score to 30-22.
Both teams traded turnovers in the fourth quarter and Lakin used its ball control offense to wear time off of the clock but with just 2:01 remaining in the game, Larned’s Grady Pinkston recovered a Lakin fumble at the Larned 20-yard line and the Indians had life.
With only one timeout, the Indians shifted entirely to the passing game and eventually got across midfield but came up a half a yard short on a fourth down play and turned the ball over on downs at Lakin’s 35-yard line with just 24 seconds remaining and Lakin then ran one play that ended the game.
Lakin used a strong running game to control the clock and the scoreboard. Eli Bemis had 17 carries for 103 yards and three touchdowns and Alexis Robles added 89 yards on 10 carries. Robles scored a touchdown and twice converted a two-point conversion. Quarterback Reed Bemis attempted only one pass and that was intercepted by Larned’s Grady Pinkston in the third quarter.
In Larned’s best offensive effort of the evening, quarterback Mason Miller connected on 12 of 19 passes for 169 yards and David Colglazier backed that up with 86 yards rushing on 13 carries to fuel Larned’s offense.Colglazier also had five pass receptions and scored two touchdowns.
Lakin (3-5) drops Larned (0-8) which travels to Norton (0-8) in a battle of winless football teams.
Lakin 6 16 8 0 — 30
Larned 0 8 8 6 — 22
LAK—Eli Bemis 4 run (2 pinter fails); LAK—Bemis 5 run (2-pointer); LAK—Bemis 2 run (2-pointer); LAR—Tristan Regan 1 pass from Mason Miller (2-pointer); LAR—David Colglazier 51 run (2 pointer); LAK—Alexis Robles 44 run (2 pointer); LAR—Colglazier 2 run (2-pointer fails)
RUSHING—LAK—; LAR—David Colglazier; Mason Miller; E.J. Condry
PASSING—LAK— LAR—Miller
RECEIVING—LAK—; LAR—Tristan Regan; Luke Krehbiel; Koby Lang.
2A DISTRICT 8
Hoisington 4-0 7-0
Cimarron 3-1 4-4
Lakin 2-2 3-5
SW Heights 1-3 2-6
Larned 0-4 0-8
10-24—Hoisington 42, Cimarron 22; Lakin 30, Larned 22; Holcomb 55, SW Heights 14
