Area football roundup: Tonganoxie, Baldwin fall in playoffs
Tonganoxie’s football team saw its undefeated season come to an end in a 42-7 loss to De Soto (9-1) in the first round of the Class 4A-I playoffs Friday at Tonganoxie.
Dalton Bock scored the Chieftains’ lone touchdown in the third quarter, running for a 61-yard score.
The Chieftains ended the season with a 9-1 record after their first 9-0 start to the season since 1962.
De Soto 7 14 14 7 – 42
Tonganoxie 0 0 7 0 – 7
D – Darren Winans 10 pass from Bryce Mohl
D – Jack Barger 5 run
D – Trevor Watts 30 pass from Mohl
D – Trevor Gress 3 run
T – Dalton Bock 61 run
D – Watts 53 run
D – Watts 5 pass from Mohl
Holton 9, Baldwin 8
Baldwin High’s football team fumbled the opening kickoff Thursday and couldn’t recover from an early deficit in a 9-8 loss to Holton in the first round of the Class 4A-II playoffs at Liston Stadium.
Luke Laskowski ran for a 47-yard touchdown on the game’s final play, and the Bulldogs, who ended the season with a 6-4 record, completed the two-point conversion.
Holton 6 3 0 0 – 9
Baldwin 0 0 0 8 – 8
H – AJ Haussler 8 run
H – Paul Kuffner 25 field goal
B – Laskowski 47 run