Homecoming A Happy One As Spartans Defeat Poplar By 38
Points were aplenty at Plainsmen Field when the Scobey Spartans took on the Poplar Indians last week in East C Division 8-man football action.
One-hundred-and-six total with the homecoming host tallying the most in a 72-34 final.
Now the boys wearing blue and gold hope they can pull off a duplicate performance Friday night in Circle, where the host Wildcats go into the game as the third-place team in the conference standings.
The round-towners opened the season with three straight victories: VO22 over Shelby; 76-32 over Culbertson; 44-0 over Poplar. Next came back-to-back losses to Wibaux at home (30-28) and away at Fairview’s Starr Field (54-14).
Last week the Wildcats journeyed to Lincoln Field in Plentywood and exited with a 72-44 victory.
Scobey wasted little time in getting on the scoreboard during Friday night’s game that saw kickoff at 7:30 p.m. with the weather conditions a beautiful 56 degrees with no wind.
After the Spartans’ defense held Poplar to four yards in four plays, resulting in a turnover on downs near midfield, Scobey began its big offensive night. It took only three plays for the home team to score its initial touchdown, a 12-yard rush by Brecken Maher. A 31yard pass from quarterback Braxton Wolfe to freshman Kolten Machart gobbled up most of the yardage of the possession.
Two plays into Poplar’s second possession the Indians fumbled and Cooper Axtman fell on it making for a short field at the Indians’ 29-yard line. Two minutes and 40 seconds later of game clock number 21 (Alex Moreno) sped 21 yards for the second TD with Machart adding the 2-pointer.
Poplar’s third possession ended like the second: fumble, recovered by freshman Aydan Stentoft, giving Scobey’s offense its second consecutive short field, this time at the Poplar 28. Four plays later it was 24-zip as Maher scored from four yards out and Torsten Lamb added the 2-pointer.
The Indians fumbled again on their fourth possession with Machart falling on it 25 yards from the goal line. Moreno gained 16 yards on first down, Tyler Leischner added six on second down and Maher ran for nine an...
