LE ROY — The first half was all it took for the Southern Coffey County High Titans to oust the Elk Valley High Lions.
The Titans took to the ground for the majority of the game, accumulating a total of 293 yards rushing for the first half — which turned out to be the only half played.
The game ended after the second quarter due to the state mercy rule for eight man football.
Touchdowns were evenly distributed among SCC’s players, with Walker Harred, Chism Newkirk, Charlie Patterson, Michael Hill, Colton Toy, Tuner Anderson and Luke Kraft all making it to the end zone.
Those touchdowns, along with defensive tackles in the end zone, led to the Titans scoring 42 points in the first quarter alone. Josiah Witteman defensively led the team with three tackles, two assisted tackles and one quarterback sack.
Elk Valley managed to score at the end of the first quarter with a 60-yard kickoff return from Nick Monjure.
Korey Lankton, head coach for the Titans, said the team had a good opportunity to put most of their players in for a significant amount of time.
The goal for this week’s game was to make improvements for SCC’s tough upcoming schedule, Lankton said.
“All 18 of our kids were suited-up and got considerable playing time,” Lankton said, “Getting all of the kids some good reps was important and I think they each got some value out of it.”
The Titans improved their record to 1-4 in the season. Southern Coffey County’s first win of the season came in Eight-Man II, District 3 opener.
Next Friday, the Titans go to Chetopa.
Elk Valley 6-0-x-x—6
SCCH 42-16-x-x—58
SCC — Anderson 43 yd run (Patterson run)
SCC — Safety (Harred sack in end zone)
SCC — Patterson 35 yd run (Toy pass from Newkirk)
SCC — Safety (Houston sack in end zone)
SCC — Harred 55 yd run (Newkirk run)
SCC — Newkirk 11 yd run (Kraft run)
SCC — Toy 47 yd run (run failed)
EV — Monjure 60 yd kickoff return (run failed)
SCC — Kraft 2 yd run (Hill run)
SCC — Hill 10 yd run (Toy run)
SCC EV
First Downs 6 1
Rushes-yds 31-293 16-4
Passing yds 3 11
Total Offense 296 15
Passing 1-2-0 2-4-0
Fumbles/lost 0 2
Punting NA NA
Penalty yds 25 27
