Heartland Conference, area football leaders, 10/1
Heartland Conference
TEAM OFFENSE
(Averages) Rush Pass Total Points
North Star 257 153 408 37.2
Southwest 213 137 351 32.6
Southeast 181 100 281 18.4
Grand Island 188 79 267 21.0
Lincoln High 141 121 263 19.6
Northeast 102 145 247 19.5
East 98 128 226 17.2
Fremont 121 83 204 7.0
TEAM DEFENSE
(Averages) Rush Pass Total Points
Grand Island 113 72 185 12.6
Southwest 155 101 256 21.0
North Star 133 124 257 22.4
Fremont 97 191 287 24.4
Northeast 153 152 305 25.2
Southeast 207 126 333 30.0
Lincoln High 233 110 343 28.2
East 291 107 398 34.2
RUSHING
No. Yds. Yds/G
Hudiburgh, G.I. 115 636 127.2
Lewis, North Star 79 527 105.4
Cotton, Southwest 76 389 77.8
Taylor, Southeast 42 297 59.4
G. Smail, Lincoln High 52 261 52.2
Sunderman, East 69 259 51.8
Groves, Northeast 53 242 48.4
Seybold, Southwest 52 233 46.6
PASSING
C-A-I Yds. TD
Hartley, North Star 43-76-5 755 8
Francis, Northeast 44-80-3 719 7
Cotton, Southwest 40-72-3 653 5
Sunderman, East 46-100-6 604 5
Flinn, Lincoln High 52-96-3 579 4
Vick, Southeast 32-69-5 420 2
RECEIVING
No. Yds. TD
Sankey, East 15 231 1
Zook, G.I. 13 203 3
E. Tompkins, Southwest 12 158 1
Lott, Lincoln High 12 150 1
Clark, East 11 168 2
Schrodt, North Star 10 295 4
Battiato, North Star 10 142 2
Richardson, Lincoln High 10 107 1
SCORING
TD FG PAT Pts.
Lewis, North Star 10 0 0 60
Cotton, Southwest 8 0 0 48
Seybold, Southwest 6 0 2 38
Hudiburgh, G.I. 6 0 0 36
Arrigo, North Star 0 1 23 26
G. Smail, Lincoln High 4 0 0 24
Schrodt, North Star 4 0 0 24
Flinn, Lincoln High 2 0 9 21
TACKLES
Unassisted-Assisted Total
Daniels, Southwest 20-41 61
Taylor, G.I. 32-26 58
Samani, Southwest 9-49 58
Schuman, Lincoln High 22-29 51
Olson, Northeast 20-26 46
Kindler, Fremont 5-41 46
Gantz, Southeast 14-31 45
Scheffert, Southeast 14-30 44
Lewis, North Star 31-12 43
Ayars, Northeast 9-33 42
Clark, East 31-10 41
Werner, G.I. 17-23 40
PUNTING
(Minimum 8) No. Avg.
Hartley, North Star NA 38.6
Vick, Southeast 17 37.0
McClure, East 22 36.5
Pickler, Fremont 21 35.0
Almond, G.I. 21 34.2
Sapp, Lincoln High 18 34.2
Henderson, Northeast 10 34.2
PUNT RETURNS
(Minimum 4) No. Avg.
Zook, G.I. 11 13.3
Simmons, Fremont NA 10.5
Voss, Fremont NA 10.3
Richardson, Lincoln High 8 9.3
KICKOFF RETURNS
(Minimum 4) No. Yds.
Daniels, Southwest 6 45,3
Richardson, Lincoln High 4 22.5
Bostwick, East 5 20.0
G. Smail, Lincoln High 9 19.2
FUMBLE RECOVERIES
3—Werner, G.I.
2—Oehring, East; Hesson, Lincoln High.
interceptions
2—Schrodt, North Star; Lewis, North Star; Wade, Northeast; Olson, Northeast; Lott, Lincoln High; Gantz, Southeast.
Area schools
RUSHING
No. Yds. Yds/G
Nieveen, Sterling 101 693 173.3
Dose, Hampton 90 692 173.0
Houdersheldt, Shelby 81 632 158.0
Behmer, Adams Central 129 753 150.6
Mammen, Wilber-Clatonia 71 577 144.3
Moore, Wahoo 86 568 142.0
Welter, Syracuse 63 562 140.5
Mimick, Aquinas 93 555 138.8
Horne, Exeter-Milligan 53 548 137.0
Florendo, Crete 92 658 131.6
Santo, Falls City SH 60 486 121.5
Mencl, Freeman 43 485 121.3
Danek, Lincoln Pius X 98 594 118.8
Schmidt, Fairbury 75 451 112.8
Coleman, Beatrice 55 560 112.0
Pernicek, East Butler 97 423 105.8
Marshall, Malcolm 94 421 105.3
Carlson, Shickley 58 414 103.5
Wit, Thayer Central 64 371 92.8
Niss, Pawnee City 52 365 91.3
Small, Hastings SC 61 351 87.8
Evans, Waverly 54 438 87.6
PASSING
C-A-I Yds. TD
Horky, Fairbury 44-92-3 699 7
Koch, Seward 41-76-7 698 7
Rostvet, Adams Central 50-70-2 614 3
Firley, Deshler 44-96-6 584 7
Vitosh, Diller-Odell 32-71-5 577 2
Sousek, Prague 39-79-1 574 6
Vogt, Syracuse 30-47-NA 574 6
Peterson, Neb. City 39-87-3 569 3
Worm, David City 43-72-3 563 8
Washburn, Ashland-Green. 25-60-4 509 9
McDonald, Aurora 33-63-3 483 6
McClure, Beatrice 21-30-0 464 5
Luetchens, Elm.-Murdock 29-50-1 418 4
Douglas, Weeping Water 29-61-2 415 5
Santo, Falls City SH 22-43-1 410 6
RECEIVING
No. Yds. TD
Arlt, Adams Central 31 365 1
Franck, Seward 23 427 5
Faxon, Diller-Odell 20 409 2
Lobeda, Aurora 17 272 2
Blouhy, Deshler 17 200 2
Metzner, Falls City SH 16 265 4
Ehlers, Neb. City 16 355 NA
Yates, Fillmore Central 16 140 0
Paseka, Prague 15 263 3
Peters, Prague 15 218 2
Schreiner, Weep. Water 15 188 1
Hansen, York 15 166 1
Niss, Pawnee City 14 336 4
SCORING
TD FG PAT Pts.
Busboom, Freeman 13 10 88
Santo, Falls City SH 11 12 78
Houdersheldt, Shelby 12 6 78
Bell, Beatrice 6 29 65
Worm, David City 10 60
Nieveen, Sterling 10 60
Mammen, Wilber-Clatonia 10 60
Niss, Pawnee City 8 12 60
Mencl, Freeman 7 14 56
Coleman, Beatrice 9 54
Welter, Syracuse 9 54
Evans, Waverly 9 54
S. Schroer, Lawrence-Nel. 7 12 54
Behmer, Adams Central 8 2 50
Moore, Wahoo 8 2 50
Marshall, Malcolm 6 12 48
Brunsting, Wahoo 8 48
TACKLES
Unassisted-Assisted Total
Werth, Seward 20-80 100
Carlson, Shickley 34-42 76
Carper, Norris 17-52 69
Peters, Prague 29-37 66
Dose, Hampton 18-47 65
Peters, Hampton 18-45 63
Pond, Easter Butler 19-41 60
Anthens, Nebraska City 30-29 59
Smaus, Prague 24-35 59
Kahle, Dorchester 16-43 59
Busboom, Freeman 29-28 57
Firley, Deshler 24-33 57
Metzner, Falls City SH 20-37 57
Svoboda, Lawrence-Nelson 19-37 56
Greve, Waverly 40-15 55
Rischling, Exeter-Milligan 22-33 55
Gruber, Falls City SH 19-36 55
McKeever, Southern 14-40 54
Johnson, Aurora 37-16 53
Manning, Exeter-Milligan 17-36 53
Lawson, Hampton 13-39 52
Behmer, Adams Central 29-22 51
Musil, Pawnee City 21-30 51
PUNTING
(Minimum 6) No. Avg.
Bruha, Dorchester 13 41.3
Huettner, Falls City 14 41.1
Young, Exeter-Milligan 13 40.5
Marr, Pawnee City NA 40.0
Cheney, Norris 18 39.6
Weise, Fairbury 15 38.6
Pella, Freeman 6 37.8
Lowmack, Sterling 17 36.8
Dolezal, East Butler 14 36.4
Broekemeyer, Aurora 14 36.2
Vandenberg, Aquinas 16 35.4
Hunt, Adams Central 9 35.4
PUNT RETURNS
(Minimum 5) No. Avg.
Moore, Wahoo 5 25.4
Ziegenbein, Ashland-Greenwood 6 19.0
Schmidt, Fairbury NA 18.7
Sealey, Hastings SC NA 18.6
Peterson, Lawrence-Nelson NA 16.6
Meyer, Meridian NA 15.6
Steffen, Elmwood-Murdock NA 15.5
Schreiner, Weeping Water NA 15.0
KICKOFF RETURNS
(Minimum 5) No. Yds.
Rohr, Meridian NA 41.6
Florendo, Crete NA 36.0
Heiserman, Meridian NA 34.6
Danek, Lincoln Pius X 6 34.5
Houdersheldt, Shelby 7 33.9
Kuhfahl, Bishop Neumann NA 33.0
Sealey, Hastings SC NA 33.0
Peterson, Lawrence-Nelson NA 31.4
FUMBLE RECOVERIES
3—Higgins, Beatrice; Kahle, Dorchester; Hilliard, Prague; Sheffield, Shickley; Panko, Syracuse; Havel, Wilber-Clatonia.
2—Several players.
INTERCEPTIONS
6—Lowmack, Sterling.
5—Arlt, Adams Central.
4—Wyatt, Lincoln Lutheran; Reed, Syracuse; Schreiner, Weeping Water.
3—Several players.
NO REPORT—Auburn, Bruning-Davenport, Centennial, Clay Center, Cross County, Friend, Harvard, Hastings, Heartland, Johnson-Brock, Johnson Co. Central, Lewiston, Lincoln Christian, Lourdes CC, McCool Junction, Milford, Nebraska Lutheran, Palmyra, Parkview Christian, Raymond Central, Sandy Creek, SE Consolidated, Superior, Sutton, Tri County.
TEAM OFFENSE
(Averages) Rush Pass Total Points
North Star 257 153 408 37.2
Southwest 213 137 351 32.6
Southeast 181 100 281 18.4
Grand Island 188 79 267 21.0
Lincoln High 141 121 263 19.6
Northeast 102 145 247 19.5
East 98 128 226 17.2
Fremont 121 83 204 7.0
TEAM DEFENSE
(Averages) Rush Pass Total Points
Grand Island 113 72 185 12.6
Southwest 155 101 256 21.0
North Star 133 124 257 22.4
Fremont 97 191 287 24.4
Northeast 153 152 305 25.2
Southeast 207 126 333 30.0
Lincoln High 233 110 343 28.2
East 291 107 398 34.2
RUSHING
No. Yds. Yds/G
Hudiburgh, G.I. 115 636 127.2
Lewis, North Star 79 527 105.4
Cotton, Southwest 76 389 77.8
Taylor, Southeast 42 297 59.4
G. Smail, Lincoln High 52 261 52.2
Sunderman, East 69 259 51.8
Groves, Northeast 53 242 48.4
Seybold, Southwest 52 233 46.6
PASSING
C-A-I Yds. TD
Hartley, North Star 43-76-5 755 8
Francis, Northeast 44-80-3 719 7
Cotton, Southwest 40-72-3 653 5
Sunderman, East 46-100-6 604 5
Flinn, Lincoln High 52-96-3 579 4
Vick, Southeast 32-69-5 420 2
RECEIVING
No. Yds. TD
Sankey, East 15 231 1
Zook, G.I. 13 203 3
E. Tompkins, Southwest 12 158 1
Lott, Lincoln High 12 150 1
Clark, East 11 168 2
Schrodt, North Star 10 295 4
Battiato, North Star 10 142 2
Richardson, Lincoln High 10 107 1
SCORING
TD FG PAT Pts.
Lewis, North Star 10 0 0 60
Cotton, Southwest 8 0 0 48
Seybold, Southwest 6 0 2 38
Hudiburgh, G.I. 6 0 0 36
Arrigo, North Star 0 1 23 26
G. Smail, Lincoln High 4 0 0 24
Schrodt, North Star 4 0 0 24
Flinn, Lincoln High 2 0 9 21
TACKLES
Unassisted-Assisted Total
Daniels, Southwest 20-41 61
Taylor, G.I. 32-26 58
Samani, Southwest 9-49 58
Schuman, Lincoln High 22-29 51
Olson, Northeast 20-26 46
Kindler, Fremont 5-41 46
Gantz, Southeast 14-31 45
Scheffert, Southeast 14-30 44
Lewis, North Star 31-12 43
Ayars, Northeast 9-33 42
Clark, East 31-10 41
Werner, G.I. 17-23 40
PUNTING
(Minimum 8) No. Avg.
Hartley, North Star NA 38.6
Vick, Southeast 17 37.0
McClure, East 22 36.5
Pickler, Fremont 21 35.0
Almond, G.I. 21 34.2
Sapp, Lincoln High 18 34.2
Henderson, Northeast 10 34.2
PUNT RETURNS
(Minimum 4) No. Avg.
Zook, G.I. 11 13.3
Simmons, Fremont NA 10.5
Voss, Fremont NA 10.3
Richardson, Lincoln High 8 9.3
KICKOFF RETURNS
(Minimum 4) No. Yds.
Daniels, Southwest 6 45,3
Richardson, Lincoln High 4 22.5
Bostwick, East 5 20.0
G. Smail, Lincoln High 9 19.2
FUMBLE RECOVERIES
3—Werner, G.I.
2—Oehring, East; Hesson, Lincoln High.
interceptions
2—Schrodt, North Star; Lewis, North Star; Wade, Northeast; Olson, Northeast; Lott, Lincoln High; Gantz, Southeast.
Area schools
RUSHING
No. Yds. Yds/G
Nieveen, Sterling 101 693 173.3
Dose, Hampton 90 692 173.0
Houdersheldt, Shelby 81 632 158.0
Behmer, Adams Central 129 753 150.6
Mammen, Wilber-Clatonia 71 577 144.3
Moore, Wahoo 86 568 142.0
Welter, Syracuse 63 562 140.5
Mimick, Aquinas 93 555 138.8
Horne, Exeter-Milligan 53 548 137.0
Florendo, Crete 92 658 131.6
Santo, Falls City SH 60 486 121.5
Mencl, Freeman 43 485 121.3
Danek, Lincoln Pius X 98 594 118.8
Schmidt, Fairbury 75 451 112.8
Coleman, Beatrice 55 560 112.0
Pernicek, East Butler 97 423 105.8
Marshall, Malcolm 94 421 105.3
Carlson, Shickley 58 414 103.5
Wit, Thayer Central 64 371 92.8
Niss, Pawnee City 52 365 91.3
Small, Hastings SC 61 351 87.8
Evans, Waverly 54 438 87.6
PASSING
C-A-I Yds. TD
Horky, Fairbury 44-92-3 699 7
Koch, Seward 41-76-7 698 7
Rostvet, Adams Central 50-70-2 614 3
Firley, Deshler 44-96-6 584 7
Vitosh, Diller-Odell 32-71-5 577 2
Sousek, Prague 39-79-1 574 6
Vogt, Syracuse 30-47-NA 574 6
Peterson, Neb. City 39-87-3 569 3
Worm, David City 43-72-3 563 8
Washburn, Ashland-Green. 25-60-4 509 9
McDonald, Aurora 33-63-3 483 6
McClure, Beatrice 21-30-0 464 5
Luetchens, Elm.-Murdock 29-50-1 418 4
Douglas, Weeping Water 29-61-2 415 5
Santo, Falls City SH 22-43-1 410 6
RECEIVING
No. Yds. TD
Arlt, Adams Central 31 365 1
Franck, Seward 23 427 5
Faxon, Diller-Odell 20 409 2
Lobeda, Aurora 17 272 2
Blouhy, Deshler 17 200 2
Metzner, Falls City SH 16 265 4
Ehlers, Neb. City 16 355 NA
Yates, Fillmore Central 16 140 0
Paseka, Prague 15 263 3
Peters, Prague 15 218 2
Schreiner, Weep. Water 15 188 1
Hansen, York 15 166 1
Niss, Pawnee City 14 336 4
SCORING
TD FG PAT Pts.
Busboom, Freeman 13 10 88
Santo, Falls City SH 11 12 78
Houdersheldt, Shelby 12 6 78
Bell, Beatrice 6 29 65
Worm, David City 10 60
Nieveen, Sterling 10 60
Mammen, Wilber-Clatonia 10 60
Niss, Pawnee City 8 12 60
Mencl, Freeman 7 14 56
Coleman, Beatrice 9 54
Welter, Syracuse 9 54
Evans, Waverly 9 54
S. Schroer, Lawrence-Nel. 7 12 54
Behmer, Adams Central 8 2 50
Moore, Wahoo 8 2 50
Marshall, Malcolm 6 12 48
Brunsting, Wahoo 8 48
TACKLES
Unassisted-Assisted Total
Werth, Seward 20-80 100
Carlson, Shickley 34-42 76
Carper, Norris 17-52 69
Peters, Prague 29-37 66
Dose, Hampton 18-47 65
Peters, Hampton 18-45 63
Pond, Easter Butler 19-41 60
Anthens, Nebraska City 30-29 59
Smaus, Prague 24-35 59
Kahle, Dorchester 16-43 59
Busboom, Freeman 29-28 57
Firley, Deshler 24-33 57
Metzner, Falls City SH 20-37 57
Svoboda, Lawrence-Nelson 19-37 56
Greve, Waverly 40-15 55
Rischling, Exeter-Milligan 22-33 55
Gruber, Falls City SH 19-36 55
McKeever, Southern 14-40 54
Johnson, Aurora 37-16 53
Manning, Exeter-Milligan 17-36 53
Lawson, Hampton 13-39 52
Behmer, Adams Central 29-22 51
Musil, Pawnee City 21-30 51
PUNTING
(Minimum 6) No. Avg.
Bruha, Dorchester 13 41.3
Huettner, Falls City 14 41.1
Young, Exeter-Milligan 13 40.5
Marr, Pawnee City NA 40.0
Cheney, Norris 18 39.6
Weise, Fairbury 15 38.6
Pella, Freeman 6 37.8
Lowmack, Sterling 17 36.8
Dolezal, East Butler 14 36.4
Broekemeyer, Aurora 14 36.2
Vandenberg, Aquinas 16 35.4
Hunt, Adams Central 9 35.4
PUNT RETURNS
(Minimum 5) No. Avg.
Moore, Wahoo 5 25.4
Ziegenbein, Ashland-Greenwood 6 19.0
Schmidt, Fairbury NA 18.7
Sealey, Hastings SC NA 18.6
Peterson, Lawrence-Nelson NA 16.6
Meyer, Meridian NA 15.6
Steffen, Elmwood-Murdock NA 15.5
Schreiner, Weeping Water NA 15.0
KICKOFF RETURNS
(Minimum 5) No. Yds.
Rohr, Meridian NA 41.6
Florendo, Crete NA 36.0
Heiserman, Meridian NA 34.6
Danek, Lincoln Pius X 6 34.5
Houdersheldt, Shelby 7 33.9
Kuhfahl, Bishop Neumann NA 33.0
Sealey, Hastings SC NA 33.0
Peterson, Lawrence-Nelson NA 31.4
FUMBLE RECOVERIES
3—Higgins, Beatrice; Kahle, Dorchester; Hilliard, Prague; Sheffield, Shickley; Panko, Syracuse; Havel, Wilber-Clatonia.
2—Several players.
INTERCEPTIONS
6—Lowmack, Sterling.
5—Arlt, Adams Central.
4—Wyatt, Lincoln Lutheran; Reed, Syracuse; Schreiner, Weeping Water.
3—Several players.
NO REPORT—Auburn, Bruning-Davenport, Centennial, Clay Center, Cross County, Friend, Harvard, Hastings, Heartland, Johnson-Brock, Johnson Co. Central, Lewiston, Lincoln Christian, Lourdes CC, McCool Junction, Milford, Nebraska Lutheran, Palmyra, Parkview Christian, Raymond Central, Sandy Creek, SE Consolidated, Superior, Sutton, Tri County.
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