Cedar tops Stanton in playoff battle

Chad Koch makes his way through a huge hole late in Wednesday’s playoff game at Russ Hochstein Field.

HARTINGTON — The Cedar Catholic Trojans defeated Stanton 14-7 in second-round playoff action here Wednesday.

Cedar will now travel to Fremont to take on Archbishop Bergan in quarterfinal round action Monday.

Defense was the name of the game once again as both teams battled to a scoreless tie in the first half.

Stanton got on the board on its second play from scrimmage in the second half on a 68 yard TD run.

The Trojans did not let the big play get them down, though. The Cedar offense took the ball on the next series and drove deep into Stanton territory to score.

Cedar’s fierce line play began to wear the Mustangs down in the final half and Chad Koch took advantage of that to race to a 58-yard TD run with just over eight minutes left in the game to give the Trojans the lead.

It was then up to the Trojan defense to put the nail in the Mustang coffin.

This game will be updated as soon as more information becomes available.
Stanton 0 0 7 0 — 7
Cedar 0 0 7 7 — 14

Stanton Cedar
First downs 10 18
Rushing yardage 194 270
Passing 4-12 6-10
Passing yardage 32 54
Total plays 49 63
Total offense 226 324
Fumbles – lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties – yards 5-25 4-45
Def sacks – yds lost 1-6 0-0
Time of possession 21:21 26:39
3rd down efficiency 3-11 5-13
4th down efficiency 1-4 2-3
Punts – avg 3-32.0 4-30.3

Rushing
Cedar – Chad Koch, 39-256, 1 TD; Myles Lammers, 5-9; Kelby Sudbeck, 1-8; Kyle Kramer, 8 – -3, 1 TD. Stanton – Tate Erbst, 11-110; Taylor Caldwell, 11-45; Pat Campbell, 10-44; Paul Cheyney, 5 – -5.

Passing
Cedar – Kyle Kramer, 6-10-54. Stanton – Pat Campbell, 4-11-32; Dennis Tomka, 0-1.

Receiving
Cedar – Turner Becker, 2-26; Myles Lammers, 2-15; Tyson Leise, 1-13; Chad Koch, 1-0. Stanton – Tate Erbst, 2-19; Dennis Tomka, 1-10; Paul Cheyney, 103.

TACKLES
Cedar – Kyle Dump, 10; Tony Heine, 9; Kyle Kramer, 8; Brandon Griess, 7; Andy Dickes, 7; Myles Lammers, 6; Tyson Leise, 5; Corey Kruse, 5; Tim Wieseler, 4; Turner Becker, 3; Kelby Sudbeck, 3; Adam Burbach, 3; Mathew Arens, 2; Tom Steffen, 2; Jake Stevens, 2; Cody Klug, 1. Stanton – Taylor Caldwell, 18; Pat Campbell, 13; Tanner Timperly, 10; Tyler Cadwalader, 8; Evan Eberly, 7; Bubba Page, 7; Tate Erbst, 6; Bryant Borgmann, 6; Dennis Tomka, 4.