BROKEN BOW, Neb. — Hand out a big assist to the “dipsy doodle” for helping Hastings St. Cecilia advance to its first Class C-1 state championship game in nine years.
A trick play with the unusual name resulted in the winning touchdown in the third quarter on Tuesday, giving the Bluehawks a 14-12 state semifinal win over Broken Bow.
Until St. Cecilia's trick play, the game had gone just as the No. 6 Indians had hoped. They had eliminated big plays by St. Cecilia's offense and used lengthy drives to shorten the game.
But a double-reverse pass on fourth-and-14 resulted in a 27-yard touchdown by fullback Ben Konen with 7:00 left in the third quarter, and the No. 3 Bluehawks' defense made that 14-12 lead hold up.
“That was a great game when you think about it,” St. Cecilia coach Carl Tesmer said. “They're a good, good team. They gave everything they had.”
Adam Pracht sacked St. Cecilia quarterback Beau Schwenka on third-and-8 at the 21-yard line, setting up the fourth-down play.
Running back Dalton Sealey appeared to be going around the right side on a sweep until he handed off to split end Paul Goedert on a reverse. Goedert pitched the ball back to Schwenka when he reached the pocket, and Schwenka threw to a wide open Konen, who needed just one cut to get into the end zone.
Konen had gone out as a lead blocker in front of Sealey on the sweep and kept running downfield on his route.
“It's something we work on once a week,” Tesmer said. “We kept it in our back pocket until we needed it.”
Hastings SC (12-0) 7070—14
Broken Bow (11-1) 01200—12
HSC: Sealey 1 run (Sealey kick)
BB: Scott 13 run (kick failed)
BB: Scott 7 run (pass failed)
HSC: Konen 27 pass from Schwenka (Sealey kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: HSC, Sealey 20-139, Konen 14-65, Goedert 2-14, Schwenka 4-10, TEAM 1-(minus 2). BB, Scott 17-99, Hueftle 12-56, Jones 5-14, Arnold 6-9.
PASSING: HSC, Schwenka 2-7-0 44. BB, Scott 9-15-0 59, TEAM 0-1-0 0.
RECEIVING: HSC, Konen 1-27, Consbruck 1-17. BB, Goodman 4-20, Hueftle 2-6, Arnold 1-19, McCormick 1-11, Holcomb 1-3.
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