Grand Island Central Catholic, Cedar Catholic advance to Class C2 final

GICC entered 11-0 and is 12-0 after the win. Yutan entered 10-1 and finished 10-2. Cedar Catholic entered 11-0 and is 12-0 after the win. Gothenburg entered 9-2 and finished 9-3. GICC and Cedar Catholic will meet in the Class C2 final on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 10:15 a.m. at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.

GICC beat Yutan 21-7 at Grand Island Central Catholic. GICC had beaten Malcolm 28-7 in the quarterfinals. Yutan had shut out Wilber-Clatonia 42-0 and won 41-24 at Ord. Trusted play-by-play covers all four scoring plays, though coverage is marked partial. Yutan's touchdown scorer was not identified.

Maxton Holling scored on a 28-yard touchdown run with 14 seconds left in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead. Jackson Gangwish hit Braylon Wolfe for a 19-yard touchdown pass with 3:25 left in the second, and GICC led 14-0 at halftime. Yutan scored on fourth-and-goal with 10:01 left in the fourth, cutting the lead to 14-7. A roughing-the-punter penalty then kept a GICC drive alive, and on the next play Gangwish went 46 yards for a touchdown with 8:29 left, making it 21-7. The 21-7 score stood as the final. GICC is heading to Lincoln for the second straight year. The complete scoring list is in the Grand Island Central Catholic recap.

Cedar Catholic beat Gothenburg 19-6 at Cedar Catholic in Hartington. Cedar Catholic had routed No. 14 Lincoln Lutheran 69-9 and shut out Boone Central 42-0. Gothenburg had shut out No. 10 Scotus 20-0 and then beaten No. 2 Bergan Catholic 15-7 at Heedum Field on the Midland University campus.

After a fumble recovery, Braden Ehlers scored on a 1-yard run for a 6-0 Gothenburg lead. The clock for that play was not reported. Gothenburg led 6-0 at the end of the first quarter and at halftime. At the half, Cedar Catholic had four turnovers and a missed field goal, and Gothenburg had two turnovers. Easton Hochstein scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 2:36 left in the third quarter, making it 12-6. Cedar Catholic later led 19-6 in the fourth quarter. Gus Lammers recovered a Gothenburg fumble to seal the 19-6 win. Trusted play-by-play is partial and includes only one scoring play with a quarter and a clock. How the game went from 12-6 to 19-6 was not reported in the trusted notes. The complete scoring list is in the Cedar Catholic recap.

Grand Island Central Catholic and Cedar Catholic will play for the Class C2 title on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 10:15 a.m. at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.

Scoring summary

Grand Island Central Catholic 21, Yutan 7 published scoring plays, which are marked partial, are listed in the Grand Island Central Catholic recap. Cedar Catholic 19, Gothenburg 6 published scoring, which is partial and includes only one play with a quarter and a clock, is listed in the Cedar Catholic recap.

Sources

Updates from trusted accounts. Season stats from MaxPreps. Seeds, records and prior playoff results from the NSAA bracket.

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