Garden County beats Wallace 24-18, reaches Class D6 final

No. 3 Garden County beat No. 2 Wallace 24-18 on Friday at Wallace in a Class D6 Class D6 semifinal. Both teams entered 9-1. Garden County is 10-1 after the win. Wallace is 9-2. Garden County had beaten Meridian 58-12 and Medicine Valley 44-22. Wallace had beaten High Plains 32-12 and Southwest 56-28. Garden County beat Wallace 42-16 at home on Sept. 17, the Wildcats' only loss entering the rematch. Garden County's only loss this season was 21-12 at Southwest on Sept. 11. The Eagles also beat Leyton, which played in the other D6 semifinal, 60-6 on Oct. 23.

No trusted play-by-play with quarter, clock, and score-after was posted, so individual scoring plays cannot be listed. The scoreboard checkpoints that were reported still frame the game.

The first quarter ended 0-0. Wallace led 6-0 at halftime. How that score happened was not reported in the trusted notes.

Wallace led 12-8 at the end of the third quarter. No scoring plays were posted for the third quarter, either.

Garden County scored 16 points in the fourth quarter and went from down 12-8 after three to a 24-18 win. Trusted accounts posted no fourth-quarter scoring plays, so who scored, and how, cannot be listed.

Tyson Sullivan entered the game as Wallace's leading rusher, with 1,645 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns. Colt Franklin had thrown for 634 yards and 13 touchdowns for the Wildcats and led the defense with 124 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and four interceptions. Blake Dean entered with 614 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns, and quarterback Kole Fornander had thrown for 455 yards and 11 touchdowns. Jase Roberson led the Eagles' defense with 94 tackles and four interceptions, and Colt Roberson had six sacks. None of those season totals can be tied to a scoring play on Friday, because no trusted play-by-play was posted.

The teams had four common opponents besides each other. Against Southwest, Wallace won 20-13 and 56-28, and Garden County lost 21-12. Against Medicine Valley, Wallace won 52-46 and Garden County won 44-22. Against South Platte, Wallace won 53-19 and Garden County won 57-0. Against Hay Springs, Wallace won 50-22 and Garden County won 57-0.

Garden County will face Diller-Odell in the Class D6 final on Friday, Nov. 20, at 7:10 p.m. at Cope Stadium in Kearney. Diller-Odell beat Leyton 59-42 in the other semifinal earlier Friday. Diller-Odell, the No. 4 seed, also entered 9-1 and is in a football state championship game for the first time in school history.

Scoring summary

No trusted scoring plays with quarter, clock, and score-after were posted for this game.

Sources

Update from @HFR_Sports, @sabaumert. Season stats from MaxPreps.

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