Meeteetse Blows by Midwest to Open Playoffs
Written by Cole Havens on November 1, 2021
The Meeteetse Longhorn football team picked up a big 60-0 win over Midwest in the first round of the playoffs Friday night.
The Longhorns, who entered the playoffs as the No. 3 seed out of the West, pitched a shutout in the first round of the playoffs.
Dace Bennett led the way for the Longhorns with 160 total yards and 3 total touchdowns.
With the win, Meeteetse will now travel to Baggs, Wyoming, for a match-up with Little Snake River.
That meeting will be a re-match from earlier in the season where the Longhorns fell 29-23.
Some other area football scores from the first round of the playoffs include:
CLASS 1A-9 MAN:
Final Score: #2 Shoshoni 55 Wright 0 – Wranglers move onto the semis.
Final Score: #5 Wind River 36 #4 Lusk 26
Final Score: #3 Rocky Mountain 37 Southeast 22
Final Score: #1 Pine Bluffs 35 Riverside 8 – Schaefer & Rhoades with 2 TD runs apiece. Rhoades’ touchdowns were from 62 and 83-yards away.
CLASS 2A:
Final Score: #1 Lyman 42 Big Horn 20 – Housekeeper accts for 286 yards of total offense. He had 3 TD runs, plus a TD pass. Smith with a TD catch, punt return TD, a TD run, and an interception for the Eagles.
Final Score: #4 Wheatland 45 #5 Big Piney 0
Final Score: #3 Lovell 21 Upton-Sundance 8
Final Score: #2 Torrington 21 Cokeville 14 – Blazers rally from a 14-0 deficit in the 1st half to advance to the semis
CLASS 3A:
Final Score: #1 Cody 40 Worland 7
Final Score:: #3 Star Valley 50 Lander 20
Final Score: #2 Jackson 75 Buffalo 27
Final Score: #5 Douglas 14 #4 Powell 10
