Sigourney-Keota dashes past West Central Valley

SIGOURNEY — Sigourney-Keota continued its streak of dominance on the gridiron Friday night in its Class 1A opening round playoff matchup against West Central Valley.

The No. 6 ranked Cobras clicked early and often on their way to a 52-7 victory over the Wildcats.

Sigourney-Keota set the tone early as big hit by Jake Moore caused the Wildcats to fumble and later turned into a Kale Clarahan one-yard rushing score.

The Cobras only kept up the pace from then on out.

S-K scored its second of the night after yet another midfield defensive stop.

This time Sawyer Stout found pay dirt from 10-yards out to give the Cobras a 14 point advantage.

Defense made all the difference.

An interception by Kale Clarahan on the next drive turned into six more as Stout connected with Cole Kindred on a 48-yard strike to make it 20-0.

Following yet another touchdown run, this time by Isaac Bruns from 21-yards out, the Cobras led 28-0 at the half.

That proved to be S-K’s biggest quarter of the night.

Stout scored the Cobras lone touchdown in the second on a nine yard rush, giving them a 35-0 lead over West Central Valley at the break.

S-K kept on the gas in the second half.

Bruns got the Cobras started with a 40-yard touchdown run to make it 42-0 and then a rush for six from Stout and a field goal from Caden Clarahan sealed the deal.

West Central Valley scored its lone points of the game on a 50-yard run with 5:51 left in the contest.

Stout went 1-for-2 through the air in the win with one touchdown thrown to Cole Kindred for 52 yards.

Landon Crow also caught a pass for 20 yards from Braydon Wood.

On the ground, Isaac Bruns led with 92 yards and two scored.

Cole Kindred finished with 83 yards and Kale Clarahan closed with 81 yards and one touchdown. Sawyer Stout finished with a team-high three touchdowns with 41 yards.

Defensively, Jake Moore led with four tackles and a fumble recovery.

Kale Clarahan ended with one interception and Ashton Schwab had a fumble recovery as well.

Sigourney-Keota, now 8-1, will take on a tough Dike-New Hartford (6-3) in round two.