Axtell gets revenge, beats Hanover of battle of 1 vs 2

It was the best game of the night, on Friday, in the entire state of Kansas. The defending champions of 8-Man D2, #1 Hanover at #2 Axtell. The two teams have combined to win 6 straight titles in the classification and 9 of the last 10. 

Both teams came in 6-0 and 3-0 in district play, this was for the district and league title. Axtell won the toss and took the football, they marched right down the field and scored, with a 10-yard TD pass from Wyatt Detweiler to Joe Lybarger. 8-0 Axtell. 

Hanover responded, capping off a 7-play drive with a 2-yard TD run from Kadrick Cohorst. Axtell went back down the field, this time scoring on a 10-yard TD run from Detweiler to go up 14-8. Axtell turned Hanover over on downs, they utilized the short field and scored on a 5-yard run from Detweiler, to make it 20-8. That was our halftime score. 

Both teams didn't do anything on their first drive of the second half, but the Wildcats put together a 14 play, 68 yard drive that took over 6 minutes off the clock, all the way down to the Axtell 10 yard line. On 4th and 4, the Eagles defense stood tall once more, turning Hanover away. 

Axtell then threw a trick play, reverse, wide receiver pass, from Joe Lybarger to his younger brother Bill Lybarger, 58 yards later, it was 28-8 Axtell. That was our final score as well. 

Wyatt Detweiler was the Player of the Game, with 21 carries for 101 yards, 2 TDs. He was 9-12 passing for 68 yards and a TD as well. He made some huge tackles on defense, including a couple of 4th down stops. 

In the loss, Hanover quarterback, Kadrick Cohorst, ran 22 times for 166 yards and a TD, he was 12-20 passing the ball for 108 yards and an INT. 

Hanover falls to 6-1 (3-1), they return home to play Blue Valley-Randolph next week. Axtell moves to 7-0 (4-0), they take on Frankfort on the road next week.