Axtell downs Lebo to get rematch with Hanover in state semifinal football round

The Axtell Eagles won a battle of two 10-0 teams on Friday night, beating Lebo 62-12, to move onto the semifinal round in Class 8-Man DII. 

Lebo won the toss and took the football, they went three and out, and on that punt, Joe Lybarger took it 50 yards the other way to put Axtell up 6-0. After another Axtell stop, Clayton Heinen ran in a touchdown from 43 yards out to make it 14-0. After another Lebo three out and out, Heinen did it again, this time from 49 yards out to make it 22-0 Axtell after the first quarter. 

Lebo did get on the board to start the second quarter, with Brock Hadley finding Eli Konrade for a 40 yard touchdown to make it 22-6. Heinen scored on the next drive for the Eagles, this time on a 43 yard TD reception from Wyatt Detweiler. Heinen's three yard TD run toward the end of half, made it 36-6 Eagles at the intermission. 

The Eagles got the ball to start the second half and scored on the opening drive, this time from 47 yards with Detweiler's legs, making it 44-6. After picking off a pass, Heinen caught a 60 yard touchdown from Detweiler to make it 50-6. Lebo stopped the two point conversion that would've ended the game, and they put together a scoring drive, with Hadley hooking up with Konrade again to make it 50-12. 

Detweiler had a 15-yard touchdown run to make it 56-12, and the Eagles picked off the Wolves for a second time, before freshman running back Cade Johnson took one 65 yards to the house, to walk it off, making Axtell victorious 62-12, with 10+ minutes left in the game. 

Clayton Heinen was our Player of the Game, he finished with 6 carries for 114 yards and 3 TDs, and 4 receptions for 104 yards and 2 TDs. Axtell improves to 11-0 and hosts Hanover next week for the right to go to the state title game. That game will be broadcast on 92.1 KMZA.