N-O Junior High Bullies LHNE In Season Finale Win

The Neligh-Oakdale Junior High football team completed its perfect season with dominant 38-0 trouncing of Lutheran High Northeast earlier this week.

An 18-yard touchdown pass from Aiden Kuester to Bryson Gadeken opened the scoring for the Warriors in the first.

Kuester then connected on a 25-yard score to Gadeken and a Chase Furstenau two-point conversion reception, gave N-O a 14-0 lead at the end of the first.

Carson Whitesel opened the second quarter with a 44-yard pick six and Kuester found Landon Schrader for the two-point conversion.

A 26-yard Kuester touchdown run and five-yard pass to Schrader sent the Warriors to the break with a 38-0 lead.

The Eagles' coaching staff elected to forfeit the second half and the game was called.

In just one half of football, the Warriors gained 220 yards of offense. Kuester led the way, going a perfect four-for-four passing for 120 yards and three scores and also added 50 yards on the ground and a TD. Gadeken caught three touchdown passes for 48 yards, Schrader had a touchdown reception, Austin Rudolf ran for 29 yards and caught a pass for 12 yards and Whitesel recorded 21 yards on the ground.

Kuester paced the defense as well with 13 tackles. Whitesel collected seven tackles and an interception, Rudolf added three tackles, Colson Krebs picked off a pass and Gadeken, along with Furstenau, each tallied a tackle.

​Neligh-Oakdale ends its season with a perfect 6-0 record, the first in program history.