The Reno County Sabres remain undefeated by beating Eureka 56-20 in an 11-Man football game Thursday night at Eureka.
The game was played on Thursday because a threat of rain was in the forecast for Friday.
The Sabres will wrap up their season next Thursday on the road against Johnson-Stanton County (5-1).
Reno County raced out to a 29-0 lead at the 5:12 mark in the 2nd quarter. Eureka scored on the last play of the first half on a 31-yd touchdown pass from Payton Hare to Cole Ptacek to make the score 29-8 at the half.
The Sabres led 49-14 at the end of the third quarter.
The Reno County Sabres rushed for 189 yards on 21 carries and scored 6 TDs. The Sabres completed 8-of-14 passes for 137 yards and 2 TDs.
The Sabres average 64 points per game and 11.25 yards per offensive snap.
Reno County junior quarterback Bo Smith completed 8-of-14 passes for 137 yards, 2 TDs and 1 interception. He also rushed for 82 yards on 9 carries with 4 TDs.
For the season, Bo Smith has completed 88-of-123 passes (72%) for 1,435 yds, 30 TDs and 2 interceptions. He has rushed for 854 yards on 72 Carries (11.86 yards per carry) and 23 TDs
Freshman running back Rock Smith caught 6 passes for 116 yards and 2 TDs. He has 432 yards rushing on 33 carries (13.09 average) with 8 TDs and has caught 24 passes for 400 yards with 12TDs
Freshman wide receiver Colt Smith has 17 catches for 325 yards and 11 TDs. Senior wide receiver Sam Loewen has 14 catches for 332 yards and 3 TDs. Junior wide receiver Jett Smith has 14 catches for 210 yards with 2 TDs.
The Sabres improved to 8-0. Reno County is 6-0 against Eight-Man football teams and 2-0 against 11-Man football teams. Reno County will finish its season with an Eight-Man game against Stanton County (5-1) on Thursday.
Eureka dropped to 5-2. The Trojans already have clinched the Kansas Class 2A District 2 Championship.
