Sam Dunne threw five touchdown passes _ three to Zach Neville _ as the host Panthers won their Class 3A-District 11 opener.
Dunne threw the first three TD passes to Neville, who caught five balls for 120 yards. Dunne finished with 313 passing yards, and teammate Brett Soucie had 114
receiving yards and two scores.
Bluestem (0-7) was held to 138 offensive yards.
Bluestem (0-7, 0-1) 0 0 0 0 — 0
Wichita Independent (2-5, 1-0) 12 27 6 0 — 45
WI—Neville 15 pass from Dunne (kick failed)
WI—Neville 11 pass from Dunne (kick failed)
WI—Neville 61 pass from Dunne (Palmer pass from Dunne)
WI—Soucie 27 pass from Dunne (run failed)
WI—McCoy 35 fumble return (kick failed)
WI—Soucie 50 pass from Dunne (Neville kick)
WI—Byrd 14 run (kick failed)
Individual Statistics
Rushing—Bluestem, Minnick 3-9, Bevan 15-60, Turner 4-9. Independent, Byrd 8-41, Carter 2-9, Lewonowski 2-10, Poynter 6-18, Loveland 1-(-7).
Passing—Bluestem, Minnick 8-18-60-1. Independent, Dunne 15-18-313-0, Loveland 1-2-8-0.
Receiving—Bluestem, Izzo 4-33, Bevan 1-2, Muckenthaler 2-23. Independent, Neville 5-120, Palmer 1-3, Soucie 5-114, Lewonowski 1-12, Dean 3-64, Williams 1-8.
— Kirk Seminoff
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