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Shane Mascarenas passed for 273 yards and two touchdowns in McPherson's 44-17 win over Bethany at McPherson. It was the KCAC regular-season finale for both teams.
The Bulldogs needed Friends to beat Ottawa by less than 41 points on Saturday to clinch the KCAC's lone automatic bid to the NAIA playoffs, but after the Braves won 49-42 McPherson must now wait until this afternoon to find out if it was awarded one of seven at-large bids in the 16-team field.
Andy Skinner caught seven passes for 163 yards, including a 60-yarder, for McPherson.
Steven Baker passed for 233 yards for Bethany.
Bethany (4-6, 3-6) 7 0 0 10 — 17 McPherson (9-1, 8-1) 10 20 14 0 — 44
M—Lafitte 7 run (Eason kick)
M—Eason 35 FG
B—Autry 1 run (Fambrough kick)
M—Ibe 64 int. ret. (Eason kick)
M—Skinner 21 pass from Mascarenas (run failed)
M—Harrison 32 pass from Mascarenas (Eason kick)
M—Brown 58 int. ret. (Eason kick)
M—Gomez 85 int. ret (Eason kick)
B—FG Fambrough 30
B—S.Johnson 3 pass from Autry (Fambrough kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing—Bethany, Malcolm 18-32, Autry 14-20, Lumsden 2-5, Harris Jr. 4-4, Baker 2-(-7). McPherson, German 4-26, Lafitte 14-22, Smith 3-8, Mascarenas 1-(-7).
Passing—Bethany, Baker 22-36-4-233, Lumsden 4-7-1-25, Autry 1-1-0 3. McPherson, Mascarenas 18-33-3-273.
Receiving—Bethany, Anderson 11-127, S. Johnson 6-39, Martino 4-47, Redding 2-18, Johnson 2-17, Parks 2-13. McPherson, Skinner 7-163, Harrison 4-52, White 2-16, Miller 2-14, Middleton 1-18, Lubbers 1-6, Brown 1-4.
KWU 33, Southwestern 0 — Three players passed for touchdowns for KWU.
Doug Webster passed for two touchdowns and 109 yards. Fielding Uhland passed for one touchdown and 135 yards. Tanner Giffin also passed for a touchdown, connecting on his only pass for 34 yards.
Southwestern (3-7, 3-6) 0 0 0 0 — 0 Kansas Wesleyan (5-5, 4-5) 0 13 6 14 — 33
K — Uhland 12 run (McKeon kick)
K — Ham 14 pass from Webster (run failed)
K — Berry 28 pass from Uhland (kick failed)
K — Reynolds 34 pass from Giffin (McKeon kick)
K — Miller 7 pass from Webster (McKeon kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing — Southwestern, Myers 9-23, Evans 9-10, Barrett 10-4, Smith 1-1, VenJohn 1-(-4). KWU, Winship 16-53, Giesen 5-26, Uhland 5-22, Marquez 4-10, Cooper 4-7, Reed 2-6, Webster 2-4, Fluker 1-0, team 2-(-16).
Passing — Southwestern, Barrett 9-24 104, VenJohn 1-1 8, Lampert 1-0. KWU, Uhland 7-12 135, Webster 10-22 109, Giffin 1-1 34, Marquez 2-2 22.
Receiving — Southwestern, Schaefer 3-82, Pataki 2-13, Hilker 1-8, Hutchins 1-6, Fowler 1-4, Johnson 1-0, Evans 1-(-1). KWU, Ham 5-93, Berry 3-69, Miller 3-34, Engelberg 2-14, Alsobrook 2-5, Reynolds 1-34, Hall 1-32, Giesen 1-13, Thrush 1-3, Panke 1-3.
Saint Mary 48, Tabor 34 _ Daniel Robles passed for 311 yards and a touchdown for Saint Mary. Tabor finished the season winless.
Tabor (0-10, 0-9) 6 12 0 16 — 34 Saint Mary (3-7, 3-6) 7 14 21 6 — 48
T — Jost 13 pass from Erickson (kick fails)
S — Jones 6 run (Sutton kick)
T — Jost 17 pass from Erickson (pass failed)
S — Ridley 10 run (Schattle kick)
T — Washington 16 run (pass failed)
S — Harper 25 pass from Robles (Schattle kick)
S — Robles 10 run (Schattle kick)
S — Robles 2 run (Schattle kick)
S — Ridley 80 run (Schattle kick)
T — Erickson 18 run (Brown pass from Erickson)
S — Jones 35 run (kick failed)
T — Roddy 27 pass from Erickson (Burrow pass from Erickson)
Individual Statistics
Rushing — Tabor, Erickson 15-173, Washington 12-37, Petty 10-21, Clay 1-4, Roddy 1-3, Gulledge 1-0. Saint Mary, Ridley 3-98, Jones 12-73, Robles 8-26, Willie 1-16, Joly 1-7.
Passing — Tabor, Erickson 19-39-1 297, Petty 0-1. Saint Mary, Robles 28-40 311, Brooks 0-1, Walburn 2-3 (-2).
Receiving — Tabor, Jost 6-136, Roddy 5-64, Clay 3-52, Brooks 3-29, Brown 1-2, Washington 1-4. Saint Mary, Willie 8-68, Wallin 8-57, Walburn 5-58, Walsh 3-79, Brooks 2-15, Anderson 2-1, Harper 1-25, Jones 16.
Bethel 30, Sterling 0 — The Threshers closed out the season with a big win in the final game for longtime coach Mike Moore, who announced his resignation on Friday.
Hesston product Lee Voth-Gaeddert led Bethel, catching a 5-yard touchdown pass and kicking a 25-yard field goal at North Newton.
