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Sixth-ranked Abilene Christian kept No. 9 Washburn at arm's length for the entire second half and held on for a 34-26 win between top 10 NCAA Division II teams at Topeka.
Dane Simoneau led the Ichabods with 319 yards passing and two touchdowns, including a 44-yard touchdown pass to Bishop Carroll product Joe Hastings.
Abilene Christian (2-0) 3 14 7 10 — 34 Washburn (1-1) 6 6 7 7 — 26
WU—Moore 1 run (run failed)
AC—Lineberry 21 field goal
AC—Richardson 27 run (Lineberry kick)
AC—Gates 51 pass from Gale (Lineberry kick)
WU—Hastings 6 pass from Simoneau (pass failed)
AC—Dudensing 4 pass from Gale (Lineberry kick)
WU—Hastings 44 pass from Simoneau (Ivanisevic kick)
AC—Lineberry 33 field goal
AC—Gates 41 pass from Gale (Lineberry kick)
WU—Moore 1 run (Ivanisevic kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing—Abilene Christian, Richardson 21-74, Gale 5-26, Cantu-Harkle 3-3, Lane 1-(-2). Washburn, Moore 22-66, Cooper13-43, Simoneau 3-23, Hills 1-0, Schoenberg 1-0.
Passing—Abilene Christian, Gale 24-30-247-0. Washburn, Simoneau 19-26-319-1.
Receiving—Abilene Christian, Gates 5-138, Richardson 5-27, Dudensing 5-26, Johnson 3-23, Radway 3-11, Gabriel 1-13, Gibbs 1-7, Cantu-Harkle 1-2. Washburn, Hastings 7-156, Haug 3-54, Cooper 3-6, Knox 2-37, Schuler 3-26, Mosby 1-31, Iverson 1-6, Simoneau 0-3.
Pittsburg State 14, Chadron State 3 — Hutchinson High product Nate Dreiling racked up 16 tackles — including 2 1/2 tackles for loss and a sack — to lead Pittsburg State to a win over Chadron State at Pittsburg.
Solomon Watkins and Zac Dickey ran for touchdowns in the first quarter and the Gorillas' defense held up the rest of the way.
Pittsburg State's Terrance Isaac finished with 115 yards rushing to lead all players as the Gorillas improved to 2-0.
Chadron State (1-1) 0 3 0 0 — 3 Pittsburg State (2-0) 14 0 0 0 — 14
P—Watkins 34 run (Craig kick)
P—Dickey 13 run (Craig kick)
C—Ziola 46 FG
Individual Statistics
Rushing—Chadron State, Morris 7-16, McLain 4-10, Ritzen 7-6, Rodriguez 2-(-2). Pittsburg State, Isaac 19-115, Dickey 11-38, Watkins 5-38, Spradling 5-12, Wilson 3-9, Clemons 1-3.
Passing—Chadron State, McLain 27-46-226-0. Pittsburg State, Dickey 9-20-123-1, Smith 3-6-20-0.
Receiving—Chadron State, Sondrup 6-62, Ross 5-51, Alcorn 4-45, Rodriguez 4-15, Hanson 3-16, Clington 2-10, Ritzen 1-12, Morris 1-9, Reeves 1-6. Pittsburg State, Thomas 4-69, Fisher 4-39, Kelley 3-32, Isaac 1-3.
Fort Hays State 45, East Central (Okla.) 23 _ Former Butler Community College quarterback Mike Garrison threw for 358 yards and five touchdowns and ran for 52 yards and a touchdown to lead Fort Hays State to a 45-23 win over East Central at Hays.
O.J. Murdock finished with 175 yards receiving and three touchdowns for the Tigers, who improved to 2-0.
East Central (0-1) 0 14 7 2 — 23 Fort Hays State (2-0) 10 14 14 7 — 45
FH—Kimbrough 31 field goal
FH—Murdock 66 pass from Garrison (Kimbrough kick)
EC—Patteson 44 pass from Vanderzee (Berrey kick)
FH—Murdock 16 pass from Garrison (Kimbrough kick)
EC—Gaines 74 pass from Vanderzee (Berrey kick)
FH—Scales 13 pass from Garrison (Kimbrough kick)
EC—Opeseyitan 1 run (Berrey kick)
FH—Murdock 80 pass from Garrison (Kimbrough kick)
EC— team safety
FH—Garrison 7 run (Kimbrough kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing—East Central, Opeseyitan 14-53, Vanderzee 7-19, Todd 2-9, Gaines 8-0. Fort Hays, Walker 19-63, Garrison 6-52, Jacques 12-46, Smith 1-(-5).
Passing—East Central, Vanderzee 20-31-276. Fort Hays, Garrison 16-25-358-1.
Receiving—East Central, Patteson 8-132, Euwins 3-20, Waits 3-19, Huff 3-19, Gaines 2-78, Stephenson 1-8. Fort Hays, Murdock 4-175, Walker 4-27, Gadwood 3-55, Scales 2-47, Alcin 2-35, Smith 1-19.
Emporia State 23, Missouri S&T 7 — The Hornets improved to 2-0 as quarterback Tyler Eckenrode threw for a touchdown and ran for another in the win over Missouri S&T at Emporia.
Derek Lohman's 62-yard interception return set up Emporia State's first score on a 4-yard run by Kevin Smart. Smart finished with 112 yards rushing on 21 carries.
Missouri S&T (0-1) 0 0 0 7 — 7 Emporia State (2-0) 14 3 6 0 — 23
E—Smart 4 run (King kick)
E—Eckenrode 17 run (King kick)
E—King 27 FG
E—Richardson 3 pass from Eckenrode (kick fail)
M—Shockley 13 pass from Elliott (Drahos kick)
Individual Statistics
Rushing—Missouri S&T, Pettis 11-51, Shockley 5-42, Golden 11-37, Elliott 4-18, Bryant 1-(-3), Thomas 1-(-8), Watson 6-(-14). Emporia State, Snart 21-112, Abner 15-41, Horton 7-34, Eckenrode 4-20, Smith 2-11, Greene 1-8.
Passing—Missouri S&T, Watson 5-18-26-3, Elliott 4-12-43-0. Emporia State, Eckenrode 6-20-34-0.
Receiving—Missouri S&T, Shockley 5-56, Dillon 1-9, Golden 1-3, Pettis 1-1, Thomas 1-0. Emporia State, Richardson 2-15, Schiltz 1-11, Coursen 1-4, Johnson 1-3, Love 1-1.
No. 11 Hutchinson 55, Independence 26 — Eleventh-ranked Hutchinson Community College rolled to a win over Independence behind 159 yards rushing and three touchdowns from running back Jamal Womble at Independence. Blue Dragons' quarterback Angelo Pease added 121 yards rushing and a touchdown.
In other Jayhawk action, Highland pulled off the first upset of the Jayhawk Conference season with a 22-17 win over visiting Garden City and No. 18 Coffeyville demolished Dodge City 72-7.
Hutchinson7 21 14 13 — 55 Independence12 8 0 6 — 26
I—Baker 3 run (run failed)
H—Patterson 52 pass from Alford (Linn kick)
I—Houston 51 pass from Waters (pass failed)
H—Pease 73 run (Linn kick)
H—Cottrell 2 run (Linn kick)
H—Womble 51 run (Linn kick)
I—Houston 60 run (Maddox run)
H—Womble 18 run (Linn kick)
H—Gallon 42 fumble recovery (Linn kick)
H—Womble 19 run (Linn kick)
H—Reffner 30 pass from Pease (kick failed)
I—Maddox 54 run (kick failed)
Individual Statistics
Rushing—Hutchinson, Womble 20-159, Pease 12-121, Cottrell 4-16, Campbell 4-11, Alford 4-(-10). Independence, Houston 13-136, Maddox 14-92, Baker 13-44, Waters 7-28, Team 2-(-2).
Passing—Hutchinson, Alford 8-13-108-1, Pease 3-5-57. Independence, Waters 2-7-75, Houston 0-1.
Receiving—Hutchinson, Patterson 6-90, Wes 2-32, Miller 2-13, Reffner 1-30. Independence, Houston 1-51, Crosby 1-14.
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