It was a sight not often seen this year in Dodge City High School football. On a hook and ladder play late in the first quarter, quarterback Beau Foster got a hitch to Lakin Scheck, who passed the ball to right tackle Aaron Nelson, all 6-foot-2 and 280 pounds of him, who completed the 25-yard play with a touchdown run to give the Demons a 7-0 lead at the end of the first quarter against the Liberal Redskins.
“For a kid his size, he runs extremely well,” said Red Demons coach Dave Foster.
The Demons went on to win the game 45-6 to complete an 8-0 regular season and were 4-0 in the conference for an outright conference championship.
“Every week was a challenge,” Foster said. “It’s quite an accomplishment to go undefeated. We were in a dog fight and came out on top. We approached each game individually and tried not to look past anyone.”
In the Liberal game, once they got past the first quarter with both teams having trouble moving the ball, they got their first score with 1:06 to go in the quarter. They scored again on their next possession with just 0:04 left in the quarter.
In the second quarter, the Demons defense kept up the pressure and the offense scored again on their first possession on a Matt Friess punt return of 57 yards. It was the first special teams score for the season and the Demons led 21-0 at 10:29 in the second.
The defense stepped up again with a Beau Foster interception that led to a 10-possession touchdown with Alden Knedler on an 8-yard run. It was Dodge 28, Liberal 0 at 5:59 in the second quarter.
Just 15 seconds later, Liberal scored their only points of the game on a one-possession, 80-yard quarterback keeper run. Their 2-point attempt was no good and Dodge led 28-6.
Dodge scored again with just 48 seconds left in the second quarter for a 31-6 halftime lead.
