It was a successful Friday night at Arlington High School as the Eagles football team won its homecoming game, 33-14.
Blair and Fort Calhoun, however, fell in Class B and Class C1 action, respectively.
Arlington 33, David City Aquinas 14
Senior Oliver Ladehoff scored four rushing touchdowns Friday as AHS bested Aquinas in Class C2 play by 19 points, improving to 3-2 this season.
The back scored on runs of 1, 2, 63 and 23 yards as the Eagles never trailed. Coach Troy Schlueter’s team led 6-0 after one quarter and 26-7 at halftime.
Jake Flesner scored Arlington’s only other touchdown, notching it on a 6-yard run during the Eagles’ 20-point second quarter.
The victors next play Oct. 3 at North Bend Central.
Elkhorn North 44, Blair 14
The Blair Bears fell behind 44-0 against Class B No. 1 Elkhorn North on Friday at Krantz Field, but scored the game’s last two touchdowns.
BHS first produced points on a 26-yard run by Brevin Leggott during the fourth quarter and again during the final minute on Carson Faue’s 1-yarder. The loss dropped their team’s season record to 0-5, while the Wolves improved to 5-0 with five wins of double-digit margins.
The Bears next compete Oct. 3 at Bennington in their third-straight game against a team in the Omaha World-Herald’s top-four rankings.
Elkhorn Mount Michael 34, Fort Calhoun 20
The Class C1 No. 7 Pioneers suffered their first loss of the season Friday on the road at No. 8 Mount Michael. The game was tied at halftime, 7-7, but the Knights outscored FCHS 27-7 after falling behind 13-7 during the third quarter.
“We’ll review the film, come up with a game plan and work to get better next week,” Calhoun coach Zach Byrd said.
The 4-1 Pioneers next play at home Oct. 3 against Logan View/Scribner-Snyder.
For the full story on these games and additional photos, come back to enterprisepub.com/sports early next week. Coverage will appear in Tuesday’s Washington County Enterprise edition as well.
