Adam Papin/MDN Velva's Reggie Bruner (24) finds the tip zone through the second quarter of Saturday's playoff recreation with Shiloh Christian. The Aggies gained 44-14 and superior to the state semifinals.
Snow could have stopped the Velva/Drake-Anamoose/Garrison Aggies from enjoying on their house discipline, however it couldn't cease the Aggies from blowing previous the Shiloh Christian Skyhawks, 44-14, in Saturday's NDHSAA Class B soccer quarterfinal recreation.
“We took what they gave us and we pounded straight away” Velva quarterback Ben Schepp stated. “Go first, bang it, bang it, bang it. Then we simply took what they gave us and made explosive performs. We’ve athletes on the sector and the offensive line did an important job of getting the ball to the playmakers they usually made performs.”
Schepp threw for 5 touchdowns on the afternoon because the Aggies jumped out to a 38-7 lead halfway by means of the second quarter as your complete second half was performed with a operating clock. Schepp's favourite receiver that day was Reggie Bruner, who caught three touchdowns and eclipsed 100 yards receiving.
His 72-yard landing reception with 1:35 left within the first quarter broke the sport open and prolonged the Aggies' result in 24-7.
“We approached the season one recreation after one other,” Bruner stated. “Simply play video games. No errors. No penalties. Play soccer Velva.”
Hank Bodine began the scoring early with a three-yard landing run. The profitable two level conversion gave Velva an 8-0 lead. Regardless of Shiloh Christian's Isaac Emmel's landing to chop the rating to 8-7, Velva by no means stayed within the recreation.
Schepp related with Treyson Iglehart for a 22-yard landing with 3:59 left within the first quarter, and Bodine ran within the two-point conversion to increase Velva's result in 16-7.
Simply seconds into the second quarter, Iglehart made a key defensive play when he grabbed a deflected go for an interception and ran it again deep into Shiloh Christian territory. Two minutes later, Schepp discovered Bruner for his second landing of the day from 16 yards out to make it 30-7.
With 5:38 left within the half, Schepp and Bruner related once more for a 38-yard landing go and Iglehart hauled within the two-point conversion, giving the Aggies a 38-7 halftime lead. The Aggies closed out the scoring when Schepp discovered Matt Jochim in the long run zone for eight yards.
The win strikes Velva to 11-0 on the yr, whereas Shiloh Christian closes out the yr at 8-2. Velva hosts No. 4 seed Dickinson Trinity on Saturday in Velva. All 4 nationwide seeds superior to the nationwide semifinals.
The win was the Aggies' twenty fourth in a row since 2021.
