By The Hays Daily News

MACKSVILLE -- Led by its dominating defense, Victoria earned a 14-12 road victory against Macksville in a matchup of two eight-man powerhouses and Central Prairie League rivals in Friday night's season opener.

Macksville, 13-0 last season and Eight-Man, Division I state champions, was ranked No. 1 in Eight-Man, Division I in the preseason coaches' poll. Victoria, winner of two state titles in the last four years, stood No. 4 in Eight-Man, Division II.

Victoria's win gave the Knights 22 wins in Doug Oberle's 25 games as head coach. Before Friday, Macksville had won 22 of 23 games and hadn't lost in the regular season since Week 2 in 2006.

Victoria led 14-6 when Macksville scored with 2:11 left in the game. The Knights, who allowed just 8.1 points per game last year, stopped Kade Schnoebelen short on the 2-point conversion.

Jordan Ottley led Victoria with 104 yards rushing, including a 16-yard TD. He also threw an 11-yard touchdown pass. Blake Klaus had 76 yards rushing.

Victoria (1-0) 8 6 0 9 -- 14

Macksville (0-1) 6 0 0 6 -- 12

Victoria -- Karlin 11 pass from Ottley (Koerner run).

Macksville -- Aves 17 run (pass failed).

Victoria -- Ottley 16 run (run failed).

Macksville -- Loomis 36 pass from Aves (run failed).

Russell 28, Republic Co. 26

RUSSELL -- Ryan Zachman ran for two touchdowns and Tyson Schmidtberger broke off a 60-yard scoring run to lead Russell past Republic County 28-26.

Republic Co. (0-1) 8 6 6 6 -- 26

Russell (1-0) 6 16 6 0 -- 28

Russell -- Zachman 5 run (PAT failed).

Republic County -- Mutz 9 catch (Roberts run).

Republic County -- Kuhlman 45 catch (PAT failed).

Russell -- Schmidtberger 60 run (Schmidtberger run).

Russell -- Paul 14 run (Zachman run).

Russell -- Cook 7 run (PAT failed).

Republic County -- Mutz 12 catch (PAT failed).

Republic County -- TD, NA.

Wheatland-Grinnell 28,

Triplains-Brewster 26 (OT)

WINONA -- Senior Chase Waldman ran for three touchdowns and threw for a TD in overtime and also connected on the winning 2-point conversion pass as Wheatland-Grinnell edged Triplains-Brewster 28-26 in Friday night's season opener.

Junior Tad Sheets ran for two touchdowns for Triplains-Brewster, including one in overtime, but the Titans missed on the 2-point conversion that would have sent the game into a second overtime.

Wheatland-Grinnell (1-0) 0 8 12 0 8 -- 28

Triplains-Brewster (0-1) 8 0 0 12 6 -- 26

Triplains-Brewster -- Kammer 6 run (Kammer run).

Wheatland-Grinnell -- Waldman 18 run (Reitcheck pass from Waldman).

Wheatland-Grinnell -- Waldman 21 run (PAT failed).

Wheatland-Grinnell -- Waldman 18 run (PAT failed).

Triplains-Brewster -- Sheets 3 run (PAT failed).

Triplains-Brewster -- Preston blocked punt recovery (PAT failed).

Wheatland-Grinnell -- Stephens 10 pass from Waldman (Stephens pass from Waldman).

Triplains-Brewster -- Sheets 2 run (PAT failed).

Ellis 12, Atwood 6

ATWOOD -- Ellis quarterback Chase King threw a TD pass to tie the game, then ran for a score for what proved to be the winning points as the Railroaders edged Atwood 12-6 in Friday night's season opener.

Drew Basgall got Atwood on the scoreboard first on a 3-yard run, but King threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to make it 6-6 at halftime. King then scored from 6 yards out in the third quarter for the only points of the second half.

Ellis (2-2) 0 6 6 0 -- 12

Atwood (0-4) 0 6 0 0 -- 6

Atwood -- Basgall 3 run (run failed).

Ellis -- Pfeifer 58 pass from King (kick failed).

Ellis -- King 6 run (run failed).

La Crosse 41, Larned 7

LA CROSSE -- The LaCrosse Leopards looked strong in the opening game of the season, as Marcus Moeder ran for 112 yards on 14 carries and scored two touchdowns. Marshall Musil added 50 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries.

Larned (0-1) 0 7 0 0 -- 7

La Crosse (1-0) 13 8 8 12 -- 41

La Crosse -- Torrez 40 run (Musil kick)

La Crosse -- Garcia 1 run (PAT failed)

La Crosse -- Moeder 3 run (Misegadis pass from Garcia)

Larned -- Aldrich 2 run (Morton kick)

La Crosse -- Moeder 2 run (Irvin pass from Garcia)

La Crosse -- Musil 27 run (PAT failed)

La Crosse -- Stull 4 run (PAT failed)

Osborne 41, Oberlin 14

OBERLIN -- Danny Pfannenstiel had 25 carries for 152 yards and scored one touchdown, leading Osborne to a 41-14 victory over Oberlin in Friday night's season opener.

Aaron Geist accounted for four touchdowns for the Bulldogs. He threw for two scores, ran for another and returned a fumble for another six points.

Osborne (1-0) 0 13 14 14 -- 41

Oberlin (0-1) 0 0 6 8 -- 14

Osborne -- Schurr 6 pass from Geist (Pfannenstiel kick).

Osborne -- Knoll 11 pass from Geist (PAT failed)

Osborne -- Schurr 5 run (Knoll pass from Geist)

Osborne -- Geist 28 fumble recovery (PAT failed)

Oberlin -- Fortin 84 kickoff return (PAT failed)

Osborne -- Pfannesstiel 3 run (Pfannenstiel kick)

Osborne -- Geist 13 run (Pfannenstiel kick)

Oberlin -- Peters 35 pass from Fortin (Junemann pass from Fortin)

St. John 52, Otis-Bison 12

ST. JOHN -- St. John rolled past Otis-Bison in Friday night's season opener, scoring 40 points in the first half in a 52-12 victory.

Nathan Miller ran 22 times for 169 yards and four touchdowns. Otis-Bison was led by Michael Hlavaty, who ran for 181 yards on 28 carries and one touchdown.

Otis-Bison 16 24 6 6 -- 52

St. John 0 6 0 6 -- 12

St. John -- Bauer 5 run (Bauer run)

St. John -- Bauer 14 run (Bauer run)

St. John -- Miller 6 run (Bauer run)

St. John -- Miller 2 run (Suppes run)

Otis-Bison -- Crotinger 70 kickoff return (PAT failed)

St. John -- Suppes 77 kickoff return (Miller run)

St. John -- Miller 13 run (PAT failed)

St. John -- Miller 1 run (PAT failed)

Otis-Bison -- Hlavaty 2 run (PAT failed)

Quinter 56, Golden Plains 26

QUINTER -- Jordan Hargitt led Quinter with three touchdowns in a 56-26 victory over Rexford-Golden Plains.

Corey Show scored the Bulldog' only touchdown in the first half as Golden Plains trailed 30-6 at the break.

Golden Plains (0-1) 0 6 0 20 -- 26

Quinter (1-0) 2 28 6 20 -- 56

Quinter -- Safety.

Quinter -- Hargitt 4 run (Hargitt run).

Quinter -- Ochs 70 pass from Machen (PAT failed).

Golden Plains -- Shaw 20 run (PAT failed).

Quinter -- Hargitt 54 run (PAT failed).

Quinter -- Hargitt 1 run (Reed run).

Quinter -- Bird 65 pass from Machen (PAT failed)

Golden Plains -- Broeckelman 2 run (Bruggeman pass from Machen)

Quinter -- Glick 28 run (PAT failed)

Quinter -- Glick 18 run (PAT failed)

Quinter -- Simon 22 fumble recovery (Hargitt run)

Golden Plains -- Player NA 35 pass (PAT failed)

Golden Plains -- Player NA 10 pass (PAT failed)

Sylvan 46, Stockton 0

STOCKTON -- In Stockton's debut in playing eight-man football, the Tigers were thumped by Sylvan Grove-Sylvan Unified, 46-0, in a game that ended at halftime.

Kody Workman threw for four touchdowns and ran for another for the Mustangs.

Sylvan Unified (1-0) 24 22 x x -- 46

Stockton (0-1) 0 0 x x -- 0

Sylvan -- A. Workman 8 pass from K. Workman (Nitsch pass from K. Workman).

Sylvan -- Hirsch 28 pass from K. Workman (K. Workman run).

Sylvan -- Nitsch 3 run (K. Workman run).

Sylvan -- Nitsch 32 pass from K. Workman (K. Workman run).

Sylvan -- Hlad 15 pass from K. Workman (K. Workman run).

Sylvan -- K. Workman 20 run (run failed).

St. Francis 20, Colby 0

ST. FRANCIS -- Trent Raile ran for three touchdowns Friday night to lead St. Francis to a 20-0 win over Colby in Northwest Kansas League action.

Raile opened the scoring with an 85-yard kickoff return, then added touchdown runs of 3 and 7 yards for the Indians.

Colby (0-1) 0 0 0 0 -- 0

St. Francis (1-0) 8 12 0 0 -- 20

St. Francis -- Raile 85 kickoff return (Hilt run).

St. Francis -- Raile 3 run (PAT failed).

St. Francis -- Raile 7 run (PAT failed).