La Center 45, Hockinson 6
Ryan Kulla rushed for 181 yards on 14 carries and put the game away with three touchdowns in the third quarter for the Wildcats.
“This was really a breakout game for Ryan Kulla,” La Center coach John Lambert said. “He’s always had the talent, but he hadn’t been able to figure things out. Well, he figured things out in the third quarter.”
La Center led 24-6 at halftime before Kulla scored on runs of 16, 10 and 70 yards in the third.
Seth Baxter added 98 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns. Bobby Kupfer led the defense with 4.5 tackles.
Cameron Flemming rushed for 90 yards on 14 carries with a touchdown for Hockinson.
Next up: Hockinson (0-1) at Prairie; La Center (1-0) at Rochester.
Hockinson 0 6 0 0— 6
La Center 8 16 21 0—45
First quarter
LC — Seth Baxter 11 run (Baxter run)
Second quarter
H — Cameron Flemming 6 run (run failed)
LC — Baxter 2 run (Curtis Nye run)
LC — Brody Hollingshead 10 pass from Nick Deotsch (Deotsch run)
Third quarter
LC — Ryan Kulla 16 run (Nick Deotsch run)
LC — Kulla 10 run (Jacob Mendez kick)
LC — Kulla 70 run (pass failed)
Leaders
Rushing — Hockinson — Flemming 14-90, Owenby 7-24, Hayden Kytola 5-14; La Center — Kulla 14-181, Baxter 16-98, Nye 6-23, Deotsch 3-19.
Passing — Hockinson — Sam Davis 2-7-1-7, Jess Krahn 2-3-0-16; La Center — Deotsch 3-7-0-29.
Receiving — Hockinson — Beau Sparks 3-12, Fleming 1-11; La Center — Hollingshead 1-10, Chris Mayolo 2-19.
