Quinter Spoils St. Francis Homecoming with Dominant Passing Game

The Quinter Bulldogs went into Friday's matchup at a perfect 4-0 record, their best start since 2023, and the St. Francis Indians were hoping to play spoiler to that on their Homecoming night. However, the Bulldog passing game was too much to handle, as Quinter takes the win 46-0, ending it in the third quarter.

First Quarter

To start the game, St. Francis elected to receive the ball on the first drive, but the Bulldog defense forced an early three-and-out, receiving the punt from the Indians, and taking their first offensive drive to the endzone. Quinter quarterback Easton Blackwill found receiver Bo Ruf for a 23-yard score, giving them an early lead 8-0.

Quinter would force a turnover on downs after a bad snap on a punt attempt forced St. Francis to try and convert and failed. The Bulldogs would put in another touchdown, a Blackwill 6-yard rushing touchdown, as well as a third score on the final play in the first quarter. Blackwill racked up another passing touchdown, this time finding Jax Ruf for the 10-yard connection. The score after the first 12 minutes was 24-0 in favor of the Quinter Bulldogs.

Second Quarter

The second quarter would be much of the same, as St. Francis would punt on their first offensive drive of the second quarter. Quinter would take advantage, as Blackwill finds Bo Ruf once again for their second scoring connection of the game from 48-yards away. This would give the Bulldogs the 32-0 lead.

The Indian offense would once again stall out after a promising first couple of plays, and Bo Ruf would take the ensuing punt 45-yards to the house, now accounting for 3 total touchdowns. This would be the final score of the half, resulting in a 40-0 lead for Quinter at halftime.

Third Quarter

Quinter would receive the second half kickoff and put the game away, after a 9-play run only drive, punching in a 1-yard score for Jax Ruf. Quinter would win the ball game 46-0, ending the contest early in the Third Quarter.

Stats

Leading stat lines for the Bulldogs included quarterback Easton Blackwill rushing 4 times for 15 yards and a touchdown, as well as completing 11 of 16 passes for 229 yards and 3 passing TD's. Bo Ruf also racked in 4 catches for 129 yards, 2 receiving touchdowns, as well as a 45-yard punt return touchdown. Jax Ruf also added to the offense with 2 catches for 14 yards and a receiving touchdown, as well as rushing 4 times for 20 yards and a rushing touchdown.

Leading the Indians in rushing yards was Tyce McAtee with 14 carries for 25 yards. Carson Ross also racked up 23 rushing yards on 9 carries.

*All stats are unofficial

The Quinter Bulldogs remain perfect at 5-0, while St. Francis adds another loss, falling to 0-5 on the season.

The next NWKS Radio Area Game of the Week will be in Sharon Springs as Wallace County hosts Dighton with a kickoff of 6 pm MT, the pregame show will start at 5:30 pm MT with Lucas Kenney on the call on Flyover Country 97.9.