Vohs’ big night sparks Wildcats in rout of Eudora

EUDORA — The last few seasons, the Louisburg and Eudora matchup has come down to the final minutes — if not the final seconds.

There was no suspense in this matchup — the Wildcats made sure of that early

Louisburg scored 35 unanswered points, and forced a running clock in the fourth quarter, as the Wildcats cruised to a 42-14 win at Eudora in what could have been their most complete performance to date.

“I thought they played really well and they were focused,” Louisburg coach Drew Harding said. “We talk about 11 white hats all playing together and I think we did a good job of that in the first half. It was nice to score on our opening possession, get a stop and then go score again. We never let our foot off the gas and that was nice to see for sure.”

Senior Myles Vohs provided the Wildcats with a lot fireworks and both sides of the ball and it started on the first drive of the game. Vohs took the pitch from quarterback Alex Saad and sprinted to the endzone for a 58-yard touchdown pass.

After an Ashton Moore 8-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter to put Louisburg up 14-0, Vohs struck again. Saad found a wide open Vohs on a busted coverage for a 52-yard touchdown pass to go up 21-0.

Vohs also did some work on defense as he had a 39-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second half as he alluded several Eudora defenders on his way to the endzone. On the day, Vohs had four catches to go along with 157 yards receiving.

“Myles is just a playmaker,” Harding said. “When he touches the ball, good things can happen. You saw that on offense and then he was able to make that pick, which was great in itself. Then for him to get all those yards and run it back for a touchdown was big time.”

Moore, who scored two touchdowns on the night, finished with a team-high 70 yards rushing. Senior Darby Van Eaton was right behind him with 67 yards on the ground to go along with a 19-yard touchdown run.

Saad ran the offense well with 238 yards passing and had the two touchdowns.

However, it all began up front as the offensive line of Brayden Yoder, Xander Lucas, Miles Meek, Johnny Hendrickson and Nate Capuro, along with tight ends Conlee Hovey and Erik Lien, allowed the Wildcats to control the line of scrimmage. 

“It definitely starts up front and you have to be able to run the football,” Harding said. “If you can’t run the football, you are going to be predictable and easier to defend. We challenged those guys to reestablish the line of scrimmages and they did a good job.”

Defensively, the Wildcats more than held their own. Moore led the team with 11 tackles and senior Logan Henry was second on the team with seven. Hovey forced a fumble and senior Jimmy DeVary had the recovery. DeVary also had 1.5 tackles for a loss.

Louisburg is now 5-0 to start the season and is currently ranked No. 1 in Class 4A by the Kansas High School Football Coaches Association rankings. The Wildcats are also the only remaining undefeated team in Class 4A.

The Wildcats will put their perfect record on the line this Friday when they travel to Wichita-West, a Class 6A program. The game will be played on the Friends University campus.

“It certainly is nice to be ranked, but I personally believe that you can’t read too much into it,” Harding said. “They are just numbers and it doesn’t really matter until you step onto the football field. We challenge our team to take it week by week and get better each week. 

“Playing Wichita-West is a unique situation. We don’t know a whole lot about them and I imagine they don’t know much about us. We will exchange film, come up with a game plan and see what happens.”

LOU 14 21 7 0 — 42

EUD 0 0 7 7 — 14

SCORING SUMMARY

FIRST QUARTER

L: Myles Vohs 58 pass from Alex Saad (Blaise Vohs kick)

L: Ashton Moore 8 run (B. Vohs kick)

SECOND QUARTER

L: Myles Vohs 52 pass from Saad (B. Vohs kick)

L: Darby Van Eaton 19 run (B. Vohs kick)

L: Moore 15 run (B. Vohs kick)

THIRD QUARTER

E: Christian Jarrett 30 pass from Braeden Vandonge (kick good)

L: Myles Vohs 39 interception return (B. Vohs kick)

FOURTH QUARTER

E: Vandonge 4 run (kick good)

STATISTICS

RUSHING — Ashton Moore 12-70; Darby Van Eaton 9-67; Alex Saad 2-32; Myles Vohs 1-8; Cole Heinrich 1-2; Bryce Thompson 1-2

PASSING — Alex Saad 11-15-238; Max Amren 1-1-6

RECEIVING — Myles Vohs 4-157; Reid McCaskill 2-27; Conlee Hovey 3-25; Ashton Moore 1-15; Darby Van Eaton 1-14; Tate McGreer 1-6

TACKLES — Ashton Moore 11, Logan Henry 7, Russell Wiseman 6, Conlee Hovey 6, Brayden Yoder 5, Miles Meek 4, Jimmy DeVary 3, Lucas Swarz 2, Erik Lien 2, Myles Vohs 1, Rickey Giles 1, Garrison Bloustine 1, Bryce Thompson 1, Aidan Meyer 1, Gage Feldkamp 1, Johnny Hendrickson 1, Will Norton 1, Aiden Kennedy 1.