The North Bend Central Football Team lost 53-26 at home to Bishop Neumann Friday night in action aired on 107.9 the Bull.
The game was tied at 6 at the end of the 1st quarter. The Cavaliers outscored the Tigers 34-6 in the 2nd quarter to take a 40-12 lead into the locker room.
Neumann won the 3rd quarter 7-6 to extend their lead to 47-18 at the end of three.
North Bend Central won the 4th quarter 8-7.
Kyler Hellbusch was 18-36 passing for 221 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Hellbusch also had 72 yards rushing on 17 carries, including two scores.
Braxton Chvatal had 12 catches for 159 yards and a TD.
Hayden Frana made 11 tackles while Ethan Widick totaled 7.
The Tigers had 339 yards of total offense, including 221 through the air.
The defense gave up 471 yards of total offense, including 314 rushing.
Husker Recruit Conor Booth proved to be the X-Factor in the game for Neumann.
North Bend Central (4-2) takes on Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (2-4) on the road Friday night.
The Raiders won 55-6 at Tekamah-Herman last week.
This has all of a sudden become an interesting and intriguing game.
It should be a heck of a battle between these two teams that is for sure.
I think the Tigers will find a way to win and prevail, but it won’t be easy.
Logan View/Scribner-Snyder is a good, tough Football Team who has really come on the last two weeks.
That being said, North Bend Central is significantly better than Fremont Bergan and Tekamah-Herman.
These next two weeks are season defining games for the Tigers.
North Bend Central is at Oakland-Craig next week so these next two weeks are going to decide a lot of things for the Tigers.
It should be a lot of fun and I’m excited to see how things play out.
