The Otis High School football team had a fun Homecoming game, last Saturday on a beautiful fall autumn afternoon.
The Bulldogs cruised to an 82-38 victory over winless Kit Carson — normally a 6-man power that is struggling this season.
Otis, 3-4, can pull even on the season when they travel to Hi-Plains (2-3), Friday night. Otis is 0-3 in league play, while Hi-Plains is 0-2.
While Otis racked up a basketball-type score last Saturday, it took a little for the Bulldogs to really get rolling. They led 13-8 after the first quarter, then exploded for 35 points in the second quarter for a 48-22 halftime lead. They added 34 more points in the second half.
Otis had 397 total yards, including 355 on the ground. Tayte Smith rushed for 195 yards and seven touchdowns on 19 carries. Charlie Kendrick had 122 yards and two TDs on 12 carries, Sawyer Packer 34 yards on two carries, and Garrett Patterson ran five yards for a touchdown. Jack Willeke completed two of three passes for 35 yards, and Smith completed one for seven yards. Kendrick had two catches for 35 yards, and Taylor Ringlein one for seven yards.
Defensively, Smith had two interceptions with 76 total return yards, including one for a touchdown, and Willeke returned one interception 42 yards for a touchdown.
Kendrick was in on nine total tackles, Bohden Klinzmann nine, Paxton Davis six, Smith five, Ringlein four, Mason Metzler three, Dominck Pacheco three, Willeke two, Cayden Wood two and Packer two.
