On Thursday, October 23, the Jaguars hosted the Hyanis Longhorns for the first playoff game. The Jags were able to easily defeat the Longhorns with a score of 61-12 at the end of the game. This gave the Jaguars another win for their perfect 9-0 season record, still being undefeated. In the first 2 minutes of the game, Hunter Luther had the first 44-yard touchdown to start off the game; the conversion was run by . . .
The Howells Dodge Jaguars played Archangel's Catholic on October 17th in Howells. The Defenders kicked the ball to start the game off, with Oliver Belina returning it to the HDC’s 22-yard line. Both teams trade punts, then Hunter Luther gets the ball and runs it down the sideline untouched, scoring and making the two-point conversion good. With that, that makes the score 8-0. The next drive for Howells-Dodge was a bad snap . . .
On Tuesday, October 22, the Jaguars went up against the Tigers in the last regular game of the season. The Jaguars fell short with the Tigers winning 3 sets to 1. The first set was won by North Bend 25-22. The Jaguars won the second set 25-22. The Jags lost the third set with the score being 23-25. The last set was close, but the Tigers came out with the lead, with the score being 25-19. The Jags had a hitting percentage of .144%. . . .
On Thursday, October 16, and Saturday, October 18, the Howells-Dodge Jaguars played in the Eastern Husker Conference tournament. They kicked off the tournament by hosting Wakefield in Howells. This game wasn’t too much of a challenge as they got the job done in 2 sets, (18-25), (10-25). The team had 25 kills. Audrey Brabec, Kylie Brichacek, and Peyten Becker all led the team with 5 kills each. They also had 21 digs. . . .