Kee football team has Homecoming dimmed by 58-16 loss to Edgewood-Colesburg in Eight-Player District 5 contest

The Kee football team’s Friday, September 30 game with Edgewood-Colesburg (Ed-Co) turned out to not be the happiest of Homecomings, as the Hawks fell, 58-16, to a Viking squad whose only two losses on the season have come to teams sitting among the top teams in their respective districts. The Hawks were limited to just 145 yards of total offense in the ballgame, while Ed-Co racked up 388 total yards of offense, many of those coming on big scoring plays that included four such tallies of 40 yards or more.

“It was a struggle on both sides of the ball,” Kee football coach Chad Winters said. “We had a tough time sustaining drives against them as we put ourselves in some second- and third-and-long situations. Defensively, we had a couple guys that we struggled containing. That was a concern going into the game and they made us pay a few times where our backside help couldn’t quite get to where they needed to be to help make the play.”

The Hawks are next scheduled to play host to Midland this Friday, October 7 for a final home game of this season. The Eagles were idle this past Friday due to District 5 opponent Central Elkader not fielding a varsity football team this fall, with Midland’s last game played being a 78-0 road win at Springville September 23. The Eagles’ only two losses on the season came to District 5-leading Easton Valley and Central City.

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