Inside Six-Man Football: Stunners, sleepers and surprises in the 1A playoffs

Both Motley County and Follett took care of business to set up a big Region I showdown next week.  Motley, behind another 300+ yard rushing performance from Kyler Degan (29-371, 6 TDs), defeated Anton 82-68.  Follett took advantage of turnovers and came up with big red zone defensive stops and walked away with a convincing 62-22 win over Whitharral.

The biggest upset from the second round of the 1A playoffs has to be Jayton’s drumming of highly ranked Blackwell.  The game was tight at the end of the first half with Jayton up 22-12, but the second half was all Jaybirds as they outscored the Hornets 44-6 to win via the mercy rule 68-18 late in the fourth quarter.  Pecos Smith had an outstanding night for Jayton as he scored six touchdowns on seven offensive touches, five of those in the second half including an amazing 40-yard touchdown run in invoke the mercy rule.  Pecos galloped for three scores with 80 yards on four carries, lassoed in three passes all for touchdowns totaling 48 yards, and defensively he corralled 16 Hornets.