ELLINWOOD — Ellinwood quarterback Landon Simpson was on fire with five rushing touchdowns and a passing score in a wild 59-27 victory over Caldwell/South Haven South Sumner.
Simpson scored on runs of 20, 21, 31, 45 and 73 yards behind terrific cutback running. Teammate Drake Hosman matched Simpson’s night with a 98-yard touchdown after the Eagles turned back South Sumner at the goal-line for a 47-19 lead.
Ellinwood’s Cason Merritt scored a rushing touchdown and Ty Hammeke caught a 20-yard scoring pass from Simpson.
Ellinwood (4-1, 1-1 District) drops South Sumner to (2-3, 0-2 in 1A, District 7.
South Sumner 7 12 0 8 — 27
Ellinwood 14 18 21 6 — 59
E—Ellinwood TD; SS—Alex Shore 10 pass from Mak Blosser (Shore kick); E—Simpson 73 run (Ty Hammeke pass from Simpson); SS—Shore 11 pass from Blosser (kick fails); SS—Shore 85 kickoff return (pass fails); E—Cason Merritt 4 run (run fails); E—Simpson 45 run (run fails); E—Hammeke 20 pass from Simpson (pass fails); E—Simpson 20 run Hosman run); E—Drake Hosman 98 run (kick good); E—Simpson 21 run (kick fails); SS—Shore 4 pass from Blosser (Shore pass from Blosser); E—Simpson 31 run (kick fails)
