Mattie Nichols PSC Swenson Award Honoree
Thu, 09/21/2023 - 5:00am
Mattie Nichols of Auburn was recently conferred the Peru State College (PSC) Swenson Award.
Mattie Nichols of Auburn was recently conferred the Peru State College (PSC) Swenson Award.
Eagle quarterback Sloan Pelican connected on six of his seven passing attempts for 199 yards and four touchdowns, leading to a 55-6 Johnson-Brock victory over Weeping Water (1-1). Sophomore Brody Koehler added another touchdown on his only passing attempt of the game, totaling five touchdowns on eight passes in the Eagles’ second home victory of the season.
Brant Gulizia and Maverick Binder each found the endzone two times in Auburn’s 34-13 win over Logan View/Scribner-Synder (LVSS) on Friday, September 1 in Hooper. Gulizia, a junior running back, scored Auburn’s first two touchdowns, starting with a 21-yard dash for the game’s opening score. After an interception by Payton Boden, Gulizia finished a Bulldog drive with his second score from one yard out. Gulizia finished with 83 rushing yards off 13 carries. Boden has now recorded an interception in each of the first two games this season.
The Auburn girls golf team got off to a hot start to the 2023 season, winning a their home triangular by 10 strokes. On Tuesday, August 29 at the Auburn Country Club, the Bulldogs defeated second place Syracuse and third place Johnson County Central. Jamisyn Kirkpatrick posted the best score of the triangular, shooting a 43 through the nine hole contest. Auburn’s Lucy Hayes came in second with a score of 48. Both top finishers for Auburn return from state qualifying junior seasons in hopes to compete against the top golfers in class C one more time.
Sophomore Camden Taylor dropped back into pass coverage on the first play of the second half and picked off a Boys Town pass at the Cowboy 25-yard line. Once the linebacker, in his first career start, got his feet under himself, he rode the right sideline all the way to the endzone to complete the pick six. It was the third Auburn interception of the night, the first two came in the first half by way of Payton Boden and Brant Gulizia. All three interceptions led to Bulldog touchdowns, but Taylor was the only one to get the steal and the score in one play. His also crushed the Cowboys’ hopes of coming out of the locker room at halftime and tying the game up at 14 apiece. Instead, the Bulldogs earned some breathing room, going ahead 20-6 early in the second half.
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