Scouting Kimball, section seedings

Digging up some stats and other information on the Kimball Area Cubs football team. They are what stands in the way for our B-B-E Jaguars football team earning a section semifinal berth for the first time in two years. In case you haven't heard, the No. 1-seeded Jaguars host No. 8-seeded Kimball Area on Tuesday night, October 24 at 7 p.m. This will not be a typical 8-vs-1 match up. While I would not call it a "toss up" - I will call it the toughest game of the season to this point not including the season opener.

The Kimball Area Cubs have 52 players on the 9-12 grade roster. On that roster, 15 of them are seniors who no doubt played their part in helping the Cubs snap a 42-game losing streak when they beat Upsala/Swanville Area in Week Six. At the time, the 42-game losing streak was the second-longest in the country. Kimball's first-year head coach, John Benson, is a grandson of former St. John's University football coach John Gagliardi. Coach Gagliardi retired in 2012 as the nation's winningest college football coach - in any division.

The last time these two teams met in the playoffs was the 2013 Section 4A quarterfinals. That year, with then-senior Brian Goodwin as quarterback, the No. 2-seeded B-B-E Jaguars struggled to shake an 0-8 Kimball team but managed to win 21-13 in a playoff run that ended in the section finals.

Kimball is gonna bring it! We need to be ready!

This is what else I found on the Kimball vs. Browerville game (Week Seven) in which the Tigers pulled out a 35-32 win:

The Cubs just couldn’t get the luck they needed last Friday, Oct. 13, as they were edged out by Browerville, 35-32. Kimball made a valiant effort, but Browerville held on to earn its second victory of the year. The Cubs move to 1-6 following the loss.

Kimball rushed for four touchdowns and earned a fifth score through the air (Zack Garding). The lone time they converted an extra point attempt was when Weston Hine powered in a two-point conversion.

Kimball stats:

passing - Tucker Shultz 17-27 for 106 yards, one TD;
rushing - Zack Harding 16-163 with 3 TDs; Riley Miller 5-13 with one TD; Tucker Schultz 6-27; Payton Schiefelbein 2-17; Grant Garding 1-1.
receiving - Zack Garding, 8 receptions, 57 yards, TD; Thomas Pearson, 5 receptions, 59 yards; Payton Schiefelbein, 2 receptions, 2 yards; Hayden Gagnon, 1 reception, 10 yards; Weston Hine, 1 reception, 3 yards.