Ogallala falls to Alliance in Boys' High School Varsity American Football on Friday, October 9th, 2026

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By: Evan Troxel

The Alliance Bulldogs High School Varsity Boys' American Football team defeated the Ogallala Indians 46 to 8 at the Ogallala High School football field in Ogallala, Nebraska, on Friday night, October 9th, 2026.

Trini Trejo scored three rushing touchdowns for Alliance and Nason Thompson scored two touchdowns for Alliance.

Kolby Nowak scored a 60-yard rushing touchdown for Ogallala with Rhys Gilmore catching the two-point conversion pass from Jacoby Bauer.

Alliance (4-3) will play vs. Sidney on October 16th and at Mitchell on October 23rd.

Ogallala (0-7) will play at Cozad on October 16th and vs. Chadron on October 23rd.

Scroll down near the end of this story for more individual "American Football" player statistics from this game, after the play-by-play commentary of this game.

After Alliance kicked off to open the game, Rhys Gilmore caught a pass for Ogallala for a gain of 28 yards.

After a couple of negative rushing plays, Ogallala had an incompletion and then was forced to punt.

Richard Handy punted somewhere behind Ogallala's own 46 and Alliance got the football at their own 18.

On the first play from scrimmage for Alliance, Trini Trejo ran forward and then to the right and broke it outside the hash marks and the numbers and ran untouched for 82 yards in the right corner of the east end zone for a touchdown!

Alliance then had a false start penalty on the two-point conversion attempt and had to back up five yards.

Braeden Clarke then ran to the right inside the right pylon and scored the two-point conversion!

Alliance 8, Ogallala 0.

Ogallala then had the football (after the Alliance kickoff) at their own 19-yard line with 9:21 left in the first quarter.

On second down, Rhys Gilmore caught a pass for five yards on the left side to the Ogallala 24. Daniel Dowdy then caught a pass on the left side for seven yards and Ogallala got a first down at the Ogallala 31!

After an incompletion, a running play from Ogallala quarterback Jacoby Bauer for no gain and another incompletion, Ogallala was forced to punt.

Richard Handy then actually punted from Ogallala's 27, got the football to the Alliance 25 and the punt return went to the Alliance 33.

Alliance then had a 15-yard penalty before the start of their offensive possession.

Trini Trejo then ran right for 17 yards to the Alliance 35.

The Alliance quarterback Braeden Clarke (I guess) latered the football to Trejo who threw it to a teammate at the Ogallala 43 and that teammate got to the Ogallala 30 on a trick play!

Trejo then ran for two yards to the Ogallala 28. After an incompletion to Jackson Devlin on the right side, Trini Trejo ran to the right for two yards to the Ogallala 26.

Ogallala then called timeout with 5:09 left in first quarter.

On the next play, Trini Trejo ran to the right side and got to the Ogallala 20, but he was tackled by Ogallala's Daniel Dowdy inches short of the first down! Turnover on downs!

So, Ogallala got the football with 5:03 left in the first quarter.

Kolby Nowak ran to the right for one yard. Rhys Gilmore then caught a pass to the Ogallala 29.

Nowak then ran for five yards and got a first down to the Ogallala 34. Nowak was then stopped for no gain on the next play.

Daniel Dowdy then caught a pass for no gain on the play.

Ogallala again called timeout with 1:46 left in the first quarter.

On the next play, third down, Bauer threw an incompletion and then Richard Handy punted to the Alliance 38 yard line on fourth down.

On first down for Alliance, Trini Trejo got tackled for a loss to the Alliance 35. Trejo then ran to the 45, but a false start penalty pushed Alliance back to the Alliance 30.

Trejo then got to the Alliance 32 for two yards.

Mason Winter then caught a pass I believe and got to the Ogallala 33 yard line for a gain of 35 yards!

That was the end of the first quarter and Alliance led 8 to 0.

Trini Trejo then ran right to the Ogallala 16 for a first down!

Trejo then ran up the middle to the Ogallala 11.

Trini Trejo then ran right, forward, left and forward and scored a touchdown and Alliance led at that point 14 to 0!

Trejo then kicked the extra point and made it just inside the right upright and Alliance led 15 to 0 with 111:13 left in the second quarter.

After the Alliance kickoff, Ogallala got the football at the Ogallala 26. Kolby Nowak ran for no gain on first down.

Jacoby Bauer then threw an incompletion to the right and to the left and Ogallala was forced to punt again.

Alliance got the football at the Ogallala 46 with 9:53 left in the second quarter.

After a Braden Clarke incompletion, Alliance ran to the right for one yard from the Ogallala 47 to the Ogallala 46 and then Clarke threw another incompletion intended for Wyatt Stabnow.

Alliance then punted it to the Ogallala 12 (I guess).

Ogallala got the football at their own 10 (I guess) with 8:56 left in the second quarter.

After a false start penalty by Ogallala, Bauer threw an incompletion intended for Nowak on the left side.

Nowak then ran to the Ogallala 12 on the next play and Alliance declined the false start penalty on Ogallala.

Ogallala then had the football on their own 10 yard line and Bauer got sacked for a loss back to the five yard line and then the Indians had to punt again.

Jaxon Poss fielded the Richard Handy punt and Alliance got to the Ogallala 35-yard line.

With a little over eight minutes left in the second quarter, Alliance had a false start and the football got pushed back to the Ogallala 39 yard line.

Trini Trejo then ran to the Ogallala 24 and was tackled by Rhys Gilmore, but a penalty pushed Alliance back to the Ogallala 44.

Trejo then ran for six yards to the Ogallala 38. Trejo then ran right to the Ogallala 33.

Trini Trejo then ran forward to the Ogallala 21-yard line for a first down!

Nason Thompson then caught a pass from Braeden Clarke, turned around, ran a yard or two and scored from 21 yards out for a touchdown!

Alliance 21, Ogallala 0, with 6:10 left in the second quarter.

Trejo then missed the extra point as it just barely missed to the right of the uprights.

The Alliance kickoff went out of bounds at the Ogallala 20, so the Indians got the football at their own 35.

Kolby Nowak ran left to the Alliance 42 yard line for 23 yards!

Nowak then got to the Alliance 40 with 5:47 left in the second quarter.

Tai Le then caught a ten-yard pass on the right side to the Alliance 30.

Bauer then threw an incompletion on the left side to Rhys Gilmore.

Nowak then ran left to the Alliance 31, a loss of one on the play.

Bauer then threw an interception on the left side to Alliance's Caysen Robertson at the Alliance 22.

On the next play with 3:25 left in the second quarter, Alliance's Braeden Clarke threw a pass to Jackson Devlin at about the Ogallala 49 yard line on the left side near the sideline and then Devlin angled his way to the right toward the middle of the field as Ogallala's Rhys Gilmore tried to tackle him around the Ogallala 25 and Devlin then kept running into the end zone for a touchdown!

Alliance 27, Ogallala 0.

Alliance then called timeout with 3:07 left in the first half before the extra point(s) attempt.

After Ogallala got the ball at their own 38 after the kickoff, Nowak ran to the left to the Ogallala 45.

Then, Kolby Nowak ran right to the Ogallala 48.

Bauer then got sacked on the next play back at the Ogallala 42 by Ethan Schulze.

Alliance then called timeout with 1:46 to go in the second quarter.

Daniel Dowdy then caught a pass on the right side to the Ogallala 44 for two yards.

Then, Alliance called timeout with 1:35 left in the first half.

Bauer then ran right to the Alliance 49 yard line.

Another timeout happened with 1:27 left in the second quarter for Ogallala.

Nowak then caught a pass and ran to the Alliance 17 for a first down!

With 1:17 left in the half, Nowak then gained no yards on the next play.

After an incompletion on the right side to Rhys Gilmore, Bauer threw an interception on the left side to Alliance's Smiley Valdovinos.

So, Alliance got the football with 29.1 seconds left in the second quarter at their own 22.

After a completion for 18 yards to Nason Thompson to the Alliance 40, Braeden Clarke spiked the football to stop the clock with 17 seconds left (I guess) and make it second down.

Richard Handy then sacked the quarterback at the Alliance 32 and Alliance was content to go to the locker room with a 28 to 0 halftime lead over Ogallala as the remaining seconds ticked off the clock of the first half!

Braeden Clarke was 4 of 7 for 152 yards in the first half for Alliance throwing the football.

Jacoby Bauer was 8 for 17 for 92 yards with two interceptions in the first half for Ogallala.

To start the second half, Alliance got the football on their own 32 heading east to west.

Trini Trejo ran for two yards to the Alliance 34. Then ran right for 14 yards to the Alliance 48.

Alliance then threw an incompletion and it was intentional grounding by the quarterback, resulting in a penalty.

Trini Trejo then ran right and then angled his way left into the end zone for the touchdown near the left pylon.

Alliance 34, Ogallala 0.

Wyatt Stabnow then was unable to get the hold down for the extra point so he threw to his right as a two-point attempt and it was incomplete.

With 10:31 left in the third quarter, Ogallala had the ball at their own 32. Nowak ran to the Ogallala 35. Then, Jaxon Poss intercepted Jacoby Bauer on a pass to the left side.

Alliance took over at the Ogallala 39 with 9:43 left in the third quarter.

Clarke threw an incompletion on the left side. Then Alliance ran to the left to the Ogallala 38.

Then, Smiley Valdovinos caught a pass on the right side got to the Ogallala eight-yard line. Nason Thompson caught a pass and got down to the Ogallala two-yard line.

Nason Thompson then ran it in with the quarterback sneak from two yards out for a touchdown!

Alliance 40, Ogallala 0.

Jay Shelmadine then kicked the extra point low and it was blocked by Ogallala's Jace Hammond.

With 7:22 left in the third quarter, Ogallala's Corbin Kelly returned the Alliance kickoff to the Alliance 47-yard line.

With the running clock rules in effect for the remainder of the game (which only stops during timeouts, injuries, at the end of the third quarter and whenever the officials want it to be stopped), Kolby Nowak played quarterback and lost a yard to the Alliance 48.

Then, Nowak ran to the Alliance 43. Nowak ran it again to the Alliance 42 and it was fourth down.

Rhys Gilmore ran it right to the Alliance 40 and it was a turnover on downs as Alliance took over.

With 4:30 left in the third quarter, Tatum Devlin ran to the Ogallala 46. Then, Alliance got a completion to the Ogallala 47, for a loss of one on the play.

Tatum Devlin then gained a yard to the Ogallala 46.

On third down, Mason Winter caught a pass for seven yards and it was fourth down to the Ogallala 39.

Ogallala then went offsides and Alliance got an automatic first down to the Ogallala 34.

Alliance then got a completion to Tanner Salcido to the Ogallala 7. Then after an incompletion and a false start which the football back to the Ogallala 12, Alliance let the time expire and that was the end of the third quarter.

Alliance 40, Ogallala 0.

Alliance then got a completion to Mason Winter at the Ogallala 5-yard line.

EJ Garcia then ran the football to the Ogallala 2-yard line.

After an injury timeout with 10:58 remaining in the fourth quarter, Tatum Devlin ran it in for two yards into the end zone for a touchdown.

Alliance 46, Ogallala 0.

Wyatt Stabnow for Alliance couldn't get the hold down for the extra point again and so Daniel Dowdy of Ogallala tackled him to negate the two-point attempt.

With 10:18 to go, Ogallala got the football at their own 40 yard line.

Kolby Nowak then ran to the right near the right sideline on the north side for 60 yards and Ogallala scored their first points of the game! Touchdown!

Rhys Gilmore then caught a pass from Jacoby Bauer for the successful two-point conversion.

Alliance 46, Ogallala 8.

With 9:07 left in the fourth quarter, Alliance got the football at their own 47 yard line.

Alliance then called timeout with 8:39 remaining.

Richard Handy then got a sack for Ogallala back to the Alliance 42.

Tatum Devlin then ran right and forward several times for a first down to the Ogallala 40.

Alliance then threw an incompletion to the right side, the south sideline.

Tatum Devlin then ran left to the Ogallala 32. Alliance then threw an incompletion to the left side and it was a pass break-up by Daniel Dowdy of Alliance's Jay Shelmadine.

Alliance then threw it to the right incomplete and there was another pass break up, this time Maccoy Morken with the defense for Ogallala I guess.

So, Ogallala took over on down with 5:00 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Ogallala took over from their own 33. Ogallala ran to the 35 on first down.

Kolby Nowak then ran to the left for a loss of one on the play to the Ogallala 34 and Dan Kaiser-Pfannenstiel was in on the tackle for Alliance.

Ogallala called timeout with 3:06 to go.

A throw to the left was incomplete intended for Daniel Dowdy.

EJ Garcia then returned the Ogallala punt as it was punted at the Ogallala 25, landed at the Alliance 44 and rolled to the Alliance 26.

With 2:12 left in the fourth quarter, Tatum Devlin ran to the Ogallala 34 yard line.

Then, Tatum ran to the Alliance 42. Tatum Devlin then ran to the 47 yard line and that was the last play of the game as Alliance let the final 28 seconds tick off the clock.

Alliance won by a final score of 46 to 8.

Alliance's starting quarterback Braeden Clarke was definitely 4 for 9 (or 4 for 8 if you don't include the spike to stop the clock near the end of the first half) with 152 yards passing and two touchdown passes.

He was only 4 for 7 if you also don't count the intentional grounding penalty against him early on in the third quarter.

Alliance's quarterback in the entire second half (whoever that was, which was definitely three football players) was 6 for 13 with 81 yards passing.

Braeden Clarke probably most likely was 6 for 12 for 187 yards if he was out there for at least the first three passing plays of the second Alliance offensive possession of the second half.

Tripp Johnson was at a minimum the backup quarterback for Alliance with 2 out of 6 completions for 39 yards. He more likely was 4 for 8 with 46 yards passing.

Trini Trejo had one completion (on a trick play) for 35 yards in the first quarter.

Wyatt Stabnow had one incompletion after a failed extra point hold.

Ogallala's quarterback Jacoby Bauer was 9 for 19 throwing the football for 94 yards (which includes the two-point conversion pass to Rhys Gilmore). He threw three interceptions.

For Alliance, Trini Trejo had 19 carries for 249 yards. He had 17 rushes for at least one or more yards.

Tatum Devlin had eight carries for 64 yards. All of eight of his carries were for one or more yards.

EJ Garcia had one carry for three yards.

Nason Thompson had one carry for two yards.

Braeden Clarke had two carries for -1 yards.

Tripp Johnson had one carry for -5 yards because he got sacked.

Wyatt Stabnow had one carry for negative yardage on the second of two failed extra point holds.

For Ogallala, Kolby Nowak had 20 rushes for 111 yards. Nowak had twelve rushes for at least one or more yards.

Rhys Gilmore had two carries for -2 yards.

Jacoby Bauer had four rushes for -4 yards.

For Alliance, Jackson Devlin had one catch for 78 yards.

Mason Winter had three catches for 47 yards.

Nason Thompson had four catches for 44 yards.

Tanner Salcido had one catch for 32 yards.

Smiley Valdovinos had one catch for 30 yards.

Somebody for Alliance had one catch for -1 yards.

For Ogallala, Rhys Gilmore had four receptions for 44 yards.

Daniel Dowdy had three catches for eight yards.

Kolby Nowak had one catch for 32 yards.

Tai Le had one catch for ten yards.

Alliance had one punt in the entire game for 34 yards at least (and as much as 36 yards).

Richard Handy did the punting for Ogallala and he had six punts of 190 yards total for a net average of 31.67 yards.

Ogallala's six punts where the football was at the line of scrimmage (or, more accurately, where the football actually left the punter's foot) and where the football actually landed or was caught on the fly (or where the play was stopped, if not at where the football landed or was caught on the fly) resulted in 193 yards for an average of 31.167 yards.

Ogallala's six punts where the football was at the line of scrimmage (or, more accurately, where the football actually left the punter's foot) and where the football actually landed or was caught on the fly (or, more accurately for this specific stat, where the football came to a stop, if not at where the play was stopped or where the football landed or was caught on the fly) resulted in 211 yards for an average of 35.167 yards.

Ogallala's two punts that I was able to keep track of where the football actually left the punter's foot and where the football actually landed resulted in 77 yards for an average of 38.5 yards.

Ogallala's two punts that I was able to keep track of where the football actually left the punter's foot and where the football actually was caught or came to a stop resulted in 97 yards for an average of 48.5 yards.