🏈Late field goal lifts Cimarron past TMP

CIMARRON – First place in 2A district number seven was on the line Friday night in Cimarron between TMP-Marian and the Bluejays and went all was said and done it was the Bluejays coming away with the 11-8 win.

Friday’s matchup featured on of the top offenses in 2A in Cimarron (6-1) and the top scoring defense in 2A, TMP (5-2) and it would not disappoint.

After both teams were forced to punt on their opening possession Cimarron was able to take advantage of a short field and put together a six-play, 49-yard drive that resulted in a 16-yard touchdown pass giving Cimarron an 8-0 after the two-point conversion.

The touchdown ended TMP’s streak of four straight shutouts and was the first points allowed to a 2A opponent this year for TMP.

After the touchdown by Cimarron, with just over a minute left in the first quarter, both team’s defenses settled in for an 8-0 Bluejays lead at halftime.

TMP on the was forced to punt on their first four drives of the game and didn’t get on the scoreboard until late in the third quarter when Bryce Seib’s two-yard touchdown run capped off a 12-play 48-yard drive that tied the game after the two-point conversion with a little more than three and a half minutes left in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter TMP’s Griffin Schumacher recorded his first career interception that gave the Monarchs the ball inside the Cimarron 30-yard line but the drive stalled and TMP kicked Jace Wentling just missed a 46-yard field goal that would have given the Monarchs the lead with under nine minutes to play.

After forcing a Cimarron punt TMP got the ball back with just over seven minutes to go but an interception and return to the TMP 38-yard line by Cimarron’s Braxton Harrison set the Bluejays up with a great chance to take the lead.

Harrison’s 28-yard field goal with 2:44 left in the game put Cimarron on top 11-8.

They then held off a late TMP drive on their way to the three-point win.

TMP held Cimarron to just 151 total yards of offense while the Monarchs were limited to just 159 total yards.

TMP's Bryce Seib rushed for a game-high 64-yards on 18 carries.

Cimarron's Braxton Harrison was the game's leading passer going 6-for-13 for 92 yards with a touchdown and an interception.

The Monarchs host Lakin Friday night to close out the regular season needing a win to clinch a first-round home game in week nine.

Cimarron travels to Ellis next week looking to clinch the district title.