Redskins Wrap Up Regular Season with Win at Ulysses

The Liberal Redskins snapped their four game losing streak in an emphatic way Friday night at Maxwell Field in Ulysses.  The Redskins led 28-3 at halftime and won 42-19.  Brooks Kappelmann threw five touchdown passes for the second time this season.  The LHS record for TD passes in a game is six by Britton Abbott vs. Goddard in 2013.

The Skins scored first as Kappelmann lofted a 28 yard scoring strike to Zayden Martinez at the 9:31 mark of the first quarter.  On Liberal’s next drive, the Tigers stopped the Skins on 4th and 1 from midfield.  Lorenzo Gomez kicked a 27 yard field goal at the 2:41 mark to make it 7-3.  That was the score at the end of one quarter. Brooks Kappelmann connected with Izzy Rotolo for a 24 yard TD with 10:01 to play in the second.  Trystian Juarez 15 yard TD run was the senior’s 8th rushing score of the season.  With :27.5 seconds leftt and no timeouts, Kappelmann hooked up with Martinez for a two yard strike.  IT was 28-3 Redskins at the half.

Lorenzo Gomez capped off the first Ulysses drive of the second half with a four yard score at the 7:23 mark.  The Tigers got the two to make it 28-11.  On a 4th and goal from the Ulysses seven, Kappelmann zipped a touchdown pass to AB Amador to make it 35-11.  Kappelmann’s fade to Izzy Rotolo was a 31 yard score to make it 42-11 with 11:14 to play.  Ulysses signal called Justin Degollado took in a score with 6:22 to play.  The Tigers tacked on the two point conversion to make it 42-19.  Danny Landa made all six extra points for the Redskins.

Kappelmann was 17-24 for 251 yards.  Izzy Rotolo had seven catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns.  Zayden Martinez had four catches for 74 yards and two touchdowns.  Trystian Juarez has gone over the 1,000 yard mark rushing for the season with 22 carries for 167 yards and a score. He’s the first Redskin to rush for over 1,000 yards since Syris Dunlap in 2019.  Tyren Holmes dominated the interior with 15 tackles.  Trystian Juarez had 14 tackles.

Liberal wins in Ulysses for the first time since 2017.  The Redskins are 3-5 and the Tigers are 1-7.  The Skins play at 6-2 Hutchinson Friday night at 7pm with Redskin Pre-game at 6pm on 1270 and 92.3