LINCOLN, Neb.—Turnovers helped Blue Hill beat Archbishop Bergan 14-0 for the Nebraska class C-2 football championship at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Friday.
Blue Hill’s Casey Van Boening recovered a fumble that led to one Bobcats touchdown, and Bryan Adams intercepted an Archbishop Bergan pass, which led to the other.
“We did a pretty good job today. We’re pretty good on defense,” Van Boening said. “Everybody did their job and did it well.”
The Knights (10-3) turned over the ball four times and managed just 120 yards of total offense.
The Bobcats’ offense gained only 177 total yards.
The Bobcats (12-1) had been allowing only 3.5 points a game.
The turnovers gave Blue Hill short fields and the advantages it used to win its first state title after consecutive runnerup finishes.
The Blue Hill fumble recovery put the ball at the Bergan 41; the Adams interception left the Bobcats just 46 yards away from the end zone.
“Blue Hill does a nice job with what they do,” Bergan coach Ron Beacom said. “They were better than we were today. We left the ball on the ground a couple of times, but we were trying to make plays.”
Nathan Faimon capped a seven-play, 41-yard scoring drive with a four-yard run with 2:02 left in the first quarter. Riley Boniface would add another score from five yards away early in the fourth quarter to finish the scoring.
“People have been doubting us and didn’t think we could win the big one,” Adams said. “We wanted to come here and get the job done and we did.”
Boniface finished with 105 yards on 29 carries for Blue Hill.
Riley Gross threw for 60 yards and Nick Lambrecht ran for 31 yards to lead Bergan.
