{"id":3455,"date":"2026-08-31T19:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T00:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2026-08-31T19:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T00:38:05","slug":"west-central-football-cruises-to-season-opening-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2026\/08\/31\/west-central-football-cruises-to-season-opening-win\/","title":{"rendered":"West Central Football Cruises to Season Opening Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-275\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans.png 96w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/>The West Central Trojan football team cruised to a 37-0 season-opening win over the Dakota Valley Panthers at home on Friday, August 28th.<\/p>\n<p>The first points for the Trojans didn&#8217;t come until 4:39 to play in the opening quarter.\u00a0 John Goehring gave West Central a 3-0 lead with a 40-yard field goal.\u00a0 Beckett Everson connected with Keenan Hackett on a 67-yard touchdown pass with 1:26 to go in the quarter.\u00a0 The extra point was no good, but the Trojans led 9-0.\u00a0 West Central added one more score before halftime.\u00a0 Boche Knight had an eight-yard touchdown run.\u00a0 Goehring made the extra point to make the score 16-0.<\/p>\n<p>The offense kept rolling in the second half.\u00a0 Carson Eich had a 37-yard punt return for a touchdown after the punt was deflected by one of his teammates.\u00a0 Goehring made another extra point to extend the lead to 23-0.\u00a0 Chase Stromer found the end zone with 7:42 to go in the third quarter on a 15-yard touchdown run.\u00a0 The made extra point made the score 30-0.\u00a0 The final score came with 10:27 to play in the game.\u00a0 Braylon Robbins had a one-yard run, and Goehring added another extra point for a 37-0 final score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Central Trojan football team cruised to a 37-0 season-opening win over the Dakota Valley Panthers at home on Friday, August 28th. 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