Millard West outruns Knights

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BY RYLY JANE HAMBLETON / Lincoln Journal Star

OMAHA — When the state sprint champion says his teammate might be faster than him, that spells double trouble for the Class A football coaches in Nebraska.

Kohlman Adema-Schulte, who swept the 100 and 200 meters at the state track meet last spring, rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns, but it was Darius Evans who made folks gasp.

The two combined for 276 yards rushing and three touchdowns to lead fourth-ranked Millard West to an 18-0 victory over Lincoln Southeast on Thursday before an estimated crowd of 1,500 at Buell Stadium.

“I think he’s a little quicker than I am,” said Adema-Schulte, a 5-foot-9, 185-pound senior. “He helped me today. I was getting tired, getting a lot of carries, and it helps to have a one-two punch.”

Adema-Schulte got the Wildcats on the board first with a 12-yard run early in the second quarter. He finished the game with 109 yards on 17 carries.

“We have a nice one-two punch at I-back. Kohlman and Darius are different types of runners,” said Millard West coach Kirk Peterson. “Kohlman is the power guys who can still get away and Darius is very, very shifty and fast.”

The 5-11, 165-pound junior demonstrated that when he took a pitch to the left side late in the second quarter. After Darius pulled away from one last defender near mid-field, he had clear sailing for an 87-yard touchdown run.

“We have decent speed, but we don’t have the overall speed to get lateral on a team like that,” said Southeast coach John Larsen. “They’re awfully good on defense and their speed is deceiving. It looks like there’s things open, and they close so fast that they’re not open.”

The Wildcats held Southeast to just 38 yards rushing on 29 carries. The Knights battled poor field position, getting into Millard West territory just twice, on their first two possessions of the game.

“Our kids on defense played great,” said Larsen. “They were out on the field a lot. The offense didn’t give them much help, and they hung in there and really battled.”

The early success came on a 33-yard pass from LSE quarterback Derrius Vick to David Sutton on the second play of the game. After punting, the defense forced Millard West to give the ball back, and Southeast ventured into Wildcat territory on a short run by Travis Vensky.

“They threw a couple of wrinkles at us that we talked about but we didn’t really practice,” said Peterson. “But defensively, we adjusted well when we needed to. Offensively, we did enough to win.”

Reach Ryly Jane Hambleton at 473-7314 or rhambleton@journalstar.com.