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Blake Headley modestly said he’s just filling his role in the Millard South offense.

Right now, the Patriot senior and Nebraska baseball recruit is looking a lot like the quarterback who was ahead of him the past two years, all-stater Bronson Marsh.

Headley fired four touchdown passes, three to Elijah Tostenson, in a 36-17 win Friday night over rival Millard West in a Metro Conference game that matched the top two teams.

Top-ranked Millard South (2-0) extended its two-year winning streak to 15 games in beating the No. 2 Wildcats (1-1) for the third time during that stretch.

A Buell Stadium crowd was estimated at 7,500, with Millard West fans spilling onto the grassy hillside north of the bleachers. But fans started exiting once Millard South took a 36-3 lead on the third Headley-Tostenson scoring hookup of the night.

Headley was 14 of 18 for 219 yards.

“Blake knows the offense very well and has been taught very well,’’ Millard South coach Andy Means said. “He’s so smart. He made some check calls tonight that were really impressive.

“It’s a credit to him. He did a great job.

Tostenson is a 6-foot-1 junior who thrived on the fade route, catching five passes for 86 yards.

“We knew Elijah was going to be good,’’ Means said. “With his height and his speed he would give cornerbacks some trouble out there. We just hope he continues to do it all season.’’

Millard South’s other touchdowns were on a 39-yard pass play from Headley to Brandon Clark and a 1-yard plunge by returning All-Nebraska player Quentin Urban.

Clark caught six passes for 107 yards.

Headley took every snap for the Patriots, with Urban often in the backfield with him. All-state running back candidate Tré Sacks was benched until inserted for mop-up duty in the final quarter.

Millard West coach Kirk Peterson said the Patriots are ahead of his team in speed and power.

“They dominated the line of scrimmage, which we thought coming in that maybe we could,’’ Peterson said. “That was obvious we’re not quite there yet.

“But we’ve been down this road before, and we’ll get better."

Peterson said he was relieved at halftime that the Wildcats were trailing only 14-3, their points coming on a 43-yard field goal by Jeff Hudson.

A personal foul penalty on the second-half kickoff caused the Wildcats to start at their 11. They went three-and-out, and then Millard South’s Eddie Collins danced 41 yards to the Wildcat 1 on first down. Urban scored on the next play. Joel Fickel’s extra point made it 21-3 just 1:46 into the second half.

Totstenson touchdown receptions capped the Patriots’ next two drives.

The Wildcats, held to 100 yards through three quarters, scored twice in the final eight minutes.

“They’re better than us right now,” Peterson said.

Millard West (1-1)...................3 0 0 14--17
Millard South (2-0).........................7 7 15 7--36
MS: Elijah Tostenson 20 pass from Blake Headley (Joel Fickel kick)
MW: Jeff Hudson 43 field goal
MS: Brandon Clark 39 pass from Blake Headley (Joel Fickel kick)
MS: Quentin Urban 1 run (Joel Fickel kick)
MS: Elijah Tostenson 7 pass from Blake Headley (Tony Gardner pass from Blake Headley)
MS: Elijah Tostenson 32 pass from Blake Headley (Joel Fickel kick)
MW: Devin Reaves 3 run (Jeff Hudson kick)
MW: Caleb Heussner 21 pass from Zach Whitham (Jeff Hudson kick)
A: 7,500 (est).

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: MW, Reaves 19-63, Frankie Guido 3-12, Whitham 6-minus 9, Andrew Dergan 1-6, Zach Leinbaugh 5-minus 4. MS, Urban 7-48, Eddie Collins 10-44, Tré Sacks 5-19, Alex Carr 1-11, team 1-minus 14.

PASSING: MW, Whitham 13-22-1 174. MS, Headley 14-18-1 219, Urban 1-1-0 7.

RECEIVING: MW, Heussner 1-21, Zach Kallman 9-108, Leinbaugh 1-30, Dergan 1-5, Alex Jensen 1-10. MS, Tostenson 5-86, Clark 6-107, Gardner 3-32, Collins 1-1.

Contact the writer:

444-1041, stu.pospisil@owh.com

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