Renegades Double Up The Koyotes 56-28 For Third Win Of The Season

What looked like a shootout in Topeka turned into a bit of an easy victory for the Renegades as they defeated the Kansas Koyotes 56-28 on friday. Kansas City jumped out to a 13‐0 lead behind a 31 yard touchdown pass from fill in starting qb Carlos Cavanaugh (starter Xavier Lee had to attend to a family health matter) to Anthony Parks and a 10 yard interception return for touchdown by David Garrett.

The Koyotes edged closer on a 6 yard pass from Chris Mayabb to Chris Davis. On the ensuing kickoff Kansas City’s OJ Simpson showed why he is the most dangerous returner in the league when he returned it 52 yards for a touchdown (his 3rd return in 2 games) to extend the lead to 20-7. Kansas came charging back behind James Walker’s 2 yard run and took the lead when Kaito Miller wrestled the ball away from Keithen Valentine and raced 43 yards for a touchdown. By the time the first quarter had ended the Koyotes had a 21-20 advantage.

After that the Renegades lowered the boom as they outscored Kansas 19-0 in the second quarter to take a 39-21 lead at the half. Cavanaugh was the star as he had a rushing and passing touchdown in the quarter and kicker Thomas Frevert had a 23 yard field goal.

In the second half the Kansas City defense took over, holding the Koyotes to 7 points. For the game the defense recorded five turnovers, 2 touchdowns, and a safety.

Cavanaugh also threw his third touchdown of the game in the third quarter when he hit Clint Solomon from 15 yards out. Cavanaugh also finished the game without an interception, the first game this year a KC QB hasn’t thrown at least one interception.

Kansas City, now 3-2, heads to Sedalia next Saturday to take on their instate rival the Mid-Missouri Outlaws at 7:05 pm.

Kansas City 56, Kansas 28

Kansas City    20    19    14    3    —    56

Kansas           21      0      7    0    —    28

First Quarter

Renegades — Parks 31 pass from Cavanaugh (Frevert kick)

Renegades — Garrett 10 interception return (kick failed)

Koyotes — Davis 6 pass from Mayabb (McCoy kick)

Renegades — Simpson 52 kickoff return (Frevert kick)

Koyotes — Walker 2 run (McCoy kick)

Koyotes — Miller 43 fumble return (McCoy kick)

Second Quarter

Renegades — Cavanaugh 1 run (Frevert kick)

Renegades — Frevert 23 kick

Renegades — Simpson 8 pass from Cavanaugh (Frevert kick)

Renegades — safety (intentional grounding in end zone)

Third Quarter

Koyotes — Walker 2 run (McCoy kick)

Renegades — Solomon 15 pass from Cavanaugh (Frevert kick)

Renegades — Elmore 3 fumble return (Frevert kick)

Fourth Quarter

Renegades — Frevert 17 field goal

Individual Statistics

Rushing

Renegades: Valentine 14-51, Cavanaugh 4-(MINUS) 3; Berry 3-3

Koyotes: Walker 13-30, Mayabb 7-(MINUS) 10, Eyo 7-(MINUS) 10.

Passing

Renegades: Cavanaugh 9-19-0, 109

Koyotes: Mayabb 5-14-1, 71; Eyo 5-7-1, 34.

Receiving

Renegades: Simpson 4-40, Solomon 3-31, Parks 2-38

Koyotes: Craig 3-50, Davis 3-29, Walker 2-17, Snipes 1-5, Williams 1-4.