Cougars wrap up season at 12-1, average 54.2 points per game during 2025 title run
Coming off of a perfect 13-0 state championship run in 2024, the Sandy Creek Football team kept their sights on that same big prize, the Class D-1 state championship title again in 2025.
After opening the new season with a 56-26 road win at Johnson- Brock, a second road trip during game two of the season would deal the Cougars their first loss in 15 games, as Shelby-Rising City delivered the blow, winning 32-24 over Sandy Creek to set the Cougars at 1-1.
After that tough road loss, however, Sandy Creek rolled through the rest of the regular season, dominating their way past Alma, 68-26 in week three, past Tri County, 48-8, then cruising to a 45-22 win at Thayer Central.
Week six took the Cougars to Sutton, where Sandy Creek rolled to a 55-14 win, while closing out the regular season with a 63-12 win over Exeter-Milligan/Friend, before shutting out Southern, 71-0, to send the Cougars into the post season as the third seed in the D-1 state playoffs.
Sandy Creek opened play in the post-season against EMF and claimed a 60-14 win. Round two brought the Gators of Wisner-Pilger to Sandy Creek, with the Cougars claiming a 51-6 victory.
The quarterfinals pitted the Cougars against Bridgeport, with Sandy Creek earning a 45-16 win, to advance to the semifinals for the third year. There, they defeated the Plainview Pirates 53-22 to gain their second straight bid for the D-1 title game. Sandy Creek then dominated the Crofton Warriors 66-26 to lay claim to their second straight championship to finish the year 12-1.
OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Sandy Creek’s offensive attack was well balanced again this season, passing for 2,459 yards and running for 2,760 yards, totalling 5,219 yards, an average of 401.5 yards per game.
Sophomore quarterback, Kamerin Sealey, gained a total of 4,220 yards, just over 80 percent of the Cougars’ offense. Sealey completed 173 of 243 passes for 2,439 passing yards, and ran the ball 174 times, covering 1,781 total yards.
Sealey passed for 36 touchdowns and ran for another 38. In all, Sandy Creek scored a total of 37 passing touchdowns and 57 running touchdowns.
Wes Biltoft and Logan Tomky led the aerial attack for the Cougars, as Biltoft hauled in 35 passes, covering 751 yards and scored 12 times, while Tomky made 31 catches for 633 total yards and 11 touchdowns.
Kaeden Schmidt was impressive through the air and on the ground. Schmidt hauled in 47 passes, covering 484 yards, and scored nine times through the air. On the ground, Schmidt ran for 520 yards on 79 carries and hit paydirt in the endzone nine times as well.
Alex Watts made 20 catches for 299 yards and three touchdowns, while Wyatt Hemberger hauled in 19 passes for 212 yards and three scores.
Following Sealey and Schmidt on the ground was Jedt Livgren, who had 14 carries for 152 yards and one touchdown, while Alex Watts had 105 yards on 20 total carries and scored three times.
DEFENSIVE LEADERS Three defenders for the Cougars had well over 100 tackles on the year, led by Alston Clark with 137 total stops. Clark had 93 solo stops, had one interception and one sack, and totalled six tackles for loss.
Biltoft and Christian Shaw both ended the year with 111 tackles. Biltoft had 29 solo tackles and six tackles for a loss, along with two sacks, while Shaw made 31 solo stops, had eight tackles for loss, and one sack.
Josh Spray was the team-leader in tackles for loss with 12 and sacks with six. In all, Spray had 97 tackles, including 17 solo tackles.
Jackson Gerdes haunted the opposition for 76 tackles, six tackles for loss, and one sack, while Schmidt was in on 73 tackles, which included 28 solo stops and three tackles for loss, while Sealey was in on 68 tackles, including 32 solo stops and a pair of tackles for loss.
SANDY CREEK TOTALS:
Rush Att-Yds.................................. 320-2,760 Rush Yds-Carry...........................................8.6 Rush Yds-Game......................................212.3 Pass Comp-Att-Yds.................. 173-243-2,459 Passing Yards/Catch.................................14.2 Passing Yards/Game...............................189.2 Total Offense.........................................5,219 Total Offense/Game...............................401.5
INDIVIDUAL STATS RUSHING- (Att.-Yds): Kamerin Sealey: 174-1,781, Kaeden Schmidt: 79-520, Jedt Livgren: 14-152, Alex Watts: 20-105, Evan Swartzendruber: 8-62, Alston Clark: 5-57, Wyatt Livgren: 9-49, Brockett Reed: 7-34, John Skalka: 1-5, Owen Spray: 1-(-5). TEAM: 320-2,760.
PASSING- (Comp.-Att.-Yds): Kamerin Sealey: 172-242-2,439, Alex Watts: 1-1-20.
TEAM: 173-243-2,459.
RECEIVING- (Catch-Yds): Wes Biltoft: 35751, Logan Tomky: 31-633, Kaeden Schmidt: 47-484, Alex Watts: 28-299, Wyatt Hemberger: 19-212, Alston Clark: 4-42, Wyatt Livgren: 7-24.
TEAM: 173-2,459.
TACKLES- (UT-AT-Total): Alston Clark: 4493-137, Christian Shaw: 31-80-111, Wes Biltoft: 29-82-111, Josh Spray: 17-80-97, Jackson Gerdes: 21-55-76, Kaeden Schmidt: 28-45-73, Kamerin Sealey: 32-36-68, Alex Watts: 27-2552, Jonas Amos: 12-23-35, Coen Eitzmann: 16-19-35, Wyatt Hemberger: 19-16-35, Logan Tomky: 13-19-32, Sam Watts: 9-19-28, Jaxen Heath: 2-9-11, Mason Johanson: 3-7-10, Owen Spray: 4-5-9, Cedric Oeltjen: 3-6-9, Evan Swartzendruber: 3-4-7, Chrstian Lorena-Parks: 4-3-7, Jedt Livgren: 3-2-5, Caleb Ochsner: 1-4-5, Luke Soucie: 2-3-5, Hadley Schoneberg: 3-1-4, Trestyn Muir: 1-0-1, Ben Biurger: 1-0-1, Thaxton Sintek: 0-1-1, Wyatt Livgren: 0-1-1.
TEAM: 328-638-968. * UT=Unassisted Tackle
• AT=Assisted Tackle.
THE 2025 SEASON - 12-1
Johnson-Brock...................................W 56-26 Shelby-Rising City................................ L 32-24 Alma.................................................W 68-26 Tri County............................................W 48-8 Thayer Central...................................W 45-22 Sutton...............................................W 55-14 Exeter-Milligan/Friend......................W 63-12 Southern (Wymore).............................W 71-0 Class D-1 State Playoffs- Exeter-Milligan/Friend......................W 60-14 Wisner-Pilger......................................W 51-6 Bridgeport...........................................W 45-6 Plainview..........................................W 53-22 Crofton..............................................W 66-26
