Football Recaps from Week 7, October 8th
Carroll at MOC-Floyd Valley
Carroll 13
MOC-Floyd Valley 6
The Carroll Tigers grabbed their first district win of the season as they got past MOC-Floyd Valley Friday night in week seven.
In the opening drives for both teams, the ending results were turnovers, but Carroll was able to score on their second drive. Cooper Ludwig was all by himself as he caught a 37-yard touchdown pass on a 4th and 9, giving Carroll the early 6-0 lead. That 6-0 lead for Carroll stood all the way until halftime. The Tigers defense was a wall in the first half, forcing four turnovers, only allowing 40 yards of offense, and recording two sacks. Unfortunately, the Carroll offense was only able to score off one of their seven offensive drives, all of which were inside the Dutchmen territory.
In the second half, MOC-Floyd Valley tied up the contest at 6-6 with a 57-yard TD run, but they had the PAT blocked by Carroll to keep the contest tied. That lone score stood as they only points in the third quarter, thanks to more defensive plays from Carroll. In the fourth quarter, the Tigers were able to find the end zone thanks to Ethan Langeling, hitting Zach Dirkx for a 75-yard touchdown pass to give the Tigers the 13-6 lead. With defense being the main story for the Tigers in this game, it was fitting when Gus Collison intercepted his third pass of the night to seal the win for Carroll.
Carroll’s final home game of the regular season will be up against Sioux Center on Friday, October 15th.
Carroll Stats
Ethan Langeling: 12/26, 188 Yds, 2 TD
Zack Dirkx: 6 Rec, 100 Yds, TD
Cooper Ludwig: 3 Rec, 39 Yds, TD
Gus Collison: 3 INT, 8 Total Tackles
Teams 1 2 3 Final
CAR 6 6 6 | 13
MOC 0 0 6 | 6
Treynor At Kuemper
Treynor 35
Kuemper 21
The Knights’ chances at the district title faded. Friday night as Treynor took control of the game when Todd Pedersen returned a kickoff for a touchdown to swing momentum the Cardinals way as they scored the last 21 points in the 1st half, sending Kuemper to their third loss of the season and first in the district. Kuemper still has an outside shot at the district title but needs to win at 2nd ranked Underwood on Friday and have Treynor fall to MVAOCOU.
PHOTOS: Credit Jeff Storjohann
The Knights defense was outstanding early, shutting down the Cardinal outside run game and forcing them to throw. The defense was put in a couple tough situations after an interception and tackle behind the line of scrimmage on a punt gave the Cardinals the ball at the Kuemper 10 and 22 yard lines on back to back drives. The defense forced a fumble on the first of those possessions and Treynor missed a 38-yard field goal after starting at the Knights 22-yard line.
The missed field goal ignited the Kuemper offense. They established the ground game and worked their way down the field on an 11 play 80-yard drive, highlighted by a big catch from Jared Hausman who scored on a 1-yard run to put the Knights ahead 7-0. Kuemper had been dominating the line of scrimmage early in the game and appeared to be in control of the game. Todd Pedersen, scooped up the ensuing kickoff and found a seam and was off to the races. He sprinted past the Kuemper kickoff team and scored sixteen seconds after the Knights had grabbed the lead and Treynor was off and running. The game was tied with 6:32 left in the 1st half but Treynor scored on a 26-yard run by Kaden Miller after Kuemper went three plays and out. A Pedersen interception at the Kuemper 42 set up a 3-yard Miller run with :05 left in the half and Treynor went into half up 21-7.
Kuemper got the ball to start the 2nd half and fumbled on the fifth play and Caleb IIiff recovered at the Knights 43. DJ Vonnahme got the ball back for Kuemper with an interception but Kuemper turned it over for the fourth time when Owen Mieska picked off the pass and returned it for a touchdown to put the Cardinals up 28-7.
Kuemper responded in a hurry as DJ Vonnahme led them down the field
and scored on a 28-yard run to make it 28-14 with 0:13 left in the third quarter. The defense forced a quick punt but AJ Schiltz picked off another Kuemper pass and took it back for their second pick six and they led 35-14. Isaac Evans capped the scoring, picking up a fumble for the Knights and outran everyone to the endzone with 3:10 left in the game. Treynor fell on the onside kick and Treynor was able to run out the clock.
Kuemper turned the ball over 4 times, had the punter tackled for a 8-yard loss and gave up a kickoff return for the touchdown. The two teams combined for three defensive and one special teams touchdown out of the eight touchdowns scored.
Jared Hausman had 23-yards rushing and a touchdown. Taye Vonnahme had 41 yards rushing. Trevor Rial caught 46 yards on 2 passes and Jared Hausman added a 30-yard catch. Cal Wanninger led the defensive attack with 9.5 tackles with 8 of them solo. Evan Adams had 9 tackles with 6 solo. Isaac Evand picked up a fumble and returned it 35-yards for a touchdown. Kuemper finished with 116-yards rushing on 29 carries and went 9-23 passing for 150 yards.
The loss dropped Kuemper to 4-3 overall and 3-1 in district play. Treynor improved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in district play. The Knights close out the regular season Friday at Underwood. The Eagles are ranked 2nd and are 7-0 and 4-0.
Kuemper Stats
Cooper Pottebaum 6-13, 74 yards passing, 2 INT
Dennis Vonnahme 3-10, 76 yards passing, 2 INT, 4-34 yards rushing TD
Taye Vonnahme 15-41 yards rushing, 2-33 yards receiving
Jared Hausman 4-23 yards rushing, TD
Trevor Rial 2-46 yards receiving-fumble recovery
Jared Hausman 1-30 yards receiving
Cal Wanninger 9.5 tackles, 8 solo
Evan Adams 9 tackles, 6 solo
Max Peitig 7 tackles
Isaac Evans 7 tackles-fumble recovery returned for 35 yard touchdown
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 Final
Treynor 0 21 7 7 35
Kuemper 0 7 7 7 21
South Central Calhoun at Woodward Granger
South Central Calhoun 41
Woodward Granger 7
In a battle for the Class 1A District 2 title, South Central Calhoun found ways to get past a strong Woodward Granger defense and gain momentum heading into playoffs with their win over the Hawks.
In the first quarter, it was a battle of who’s defense could stop the other’s offense the most. The lone score of the first quarter came from Blake McAlister who slung it to Kevin King from 18 yards out for a touchdown, giving the Titans the 7-0 lead. At the start of the second quarter, Woodward Granger made an impact quickly with a long rushing touchdown from their own 10 yard line to make it 7-7. South Central Calhoun was on the cusp of taking back the lead when, on the Woodward Granger one yard line, they fumbled the ball and the Hawks recovered. All wasn’t lost as the Titans were quickly able to force a fumble and recover the ball on the Hawk’s 10 yard line. McAlister put the finishing touches on back to back fumbles to score from two yards out and gave South Central Calhoun the lead back at 14-7. The final score of the first half came from McAlister once more as he picked off Woodward Granger quarterback Carter Moran and ran the ball back for a pick six, giving the Titans the 21-7 lead going into halftime.
The Titans came back from halftime ready to play as they received the ball. McAlister grabbed his third touchdown of the night as he grabbed a great pass from Gavin Batta to give South Central Calhoun the 28-7 lead. Woodward Granger’s defense did well at stopping the Titan defense at times, and specifically McAlister, but one aspect that hurt the Hawks were punts. On a 4th and 19, the Hawks went for a punt close to their endzone, and the snap went over the head of the punter, allowing Antonio Sanders to locate and scoop up the ball for a fumble recovery touchdown, increasing the Titan lead to 35-7 going into the fourth quarter. The Titans played to wind down the clock in the final 12 minutes of the contest, but did give Zach Trott a chance to score a three-yard rushing touchdown to extend their lead to 41-7. After all was said and done, the South Central Calhoun Titans captured the Class 1A District 2 title on the road and improved to 6-1 on the season.
The Titans wrap up their regular season schedule with their final home game of the season against district opponent Belmond-Klemme.
South Central Calhoun Stats
Blake McAlister: 10 Car, 28 Yds, TD; 1/1, 18 Yds, TD; 3 Rec, 87 Yds, TD; 32 Yd TD INT
Gavin Batta: 8/13, 148 Yds, TD
Antonio Sanders: Fumble Recovery TD
Teams 1 2 3 Final
SCC 7 21 35 | 41
WG 8 7 7 | 7
West Harrison At Audubon
Audubon 50
West Harrison 8
Audubon clinched their 6th win of the season by the end of the 1st quarter as they jumped out to a 36-0 lead. The Wheelers were able to strike quickly with touchdown plays off 54, 17, 40, 5, 63 and 3 yards on their first six possessions. Their longest possession was 5 plays and went for 70-yards. Their drives were from 54, 70, 70, 34, 76 and 27 yards and they scored on 1, 5, 4, 4, 3 and 5 plays. The Wheelers finished with 125-yards passing and 262 yards rushing. The defense held West Harrison to 61-yards passing and 91-yards rushing.
Carter Andreasen opened the scoring on the Wheelers first possession with a 54-yard touchdown run. Gavin Smith hit Garrett Christensen for a 3-yard touchdown pass on their next possession. Smith hit Braden Wessel on their third possessions and he scored from 37-yards. Andreasen got back into the scoring explosion, scoring on a 5-yard run followed by a 63-yard pass from Smith to Andreasen to end the 1st quarter scoring. Audubon added a 3-yard run by Aaron Olsen in the 2nd quarter and led 43-0 at half.
Both teams scored in the 3rd quarter with the continuous clock making the 2nd half go quickly. Gavin Smith had the final touchdown for Audubon running it in from 34-yards near the end of the 3rd quarter.
Gavin Smith finished with 100-yards passing on 2 completions with both going for touchdowns. He ran for 170-yards and scored twice. Carter Andreasen added 108-yards rushing and a pair of touchdowns. Manny Beisswenger led the Wheelers with 2 catches, Braden Wessel had one catch for 37-yards and a touchdown, Carter Andreasen added a touchdown catch for 63-yards. Gavin Larsen and Matthew Beisswenger each had 6.5 tackles.
Audubon Stats
Gavin Smith 2-7 100 yards passing, 2 touchdowns, 10-170 yards rushing, 2 touchdowns
Carter Andreasen 7-108 yards rushing, 2 touchdowns, 1-63 yards receiving, touchdown
Braden Wessel 1-37 yards receiving, touchdown
Gavin Larsen 6.5 tackles
Manny Beisswenger 6.5 tackles
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 Final
WH 0 0 8 0 8
Audubon 36 7 7 0 50
IKM-Manning At Lawton Bronson
IKM-Manning 48
Lawton Bronson 27
IKM-Manning rebounded from a slow start and took command of the game with a big 2nd quarter on their way to their 4th win of the season, wrapping up the district season along the way. IKM-Manning didn’t need to throw the ball much as they pounded out 426-yards on the ground, with two guys going over 100-yards rushing.
Lawton Bronson struck first, scoring on a 27-yard pass with 8:03 left in the 1st quarter. The Wolves had two possessions early and punted on both of them. After the Wolves defense forced the Eagles to punt on their second possession the offense got into rhythm. They moved the ball to the Eagle 3-yard line at the end of the quarter and turned that into a 3-yard touchdown for Amos Rasmussen to start the 2nd quarter. The game was tied briefly at 7. This time it was IKM-Manning special teams coming up big. They forced a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, but the Wolves couldn’t move the ball and turned it over on downs. Lawton Bronson took advantage and scored on a 71-yard touchdown pass to lead 13-7 early in the 2nd quarter. Amos Rasmussen changed the momentum, taking off from 75-yards and putting the Wolves up 14-13. IKM-Manning forced another punt and Nolan Ramsey hit Luke Ramsey for a 22-yard touchdown with 2:49 left in the half and the Wolves extended the lead to 21-13. Cooper Perdew came up with a big interception late in the half, returning it to the Eagles 8-yard line, setting up another Wolves touchdown. Cooper Irlmeier capitalized with a 1-yard run and IKM-Manning led 27-13 at half.
The Wolves went for the jugular to start the 2nd half and recovered an onside kick at the Eagles 40-yard line. They didn’t take advantage of the great field position and gave the ball back to Lawton Bronson. Justin Segebart got it back for the offense with an interception, setting up a 65-yard run by Amos Rasmussen that gave IKM-Manning a 34-13 lead midway through the 3rd quarter. The Eagles hit for their third big pass play to cut into the Wolves lead, making 34-20. IKM-Manning had to punt again and the Eagles hit for a 80-yard touchdown run and closed the game to 34-27. Amos Rasmussen got the momentum back for IKM-Manning with a 23-yard touchdown early in the 4th quarter. After a defensive stop the Wolves ate up over five minutes of the game clock and scored on a 1-yard sneak by Nolan Ramsey with 1:03 left.
The Wolves improved to 4-3 overall and 4-2 in the district. Lawton Bronson falls to 2-5 overall and 1-4 in the district. IKM-Manning closes out the regular season at 4-3 Ogden on 93.7 KKRL.
Amos Rasmussen ran for 306-yards and 3 touchdowns. Cooper Irlmeier added 100-yards rushing and 2 more touchdowns. Luke Ramsey had a touchdown catch. Justin Segebart had 2 interceptions.
IKM-Manning Stats
Nolan Ramsey 3-10, 33 yards passing, touchdown
Amos Rasmussen 23-306 yards rushing 3 touchdowns
Cooper Irlmeier 26-100 yards rushing, 2 touchdown
Luke Ramsey 1-22 yards receiving, touchdown– 6.5 tackles
Cooper Perdew 6.5 tackles- INT
Justin Segebart 2 INT
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 Final
IKM-M 0 27 7 14 48
LB 7 6 14 0 27
East Sac at MVAO-COU
MVAO-COU 22
East Sac 19
East Sac put up big numbers offensively in week seven, but were unable to get past MVAO-COU Friday night.
The first half for the Raiders went well as they started off with a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. A big factor in this game was the offensive might of the Raiders, led by Aiden Vondrak and Tyler Schmitt. Vondrak in this game threw for 138 yards and a touchdown, while Schmitt carried the ball 25 times for 131 yards and two touchdowns along with four receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown. After the second quarter, the Raiders were able to hold on their lead and extend it a bit at 13-6 going into halftime.
In the second half, MVAO-COU started to mount a comeback, starting in the third quarter as they held the Raiders scoreless as they grabbed the lead at 14-13. The Raiders were able to respond in the fourth quarter with a touchdown, minus the PAT, to keep the contest close. Thanks to a pair of two-points conversions, one in the third quarter and the other in the fourth, MVAO-COU scored their own touchdown in the fourth quarter and held on to their lead to snap a two year long losing streak, defeating East Sac 22-19.
The Raiders wrap up the regular season with West Monona on the road on Friday, October 15th.
East Sac Stats
Aiden Vondrak: 5/11, 138 Yds, TD, INT
Tyler Schmitt: 25 Car, 131 Yds, 2 TD; 4 Rec, 124 Yds, TD; 9.5 Total Tackles
Charlie Veit: 8.5 Total Tackles
Teams 1 2 3 Final
ES 7 13 13 | 19
MVAO 0 6 14 | 22
St Mary’s Remsen At Ar-We-Va
St Mary’s Remsen 64
Ar-We-Va 20
St Mary’s exploded early as they looked to wrap up the district championship and remain undefeated overall. The Rockets trailed 33-8 at the end of the 1st quarter and were down 51-14 at half. Ar-We-Va finished the game with 116 yards passing, completing 55.6% of their passes. They ran for 167 yards, averaging 7-yards per carry. The defense scored a touchdown when Will Ragaller picked up a fumble and scored a 33-yard touchdown.
St Mary’s scored the first two touchdowns on a 25-yard pass and a 5-yard run. Ar-We-Va answered when Will Ragaller took off on a 65-yard touchdown run with 6:27 left in the 1st quarter. The Hawks returned the ensuing kick for a touchdown and then added a 18-yard and 1-yard touchdown before the quarter ended.
The Hawks scored three more times in the 2nd quarter with a rushing and two passing touchdowns. Will Ragaller forced a fumble and scored from 33-yards out with 5:07 left in the half. The Rockets scored their final touchdown with 7:23 left in the game when Ragaller hit Braeden Kirsch for a 26-yard touchdown.
The Rockets had some success moving the ball but hurt themselves in the 1st half with penalties that put them behind the chains. That allowed the Hawks to win the field position battle. They attacked the Rockets defense deep a few times and were able to hit on a few of those plays as well as breaking off a few big runs.
Will Ragaller had 112-yards passing along with a touchdown and two interceptions. Ragaller also ran for a team high 175-yards and scored once. Braeden Kirsch had a team high 6 catches for 69-yards with a touchdown. Cooper Kock added 35-yards receiving and had a team high 6.5 tackles.
The loss drops Ar-We-Va to 4-3 overall and 3-2 in district play. They are tied with Kingsley Pierson for 3rd in the district with one game left to play. The Rockets head Newell Fonda on Friday. The Mustangs sit 6-1 overall and 4-1 in district play. Kingsley Pierson is 3-4 overall and 3-2 in the district, having won 2 straight and will host Siouxland Christian on Friday.
Ar-We-Va Stats
Will Ragaller 14-24 112 yards passing, touchdown, 2 interceptions, 20-175 yards rushing, touchdown- fumble recovery for 33-yard touchdown, INT
Braeden Kirsch 6-69 yards receiving, touchdown
Cooper Kock 5-35 yards receiving- 6.5 tackles
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 Final
SMR 33 18 13 0 64
AWV 6 8 0 6 20
Coon Rapids Bayard At CAM Anita
CAM Anita 82
Coon Rapids Bayard 22
It was a tough night for Coon Rapids Bayard as CAM Anita ran for 405-yards and 9 touchdowns, scored on a punt return and caused a pair of Crusaders turnovers. The Crusaders finished with 148-yards passing and 73-yards on the ground. Coon Rapids Bayard averaged 3.5 yards per attempt rushing and completed just 39.1% of their passes against the top ranked Cougars.
CAM Anita scored frequently in the 1st quarter and led 54-14 heading into the 2nd quarter. They extended their lead to 74-14 by half. Coon Rapids Bayard struggled to stop Lane Spieker who finished with 222-yards rushing on 10 carries and scored 6 rushing touchdowns. Spieker also hit Colby Rich for a touchdown pass and scored on a punt return.
Easton Hays had a nice game receiving the ball for Coon Rapids Bayard, catching 4 passes for 126-yards and a pair of touchdowns. Omarion Floyd led the rushing attack with 65-yards on 5 carries and scored the Crusaders other touchdown.
The loss drops Coon Rapids Bayard to 3-4 overall and 1-4 in the district. CAM Anita improved to 7-0 and 5-0. The Crusaders host Exira-EHK in week 8. The Spartans enter the game 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the district and come off a 50-47 win over Boyer Valley.
Coon Rapids Bayard Stats
Tanner Oswald 9-23, 148 yards, 2 touchdowns, INT
Omarion Floyd 5-65 yards rushing, touchdown
Easton Hays 4-126 yards receiving, 2 touchdowns
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 Final
CRB 14 0 0 8 22
CAM 54 20 8 0 82
Newell Fonda at Glidden Ralston
Newell Fonda 49
Glidden Ralston 7
Glidden Ralston had bright moments in their final home game of the 2021 season, but ultimately they fell to Newell Fonda Friday night.
The Mustangs opened up the contest with a 20-0 first quarter. While Newell Fonda entered halftime with a tremendous lead, the Wildcats were able to find the endzone. Ethan Olberding found Caden Smith in the endzone for their first score of the game. Smith was also a strong force on the defensive side of the ball, rackin up 6.5 total tackles on the night. The second half fared better for Glidden Ralston as the Wildcats’ defense kept the Mustangs to 14 points total in the second half. Nonetheless, Newell Fonda capped off a strong first half performance and extended it into the second half with a 49-7 victory over Glidden Ralston.
The Wildcats wrap up the regular season with a road game against Remsen St. Mary’s on Friday, October 15th.
Glidden Ralston Stats
Ethan Olberding: 6/11, 74 Yds, TD
Caden Smith: 6 Car, 67 Yds, TD; 6.5 Total Tackles
Tyler Brant: 13 Car, 89 Yds
Teams 1 2 3 Final
NF 20 35 42 | 49
GR 0 7 7 | 7
