S-K breaks state rushing record w/ Single-Wing

Published October 08, 2007 01:35 am -

The yards just kept coming and they never stopped

Sigourney-Keota breaks state rushing record




SIGOURNEY — The yards just kept coming and they never stopped.


The Sigourney-Keota Savage Cobra football squad did a lot more than just improve its record to 4-2 on Friday night versus Eddyville-Blakesburg.

S-K broke the state record for team rushing yards with an 80-30 shellacking of the Rockets.

The Savage Cobras had four different players crack the century mark in rushing and racked up 718 yards rushing — more than any high school team in the state has ever achieved.

S-K broke Madrid’s 672 yards rushing in 2000.

“We get better on offense every week,” said S-K head coach Clint Howard.

The Savage Cobras led 61-24 at intermission.

Brandon Lyle (182), Keaton Greiner (169), Dylan Horning (156) and Kory Schwenke (125) were S-K’s 100 yard rushers.

Greiner scored three times while Lyle and Horning found the end zone twice.

E-B rushed for 208 yards and totaled 373 total yards.

The two teams combined for a whopping 1,136 yards and the contest involved 16 touchdowns, seven alone in the second quarter.

The Rockets’ Jacob Batterson scored on an 85-yard touchdown run and E-B signal-caller Dimitri Boyer rushed for 104 yards on the ground with a score from 45 yards out.

E-B’s Ben Taylor caught two touchdown passes from Boyer, one that went for 90 yards. Taylor had four receptions for 138 yards.

S-K (4-2, 3-1) puts it on the line at home on Friday versus Prairie City-Monroe. PCM (5-1, 4-0) is tied atop the Class 2A, District 7 standings alongside fellow unbeaten C-M-B Baxter.

Sigourney-Keota 80, Eddyville-Blakesburg 30

E-B 8 16 6 0 — 30


S-K 30 31 7 12 — 80

Scoring By Quarters

First Quarter

SK — Keaton Greiner 17-yard run (Dylan Horning run)

SK — Greiner 47-yard run (Kory Schwenke run)

SK — Horning 21-yard run (Run failed)

EB — Jacob Batterson 85-yard run (2-point PAT)

SK — Brandon Lyle 25-yard run (Schwenke run)

Second Quarter

SK — Scotty Appleget 26-yard pass from Nathan Hemsley (Kick failed)

SK — Schwenke 33-yard run (kick failed)

EB — Dimitri Boyer 45-yard run (Batterson run)

SK — Lyle 10-run (Keaton Northup kick)

EB — Taylor 90-yard pass from Boyer (Run good)

SK — Greiner 36-yard run (Kick failed)


SK — Lyle 26-yard run (Kick failed)

Third Quarter

EB — Ben Taylor 12-yard pass from Boyer (Run failed)

SK — Horning 53-yard run (Northup kick)

Fourth Quarter

SK — Tulio Gomez 18-yard run (Kick failed)

SK — Gomez 34-yard run (Kick failed)

TEAM STATISTICS

EB SK

First downs NA 15

Rushes-yards 22-208 55-718

Passing yards 165 45

Total Yards 373 763

Comp-Att-Int 11-30-2 2-2-0

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0


Penalties-Yds NA 4-45

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Eddyville-Blakesburg

RUSHING — Boyer 11-104, Batterson 6-94.

PASSING — Boyer 6-20 139 yards.

RECEIVING — Taylor 4-138 yards.

Sigourney-Keota

RUSHING — Lyle 12-182, Schwenke 17-125, Greiner 9-169, Horning 5-156, Gomez 6-78, Tyler Sieren 1-3, Matt Snakenberg 2-7, Northup 1-2, Hensley 1 (-2), Matt Seeley 1 (-2).

PASSING — Hemsley 2-2 45 yard 1 TD.

RECEIVING — Appleget 2-45 yards.

INTERCEPTIONS — Appleget, Northup

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Tomahawks chop Titans down to size

Varsity Tomahawks chop Titans down to size
By: Paul F. Blewett, Contributing Writer
Description: JV, Sophomore and Freshmen Titans stand tall against Tomahaw


Varsity Tomahawks 28 – Titans 0


The varsity Tomahawks (4-0) had their best offensive showing of the season defeating the Fareast Titans 28-0. The victory is the fourth consecutive shutout by the Tomahawks.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Tomahawks hit pay dirt with a balanced attack that kept the Titan defense on its heels. The drive was sparked by a 13-yard run after the Tomahawks were backed up by a penalty. Later in the drive, the Tomahawks completed a 14-yard pass converting on third and 11. The Tomahawks finished the drive with a 25-yard touchdown pass, putting them up 6-0 with 5 minutes left in the half.

The Tomahawks regained possession late in the half and launched an aerial assault completing passes of 12, 14 and 10 yards. With 20 seconds remaining, the Tomahawks called a reverse, scoring on a nifty 25-yard run by the wide receiver to give them a 14-0 halftime lead.

The Titans tried to get something going on the ground, but failed to gain significant yardage against the stifling Tomahawk defense. Faced with fourth and 7, the Titans decided to try their luck in the air, but the Tomahawks sacked the quarterback for a 10-yard loss taking over on downs at the Titan 25. The Tomahawks needed only two plays to score, completing a 24-yard pass to the tight end that gave the Tomahawks a 22-0 lead.

On their next possession the Titans were once again unable to convert on fourth and long. Taking over at the Titan 45, the Tomahawks switched to a single wing formation and moved the ball easily down the field with runs of 13, 4, 7, and 16 yards. The drive was capped with a 9-yard touchdown run with 4 minutes left.

JV Fareast Titans 33 -Tomahawks 3
The JV Tomahawks (3-1) suffered their first loss of the season to a Fareast Titans team that lived up to its name. Out-sized at nearly every position, the Tomahawks fought valiantly throughout the contest. The Tomahawks took an early lead on a field goal to became the first team this year to score against the Titans.

Sophomore Titans 44, Tomahawks 0

Freshmen Titans 6, Tomahawks 0

The Tomahawks take on the Northwest Falcons on Oct. 6 at Benz-Visco Field in Tehachapi. Game times are as follows: Freshmen 10 a.m.; Sophomores noon; JV 2 p.m.; Varsity 4 p.m.

On Oct. 13, the Sophomore, JV and Varsity Tomahawks travel to Highland High School located at 2900 Royal Scots Way in Bakersfield, to take on the Southwest Mustangs. Game times are as follows: Sophomores 8 a.m.; JV 10 a.m.; Varsity noon. The Freshmen Tomahawks kick off at 11 a.m. at Garces High School in Bakersfield.

On Oct. 20, the Tomahawks take on the Garces Irish at Bakersfield College with the Freshmen kicking off at 9 a.m., Sophomores at 11 a.m., JV at 1 p.m. and the Varsity at 3 p.m.

Playoffs begin on October 27th.


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Menominee’s size just too much, 18-13

Menominee’s size just too much,

18-13
Redmen scare Maroons

By KURT MENSCHING Journal Sports Writer



MARQUETTE — Standing on damp grass at William Hart Stadium Friday night, Marquette Senior High School football coach John Tiziani took 15 seconds to compose his words.

The Redmen took Menominee to the brink but fell 18-13 to one of the top teams in the state of Michigan — in any class.

And when Tiziani spoke, it took him a few minutes to hit his stride, but he did.

“The only thing that matters is if you win or lose, but I’m extremely proud,” Tiziani said. “And I’ve never been this proud in 23 years in Marquette of a group of guys who played as hard as they did when everybody told them they were supposed to be beat, 60-0.

“I think Menominee knew they had their hands full tonight in more ways than one.”

Even with star Menominee tailback Ethan Shaver standing on the sidelines unable to play, the Maroons (7-0 overall, 3-0 Great Northern Conference) brought a capable team to the field.

Menominee controlled the field, moving 323 yards to Marquette’s 193, but Marquette repeatedly came up with big plays.

“Marquette played their hearts out,” Menominee coach Ken Hofer said. “Unfortunately, two teams can’t win a game. They deserved to win it. They played extremely well and they should be proud of themselves.”

The Maroons scored first, and scored last, but in the middle, Marquette took the action to the Maroons.

“I have never had a team buy into what I told them all week,” Tiziani said. “We had a good defensive plan. They executed it to perfection.”

And with 4 minutes remaining in the game, the Redmen (3-4, 2-2) moved the ball to Menominee’s 35, but could get no closer to the end zone.

“One drive. That’s all we really needed,” Tiziani said. “We just couldn’t get it.”

Carter led Marquette with 71 yards receiving — many on one long run after a reception — and 55 on the ground to go with a rushing touchdown.

Nancarrow punched the ball in from 14 yards to give Marquette the 7-6 lead when the Redmen did what the Maroons could not — score the point after touchdown.

Nancarrow finished with for 78 yards.

After a Menominee punt, Carter swept around the right side for a 33-yard run to the end zone. The missed kick left Marquette with a 13-6 lead.

Menominee answered when Justin Salzman caught a touchdown pass one-handed with 11:19 left in the third quarter, but the Maroons missed another PAT.

On defense, Steve Balbierz helped keep Menominee off the board midway through the second quarter by breaking up a fourth down pass toward the end zone, and later Mike Potes intercepted a pass and returned it to the Menominee 33, but the Redmen could not score on the shift in momentum.

Still they led 13-12 at the half.

Menominee scored on its first drive in the third quarter after Jordan Maccoux ran the ball right into the teeth of Marquette’s defense successfully.

Bryan Colvin then scored from 1 yard out at 8:07 to give Menominee an 18-13 lead and end scoring for the game.

“We didn’t have any choice (but to run),” Hofer said. “We didn’t have any speed, so we did what we had to do. We had to go after them and win the line of scrimmage.”

Hofer added with a chuckle, “And we did a pretty good job there until the coach started to get a little greedy and throw a pass.”

Colvin led Menominee with 84 yards passing and 13 rushing.


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Northgate Uses Single-Wing to Win

Northgate uses defense to win

By Steve Dulas
CORRESPONDENT
Article Launched: 10/06/2007 03:24:34 AM PDT



Northgate High School's football team showed Friday there are two ways to play defense. One is for the defense to come up with big plays at key moments. The other is simply to not let the other team get the ball.

The Broncos did both. Blaine Johnson ran for 128 yards and a touchdown and the visiting Broncos came up with two crucial second-half turnovers to preserve a 14-11 victory over Miramonte.

The Broncos (3-2, 3-1 Diablo Foothill Athletic League) set the tempo on their first possession, after John Lloyd's 27-yard field goal put Miramonte (2-3, 1-3) ahead 3-0 four minutes into the game.

Starting from its own 23-yard line with 7:54 left in the first quarter, Northgate chewed up time and yards with its single-wing offense.

With Johnson and Chris Pelayo running sweeps and misdirections on nearly every play, the Broncos put together a 77-yard, 17-play drive that ended on Pelayo's 4-yard run on the second play of the second quarter.

The Broncos converted three third downs and one fourth down along the way, that coming when Pelayo punched out a 2-yard gain to the Miramonte 42 on fourth-and-two.

Northgate rushed for 245 yards and held the ball for nearly 30 minutes in the game en route to its first victory over Miramonte since 1994.

"Ball control has really been a key for us," Northgate coach Darin Owens said.
With injured quarterback Trevor Boswell watching from the sideline, the brunt of the Matadors' offense was loaded on the shoulders of Kevin Paulsen, who responded with 107 yards on 17 carries. John Lloyd, filling in at quarterback, was held to 20 yards passing.

After recovering a Northgate fumble at midfield with 6:20 left in the third quarter, runs of 17 and 5 yards by Paulsen and runs of 19 and 1 yard by Grant Hyjer put the Matadors at Northgate's 8-yard line, but Chris Inman of the Broncos intercepted Lloyd's fourth-down pass.

The Broncos proceeded to drive 76 yards, with Johnson scoring on a 20-yard run and, after Scott Reddy's kick, a 14-3 lead.

Lloyd scored on a 1-yard plunge and Mike Trumbo ran for the 2-point conversion with 8:19 left in the game, and the Matadors got the ball back three minutes later when Jake Kaplan recovered a Northgate fumble.

But three plays later, John Luehs forced the ball loose when he sacked Lloyd. The Broncos recovered at the Miramonte 30 with 3:15 remaining and ran out the clock.

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