Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Odds and ends Oct. 6

Volleyball update

The McLouth Bulldogs went 1-4 at last weekend’s Valley Falls Invitational volleyball tournament.

The Bulldogs defeated Axtell, 25-21, 25-20, but lost to Valley Falls, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16, B&B, 25-20, 25-23, Maranatha, 25-18, 25-23, and Oskaloosa, 17-25, 25-15, 25-19. Kylie Shufflebarger had 60 kills on the day while Jeri Holwick had 49 assists and Jessie Troupe had 48 digs.

JCN teams finish in top 3 at Centralia XC

The Jefferson County North High School cross-country teams recently ran at Centralia and came away with top three finishes.

The boys were second and the girls were third overall.

Individuals receiving medals were as follows.

Boys – Brad Bengel, 11th and team, Landon Noll, 12th and team, Tyler Leakey, 13th and team, Dallas Edwards, 15th and team, Ed Huyghebaert, 16th and team, Billy Noll, 19th and team, and Jacob Schrick, 21st and team.

Girls – Emma Bassette, 13th, Mary Kern, 15th, Tori Lange, 18th, Lincoln Kingman, 22nd, and Luise Bellgardt, 23rd.


County football scores for Oct. 2

Friday’s games (Oct. 2)

Wathena 20, Oskaloosa 14 (OT)
• The Bears suffered their first loss of the season to drop to 4-1. Wathena took a 14-0 halftime lead but Bears senior Brandon Barnes scored on a 1-yard run and added the 2-point conversion run to cut the lead to 14-8 in the third quarter. Barnes scored from 6 yards out to tie the game in the fourth quarter but coach Scott Whaley elected to go for the 2-point conversion rather than the go-ahead extra point kick. The run failed and the game went to overtime, where Wathena scored and held Oskaloosa off the board to get the win.

Jeff. Co. North 41, Jackson Heights 6
• The Chargers improved to 3-2 as they took a 27-0 halftime lead en route to the win. Sophomore Dalton Minor scored twice on a 9-yard pass from junior Jeff Hale and a 42-yard pass from senior Austin Gaspard. Senior Lucas Page scored on pass plays of 13 and 10 yards from Hale, and Gaspard scored on runs of 3 and 57 yards.

Jefferson West 26, Nemaha Valley 21
• A report on this game can be found elsewhere. The Tigers improved to 3-2.

Valley Falls 44, Horton 8
• The Dragons improved to 2-3 as they scored 28 unanswered points from the second quarter on. Senior Tyler Wynkoop scored on a 5-yard run, junior Alex Lederer scored on runs of 18 and 10 yards, plus a 17-yard pass to junior Alex Nottingham, and senior Chance Gier scored on runs of 11 and 5 yards. Gier added three 2-point conversion runs and Lederer ran for another. Gier had 18 carries for 149 yards while Lederer had 12 carries for 127 yards in the win.

Doniphan West 33, McLouth 0
• The Bulldogs fell to 1-4. Sophomore Shawn Dailey ran 25 times for 71 yards in the loss.

Perry-Lecompton 21, Lansing 19
•The Kaws improved to 1-4 as they held off the Lions in the second half. Junior Trent Robb scored on a 1-yard run while senior Brad Phillips scored on a 4-yard run and sophomore Jeremy Immenschuh made a 34-yard scoring pass to sophomore Luke Kellum. Senior John Mehl added three extra points.

West scores in final minute to pick up 26-21 win

In a game that included an unconventional touchdown play for both teams, the Jefferson West Tigers turned a late Nemaha Valley miscue into a drive for the game-winning score with less than a minute to play for a 26-21 win.

The win improved West’s record to 3-2 with one game left before district play begins, and marked the Tigers’ first win over the Raiders since 2003. The teams weren’t that far apart in performance as West gained 348 yards on offense compared to 323 for Nemaha Valley. The difference came down to the Raiders committing two turnovers to West’s one.

The Raiders grabbed the early momentum as they forced a three-and-out on the first Tiger possession and then blocked the punt with West recovering the ball at the Tiger 35 and turning it over on downs. Four plays later, senior Jacob Nordhus took the ball into the end zone from 13 yards out to make it 7-0 Raiders with the extra point.

West ground out a scoring drive on the next possession as the Tigers went 63 yards in 13 plays, including a conversion on fourth-and-short, as junior running back Ethan Mumaw scored on a 5-yard run to tie it at 7 with the extra point by senior Alex Baker.

West was driving again early in the second quarter, and the possession culminated in a 5-yard Mumaw touchdown run. Baker added the extra point to make it 14-7 Tigers with 8:12 to play in the half. Nemaha Valley would have an answer, though, as senior quarterback Dane Brinker and junior wideout Kevin Burdiek connected for a 48-yard gain and junior running back Keegan McKernan would score on a 1-yard run to cut it to 14-13 as McKernan’s extra point try fell short.

The Tigers got the ball back with 2:42 to play in the half and a 22-yard run by freshman fullback Cylus Tichenor got West a chunk of yardage. Baker found senior wideout Austin Siess for an 18-yard gain to take the ball to the NV 42, and West would take a timeout with 22 seconds left and facing a second-and-16 at the Raider 38. The resulting play was a big one as Baker found senior wideout Tim Rhodd open on a hook pattern along the left sideline, but Rhodd lateraled the ball to Siess, who took it the rest of the way for a 38-yard score to make it 20-13 West with 12 seconds left in the half.

The score would hold at halftime. Both teams stalled on their first drives of the second half as a 42-yard Brinker run resulted only in the Raiders turning the ball over on downs at the West 18, and West picked up one first down before punting the ball away.

The Raiders would drive 57 yards on the ensuing possession. The key play came on fourth-and-3 at the West 23 as Brinker threw a deep pass to junior back Thomas Enneking, who fell down but managed to come up with the catch from the ground in the end zone to cut it to 20-19. Brinker found McKernan on a pass for the 2-point conversion to make it 21-20 Raiders with 11:14 left in the game.

West would drive 59 yards to the Nemaha Valley 30 on the next possession only to see a fumbled pitch recovered by the Raiders at their own 33 with 6:08 to play. The Raiders converted a fourth down as the clock ticked down, but McKernan fumbled a pitch on the next play and West junior Clint Lee fell on the ball at the Raider 44 with 3:31 to play. A 14-yard Mumaw run gave the Tigers a first down at the Raider 23 and Siess broke free for a 12-yard run to get the ball to the 10 with 1:26 to play. On third down at the 6, Mumaw came through with a touchdown run to make it 26-21 West as the 2-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful with 37 seconds to play.

The Raiders ended up getting only two plays as a Brinker pass fell incomplete and another pass on second down was intercepted by a diving Mumaw at the Raider 47 with 28 seconds to play. The Raiders tried to stay alive by using their timeouts but Mumaw ran for a 28-yard gain on third-and-long to put the game away for the 26-21 win.

Mumaw finished the game with 29 carries for 173 yards and three touchdowns and also had 2 catches for 14 yards. Tichenor had 12 rushes for 55 yards, and Baker was 7-for-9 passing for 95 yards and a score. Siess had 4 catches for 63 yards and a score.

The Raiders were led by 13 rushes for 91 yards by Brinker and 12 rushes for 83 yards by Nordhus. Brinker was 5-for-9 passing for 106 yards, a score and an interception.

Tigers coach Steve Johnson said he was happy to see his team’s resilient effort Friday to get them over a .500 winning percentage at 3-2.

“Our focus all year has been to try to get them to play harder,” Johnson said. “They stood up and played tonight. Mumaw is a horse, and he was strong for us tonight. He was mad at himself for that fumble but kept his head in the game and made a couple big plays.

“I’m glad to see us making plays through a full game. Nemaha Valley’s a good team. It’s nice to see us have some bad things happen but come back and get the win.”