By Becky Walz,
Doing battle with Crestwood, the Decorah football team (0-1) had its hands full Friday night, falling to the Cadets. 26-14, at home.
Doing battle with Crestwood, the Decorah football team (0-1) had its hands full Friday night, falling to the Cadets. 26-14, at home.
Tale of the game
It was all about Cole Butikofer from Crestwood. He had 136 yards rushing and complete 3-of-7 passes for 38 yards.
After being forced to punt on the opening possession, Decorah was able to hold the visitors to just one score in the first quarter on a Cadet possession that went 60 yards in 15 plays.
Looking to pick up some momentum, the Vikes began to march down the field when Crestwood intercepted a pass early in the second period. After eight plays, the Cadets were once again in the end zone and held a 14-0 advantage. Then Decorah’s offense came to life when Brady Stille broke loose for a 59-yard touchdown run two plays into their next possession. However, the visitors still had plenty of go as they scored with time running off the clock to lead 20-7 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Kasey Krauskopf once again ignited the crowd with an early interception and 36-yard return which set up an 11-yard touchdown pass from Stille to Kaiden Quandahl, narrowing the Viking deficit to 20-14. It was later in that same period that Crestwood’s Butikofer would score his fourth touchdown of the game from five yards out to seal the deal.
A numbers game
Decorah had 170 yards on the ground and 100 passing, while the Cadets busted loose for 272 rushing yards and passed for 38.
Quarterback Brady Stille led the rushing attack for 86 yards in 11 carries and completed 7-of-16 attepts for another 108 yards for the Vikings. Jaden Baker also gained 61 yards on the ground in his 15 carries. Stille had four targets through the air including Ben Wymer who hauled in four passes for 59 yards. Casey Brickley was another with one reception for 31 yards. Other receivers included Kaiden Quandahl and Baker.
The defense was led by Wymer. The senior had five solo stops and eight assists. Brady Benzing was there for four solo tackles and four assists, while Stille had four solo stops and three assists. Kasey Krauskopf came up with one interception.
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q F
Crestwood 7 13 6 0 26
Decorah 0 7 7 0 14
Scoring sequence
1st Quarter
Crestwood — Cole Butikofer 2-yd. run (PAT failed)
2nd Quarter
Crestwood — Butikofer 1-yd. run (2-pt. conversion)
Decorah — Brady Stille 59-yd. run (Erik Hjelle PAT)
Crestwood — Butikofer 1-yd. run (PAT failed)
3rd Quarter
Decorah — Kaiden Quandahl 11-yd. pass from Stille (Hjelle PAT)
Crestwood — Butikofer 5-yd. run (2-pt. pass failed)
4th Quarter
None
Game stats
Total yards: Decorah 270; Crestwood 310
Passing (comp/att/yds): Brady Stille (7-16, 108 yds., 1 TD, 1 INT)
Rushing (att/yds): Stille (11-86, 1 TD); Jaden Baker (14-61); Ben Wymer (3-19); Dakota Johnson (1-4)
Receiving (att/yds/TD): Wymer (4-59); Casey Brickley (1-31); Kaiden Quandahl (1-11, 1 TD)
Tackles (solo/assists): Kasey Krauskopf (4-3); Wymer (5-8); Baker (3-2); Stille (4-3); Brady Benzing (4-6); Erik Hjelle (1-0); Quandahl (1-0); Johnson (3-2); Andrew Rhodes (0-1); William Hahn (2-1); Brady Bohner (1-0); Fisher Tweten (1-3); Brickley (2-0); William Einck (1-0); Kelley Gates (1-1)
Interceptions (no/return yds): Krauskopf (1-36)
Punts (att/yds): Quandahl (1-35)
Punt returns (att/yds): Wyer (1-20)
Kick-offs (att/yds): Hjelle (3-166, 1 TB)
Kick-off returns (att/yds): Baker (2-45); Wymer (2-34); Krauskopf (1-14)
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