By Becky Walz,
The Turkey Valley football team (1-1, 0-0) simply couldn’t keep the ball moving down the field against Don Bosco (2-0, 0-0) Friday night at home, falling 48-8.
“Don Bosco dominated the game on both sides of the ball, and we struggled to get any offense going to move the ball. The defense was on the field most of the night,” said Coach Mark Scott. “I hope we learned what it takes to play at the level we need to play at to make a run in the postseason.”
The Turkey Valley football team (1-1, 0-0) simply couldn’t keep the ball moving down the field against Don Bosco (2-0, 0-0) Friday night at home, falling 48-8.
“Don Bosco dominated the game on both sides of the ball, and we struggled to get any offense going to move the ball. The defense was on the field most of the night,” said Coach Mark Scott. “I hope we learned what it takes to play at the level we need to play at to make a run in the postseason.”
Dons dominate
Don Bosco scored in three of the four quarters and held a 48-0 lead over the Trojans. The visitors were up 21-0 after the opening frame and added two touchdowns in the second for a 35-0 lead at the half. Two more TDs in the third gave Don Bosco even more padding before junior Oliver Schmitt weaved and spun his way through the defense into the endzone from 11-yards out in the final period.
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Low numbers
Turkey Valley was held to 96 yards of offense for the night, while Don Bosco tallied 354.
Noah Hanson was 5-for-16 for 49 yards in passing with Calvin Bodensteiner plucking one pass out of the air for a 23-yard gain.
O. Schmitt caught three passes for 16 yards, while Burke Busta had one reception for 10 yards. O. Schmitt shouldered the rushing duties as well with nine carries for 39 yards.
Defensively, Bodensteiner had 6.5 total tackles to lead the Trojans. O. Schmitt was there for five total stops, as Ryan Franzen stepped up with four total tackles.
Week off
The game with Rockford scheduled for Friday, Sept. 10, has been cancelled. The next opportunity to catch the Trojans in action will be Friday, Sept. 16, at Riceville, with kick-off set for 7 p.m.
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q F
Don Bosco 21 14 13 0 48
T. Valley 0 0 0 8 8
Scoring sequence
1st Quarter
Don Bosco – Myles McMahon 58-yd. run (Andrew Kimball PAT)
Don Bosco – McMahon 14-yd. run (Kimball PAT)
Don Bosco – Ty Purdy 3-yd. run (Kimball PAT)
2nd Quarter
Don Bosco – Purdy 20-yd. pass to Kyle Knaak (Kimball PAT)
Don Bosco – McMahon 6-yd. run (Kimball PAT)
3rd Quarter
Don Bosco – McMahon 42-yd. run (Kimball PAT)
Don Bosco – Purdy 2-yd. run (Kimball PAT failed)
4th Quarter
Turkey Valley – Oliver Schmitt 11-yd. run (O. Schmitt 2-pt. run)
Game stats
Total yards: Turkey Valley 96; Don Bosco 354
Passing (comp/att/yds): Noah Hanson (5-16, 49 yds.)
Rushing (att/yds): Oliver Schmitt (9-39, 1 TD); Burke Busta (5-5); Hanson (12-3)
Receiving (att/yds/TD): Calvin Bodensteiner (1-23); O. Schmitt (3-16); B. Busta (1-10)
Tackles (total): Bodensteiner (6.5); O. Schmitt 5.0); Ryan Franzen (4.0); Hanson (3.0); Chase Hayek (2.5); Caleb Kurtenbach (2.0); Troy Schmitt (2.0); Mauricio Tinajero (1.5); B. Busta (1.0); Russell Nieman (0.5)
Punts (att/yds): O. Schmitt (7-177)
Kick-offs (att/yds): Tinajero (2-85, 1 TB)
Kick-off returns (att/yds): Hanson (4-53)
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