Logan Busta (1) looks to turn the corner and Trojan linemen Jordan Kriener (27) and Hunter Kruse (51) look to make blocks. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
The Turkey Valley football team (3-1, 2-1) cruised to a homecoming victory Friday night 76-25 over Central (0-4, 0-1) Elkader, scoring 62 first-half points.
“This was a good win for homecoming. We were able to get every player who dressed some playing time in a homecoming game,” noted Coach Mark Scott. “Oliver Schmitt’s returns (both kickoffs and punts) gave us great field position on every possession of the first half.”
Throwing the punches
The Trojans took the early lead and didn’t let go. On their opening drive the Trojans drove down the field with Burke Busta rumbling the final seven yards for the score. Getting a short field on its next possession, TV needed two plays to get into the endzone with Logan Busta connecting with Caleb Kurtenbach for the score and a 16-0 lead. Central then broke free for a 51-yard pass play that went to the house. Oliver Schmitt’s 34-yard kick-off return set up the Trojans with another short field and four plays later the senior wove his way through traffic from the 10-yard line to score again for the home team. Following a 56-yard Central touchdown pass, the Trojans went back to work with B. Busta racing 43 yards to the end zone. TV capped off the big first quarter with a 30-yard pass from L. Busta to JD Kruse for a 38-12 lead.
TV would go on to score five more unanswered touchdowns in the second and third quarters on a Schmitt 24-yard run, L. Busta 16-yard scamper, a pair of Treyton Franzen 1-yard plunges and a Kaden Schmidt 5-yard carry. With the younger Trojan athletes on the field in the third and fourth quarters, Central mustered some strength to score twice.
By the numbers
The Trojans rushed for 351 yards and passed another 50 for 401 yards of total offense.
B. Busta rushed 10 times for 105 yards while Schmitt had 73 yards on seven carries. Franzen, a freshman, picked up 70 yards on 14 carries. L. Busta threw twice for 50 yards, connecting once with JD Kruse for a 30-yard touchdown and once with Kurtenbach for a 20-yard score.
On defense it was Schmitt and B. Busta getting the job done as well. Both finished the night with six solo tackles.
Home again
Rolling on in district action, the Trojans will host undefeated Clarksville in a non-district battle Friday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m.
Scoring sequence
1st Quarter
Turkey Valley – Burke Busta 7-yd. run (Oliver Schmitt 2-pt. pass to Caleb Kurtenbach)
Turkey Valley – Logan Busta 20-yd. pass to Kurtenbach (L. Busta 2-pt. run)
Central – Kale Doepke 51-yd. pass to Jack Scherf (PAT failed)
Turkey Valley – Schmitt 10-yd. run (L. Busta 2-pt. run)
Central – Doepke 56-yd. pass to Owen Hammersland (2-pt. pass failed)
Turkey Valley – B. Busta 43-yd. run (Schmitt 2-pt. run)
Turkey Valley – L. Busta 30-yd. pass to JD Kruse (2-pt. run failed)
2nd Quarter
Turkey Valley – Schmitt 24-yd. run (Schmitt 2-pt. run)
Turkey Valley – L. Busta 16-yd. run (B. Busta 2-pt. run)
Turkey Valley – Treyton Franzen 1-yd. run (L. Busta 2-pt. run)
3rd Quarter
Turkey Valley – Franzen 1-yd. run (Kaden Schmidt 2-pt. run)
Turkey Valley – Schmidt 5-yd. run (2-pt. run failed)
4th Quarter
Central – Hammersland 30-yd. run (2-pt. pass failed)
Central – Hammersland 8-yd. run (Hammersland PAT)
Game stats
Total yards: TV 401; Central 183
Passing (comp/att/yds): Logan Busta (2-2, 50 yds., 2 TD)
Rushing (att/yds): Burke Busta (10-105, 1 TD); Oliver Schmitt (7-73, 3 TD); Treyton Franzen (14-70, 2 TD); Kaden Schmidt (11-53, 1 TD); Parker Reicks (4-25); L. Busta (2-22, 1TD); Cale Langreck (1-5)
Receiving (att/yds/TD): JD Kruse (1-30, 1 TD); Caleb Kurtenbach (1-20, 1 TD)
Tackles (total): Schmitt (8.0); B. Busta (7.5); Kurtenbach (4.5); Russell Nieman (4.5); Schmidt (3.5); Jordan Kriener (3.5); Franzen (3.0); Hunter Kruse (2.0); Mitchell Kriener (1.5); JD Kruse (1.0); Langreck (1.0); Jayden Rausch (1.0); Caden Tiedt (1.0); L. Busta (0.5); Tucker Reicks (0.5); P. Reicks (0.5)
Fumble recoveries: Schmitt (1-0)
Kick-offs (att/yds): Schmitt (9-417, 3TB); J. Kriener (2-42)
Kick-off returns (att/yds): Schmitt (3-83); Schmidt (1-10); Kurtenbach (1-9); Franzen (1-2)
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