SW Valley 38, Earlham 15
CORNING — Three Southwest Valley players rushed for more than 100 yards as the Timberwolves avenged a disappointing loss in 2016 in a dominant 38-15 victory Friday night.
The Timberwolves, now 3-0 overall and 1-0 in Class A District 7, outgained the Cardinals 441-234 in total yards. Southwest Valley led 28-0 at halftime.
Quarterback Chance Cobb ran for a team-high 177 yards, including a 9-yard touchdown scamper, and completed 3 of 8 passes for 38 yards and a 15-yard scoring connection with Addison Bull.
Aaron Armstrong scored three touchdowns and 114 yards for the Timberwolves. Aiden Gaule added 112 yards on the ground.
Brett Schafroth led the Timberwolves defense with 14 total tackles and Armstrong had 10.
Southwest Valley’s ball control, amassing 403 yards on 45 carries, limited the opportunities for Earlham’s running attack behind a big line. Jason Hopp came into the game with 193 yards in two games, but was held to 50 yards on seven rushes. Junior Devin Crees led the Cardinals with 131 yards on 16 attempts.
“Fundamentals can beat size, and I thought our offensive line was firing off the ball and doing a good job against their front,” Southwest Valley coach Anthony Donahoo said. “On defense we were flying to the ball. We have guys we can rotate in, especially at cornerback, and I thought our speed made a difference on both sides of the ball.”
The Timberwolves had success despite some adversity, including the absence of Jace Petersen, at cornerback and fullback.
“Jace got a concussion in the Mount Ayr game and he’s just now in that protocol phase for a possible return against Griswold next week,” Donahoo said. “During the week Aaron Armstrong and Chance Cobb were both sick. Cobb missed two days of school. I was worried. The guys really responded on a hot night and played with a great pace.”
The Timberwolves play at Griswold Friday. The Tigers got their first win, 77-14, over Riverside on Friday after suffering losses to Missouri Valley and West Monona. Heath Ogg had 158 yards and four touchdowns in the win. In all, the Tigers ran for 525 yards and held Riverside to one first down.
“This game will be a lot like playing Mount Ayr and Earlham, in that they want to come out and run the ball down your throat,” Donahoo said. “We’ll need another good defensive performance.”
SW Valley 38, Earlham 15
Earl 0 0 7 8 - 15
SWV 14 14 3 7 - 38
1st quarter
SWV — Addison Bull 15 pass from Chance Cobb (Bull kick)
SWV – Aaron Armstrong 22 run (Bull kick)
2nd quarter
SWV — Armstrong 15 run (Bull kick)
SWV — Cobb 9 run (Bull kick)
3rd quarter
SWV — Bull 45 FG
E — Jason Hopp 26 run (Devin Crees kick)
4th quarter
SWV — Armstrong 2 run (Bull kick)
E — Jacob Ridgely 14 pass from Ben Clement (Swalla run)
Individual leaders
Rushing: SWV - Chance Cobb 15-177, Aaron Armstrong 15-114, Aiden Gaule 15-112. E - Devin Crees 16-131, Jason Hopp 7-50, Caleb Swalla 7-37, Nate Willem 4-8, Ben Clement 4-(-19).
Passing: SWV - Cobb 3-8-0 for 38 yards. E - Clement 2-4-0 for 31 yards.
Receiving: SWV - Addison Bull 1-15, Trenton Drake 1-15, Gaule 1-15. E - Jacob Ridgely 2-31.
Tackles (solo-assists): SWV - Brett Schafroth 2-12, Armstrong 3-7, Grant Mauer 3-5, Chance Tepoel 4-4, Logan Calkins 0-7, Taylor Kuhn 2-4, Jacob Webb 1-4. E - Garrett Boyle 2-11, Caleb Swalla 3-10, Gavin Boyle 3-9.
Tackles for loss: SWV - Tepoel 3, Armstrong 2, Jacob Webb 2, Cobb 1. E - Swalla 2.
Fumble recoveries: SWV - Armstrong 1. E - Hopp 2.
Central Decatur 34, Mount Ayr 22
MOUNT AYR — A late first-half fumble negated what could have been a lead for Mount Ayr on a night where missed opportunities killed the Raiders in a 34-22 home loss to Central Decatur.
Mount Ayr would have led at the half had it scored, but headed into the locker room down 8-7.
Dawson Frost's five-yard scoot was the line Raider score. He also was 4 of 9 passing for 51 yards. Frost ran for 39 yards. Bradley Wurster caught two of his passes for 37 yards.
Zach Murphy ended up leading Mount Ayr with 148 yards rushing on 15 carries.
“We were able to move the ball but we just couldn’t finish off drives,” Mount Ayr co-coach Delwyn Showalter said. “That was the big thing.... Several times where we had a good drive doing and we would stall out…We have to clean up our penalties.”
Cardinals quarterback Carter Boothe carved up the Raider defense in the second half with his 331 passing yards on 16 of 25 attempts, five touchdowns and 91 yards rushing.
He’s a nice player, obviously a great passer and a slippery runner,” Showalter said. “Really hard to draw a beat on him and get a good solid hit. We thought we had him pinned in and he slipped through.”
Cole Pedersen and Gunner Graham both recorded two touchdown catches.
“We really didn’t do a bad job of covering them and I know it sounds ridiculous probably. Our pass coverage was decent, the thing was, we just could not get pressure on him (Boothe),” Showalter said.
The Raiders already had issues with some lack of depth in the secondary before Hunter Haveman went out of the game while banged up. The size advantage the Cardinals had at wide receiver helped the Central Decatur offense immensely.
Marcus Daughton, a staple of the Raider secondary, did not play as a result of an injury sustained in last week’s loss to Southwest Valley.
Mount Ayr (1-2, 0-1) heads up to Woodward Academy for a game next Friday.
“We go up there. Long road trip and the team has a lot of athletes,” Showalter said. “They do some nice things. We’ve got to take carer lot ourselves, we’ve got to clean the penalties up and we’ve got to take care of the football.”
Central Decatur 34, Mount Ayr 22
Points by quarter
CD 0 8 8 18 — 34
MA 0 7 0 15 — 22
SCORING SUMMARY
First Quarter
Second Quarter
MA — Dawson Frost 5 run (Myles Greene kick).
CD — Gunner Graham 15 pass from Carter Boothe (2-pt. conv. good) 2:55.
Third Quarter
CD — Kolten Johnson 7 pass from Boothe (2-pt. conv good), 11:24.
Fourth Quarter
CD — Cole Pedersen 27 pass from Boothe (2-pt. conv no good).
CD — Pedersen 57 pass from Boothe (2-pt. conv. no good).
MA — Hunter Arends 81 kickoff return (2-pt. conv. good by Isaac Grose).
CD — Graham pass from Boothe (2-pt. conv. no good).
MA — Reas Knapp 3 run (PAT good), 0:09.
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TEAM STATISTICS
CD MA
Rushes-yards 27-131 58-297
Passing yards 338 51
Total yards 469 348
Punts-avg. N/A 2-26.0
Return yards 24 171
Fumbles-lost N/A N/A
Penalties-yards N/A N/A
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — CD: Boothe 16-91. MA: Zach Murphy 15-148, Brad Phelps 10-54, Dawson Frost 12-39 1 TD, Brayden Swank 9-26, Reas Knapp 3-9 1 TD.
PASSING — CD: Boothe 16-25 331 yards and 5 TDs. MA: Frost 4-9-0 for 51 yards, Greene 0-2-1.
RECEIVING — CD: Cole Pedersen 3-99 2 TDs, Tyke Walker 5-96, Tyler Davis 3-69, Gunner Graham 2-21 2 TDs, Kolten Johnson 2-21 1 TD. MA: Bradley Wurster 2-37, Cade Clymer 1-11, Kolben Klommhaus 1-3.
PUNTS-AVG. — CD: None. MA: Frost 2-26.0.
TACKLE LEADERS (solo-assists) — CD: Tyke Walker 9-2. MA: John Shields 7-5, Murphy 3-5, Phelps 2-6.
INTERCEPTIONS — CD: Wyatt Dale. MA: None.
FUMBLE RECOVERIES — CD: Cole Pedersen.
TACKLES FOR LOSS (YARDS) — CD: Davis 3, Graham 2. MA: Jacob McCreary 2, John Shields 2, Craven Martin 2.
SACKS — None.