Week 6 Iowa High School Football roundup

DYERSVILLE BECKMAN 48, CASCADE 13 — Jude Kramer ran for 178 yards on 14 carries while Mack Wolfe added 98 yards on 15 carries to power the Blazers to an upset.

The Iowa Class 1A No. 9-ranked Cougars (4-2, 2-1) had their eyes on revenge after the No. 10 Trailblazers (5-1, 3-0), their biggest rival, defeated them in last year’s regular season finale with a playoff berth on the line. That didn’t come to fruition, as the Blazers had their own score to settle.

“This was definitely our Super Bowl,” Kramer said. “We were considered the underdogs. The Cougars have been such a good team, but we just kicked them hard and started early.”

— Brendan Samuels, Telegraph-Herald

I.C. WEST 67, MUSCATINE 7 — Quarterback Reece Wheeler and receiver Ethan Headings combined for 150-plus yards and two touchdowns, while running back Campbell Janis added two scores on the ground.

Colin Whitters scored on a fumble and Moses DeWaard on a blocked punt. West led 41-0 at halftime and kept rolling, with backup QB Mikey Moody adding two rushing touchdowns.

— Aidan Wirtz

DECORAH 53, C.R. WASHINGTON 21 — Decorah scored a touchdown on all six of its possessions in the first half and rolled to a win at home.

Noah Milburn caught three touchdown passes in the first half and finished with four catches for 106 yards and three touchdowns. Tanner Caddell completed 10 of 15 passes for 213 yards and five touchdown passes.

— Randy Iverson

ANAMOSA 24, MONTICELLO 14 — Eli Breitbach drilled a 25 yard field goal with 49.5 seconds left to seal the Raiders Cowbell victory over the rival Panthers.

Anamosa led 21-0 at the half as Hudson Scranton, Adam Brophy and Reilly Shaw all scored touchdowns for the hosts.

Monticello rallied in the second half as Panther quarterback Wyatt Wilson hooked up with Isaac Kray for a 72-yard third quarter TD pass play. The Panthers scored again with 5:50 remaining on a 30 yard pass play from Wilson to Conley Schauf.

Scranton led the Raiders rushing 38 times for 185 yards.

Wilson passed for 218 yards for Monticello.

— Daryl Schepanski

WEST BRANCH 43, TIPTON 16 — Keaton Gates rushed for 216 yards and scored five times to lead the Bears to a road victory.

West Branch (4-2, 2-1) limited the Tiger offense to just 55 yards of offense through three quarters. The Bears led 40-0.

Kicker Reese Gingerich completed the Bear scoring with a 45 yard field goal — the second longest in program history.

— Jason Miller

NORTH LINN 49. NORTH CEDAR 0 — Will Sommerfelt completed 8 of 8 passes for 128 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 64 more and two TDs as the Lynx rolled.

WILLIAMSBURG 26, NEVADA 18 — Scoring in all three phases is usually a good recipe for success, and that is exactly what the Raiders did.

After trailing 7-0 with no first downs in the first quarter, Williamsburg finally scored after a Noah Banos interception. Cash Brown then heaved a pass into the end zone, which was caught by Bowen Stratton. Dylan Weisskopf returned an interception for a 75-yard score, Grady Wetjen ran for a score and Albert Bamrick returned a punt for a 42-yard TD.

— Ben Lamparek

NORTHEAST 34, LISBON 21 — In a game featuring 30 penalties for 318 yards, the Rebels won at Walmer Field.

Rebel quarterback Jade Mielk ran 124 yards and three scores and passed for 163 more. Carson DeBo added 151 yards on 28 carries.

Junior Ryder Meeks moved from QB to running back for Lisbon and finished with 175 yards on 17 rushes. Freshman Tyler Kubopec had two rushing TDs.

— Ryan Suchomel

SOUTHEAST POLK 56, CITY HIGH 7 — Drew Thompson gashed the Little Hawks’ defense and Jaidyn Perry’s ball hawk skills shut down City’s offense in a route in Iowa City.

The Rams’ 56 points came from two passing touchdowns, four rushing touchdowns and two pick-sixes. The Rams’ defense also intercepted City High five times in the second half.

Thompson rushed for three covering of 2, 9 and 84 yards.

— Lance Peterson

DUBUQUE SENIOR 21, C.R. JEFFERSON 10 — The Rams leaned on their quarterback’s legs to rally pastthe J-Hawks at Dalzell Field.

Jefferson quarterback Vernon Benda kept the J-Hawks in control through the air early, throwing 152 yards passing in the first two quarters. Jefferson’s early momentum also came from its ground game, as running back Uweza Kalolera found the end zone in the opening quarter.

Senior answered, however, with a clutch drive late in the first quarter. Quarterback Joey Schlosser punched in a rushing touchdown to get them on the board, and just before halftime the Rams’ defense made one of its biggest stops, preventing the J-Hawks from scoring before the half after a long drive. That stand kept the margin to just three points going into the third quarter.

The second half belonged entirely to Senior. Behind an aggressive ground attack, Schlosser broke loose for his second rushing touchdown midway through the third quarter, flipping the score and giving the Rams a 14—10 lead.

In the fourth quarter, Schlosser struck again. On a designed run near the goal line, he broke in for his third rushing score of the night, sealing a 21—10 victory.

— Tim O’Neill, Telegraph-Herald

WESTERN DUBUQUE 14, NORTH SCOTT 13 — Kyan Vaassen’s special teams’ heroics fueled the Bobcats to a win at Buchman Field.

Vaassen had a kick return for a touchdown, and blocked what would have been a game-tying extra point.

The sophomore came up big on defense as well, spearheading the smothering Bobcats’ defensive swarm on the game’s decisive fourth-down stop in the final minutes.

— Tom Gregory, Telegraph-Herald