Solon Marches on in Class 3A Rout
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2 B &br6a*ttr Tuesday. November 2,2010 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Williamsburg takes shootout with CCA By IU Pilcher for 216 yards. The Gazette The Raiders wanted to WILLIAMSBURG - play more physically than Ten scores. in a 35-23 regular-season Williamsburg preparedwin over the Clippers for a state playoff foot (6-5). ball game with the goal "It all starts upfront of scoring IO times. For with the linemen," some, that might be lofty Waughop said. "They yet unattainable motiva got a lot of blocks and I tion. For the Raiders, it was able to hit the holes was realized by game’s and get in the secondary end last Monday night. quickly.” Seventh-ranked Wil O'Rourke hit Cody liamsburg racked up nine V a n Dee for a 20-yard TD touchdowns and a field pass to cap a 64 yard. goal to trounce Clear S play drive to open the Creek Amana, 65-35, in second half that put the second round of the Williamsburg up 55-14, Class 3A state playoffs. O’Rourke rushed for two “That's all we talked touchdowns and threw about was getting IO for one, posting 134 yards scores." Williamsburg passing and 13 on the Coach Curt Ritchie said. ground. A Tim Jones "Thought it was crazy Uz Martin phetos.The Gazette 41-yard field goal and a at the time, but it was Bryan McDonald I-yard The Solon defense pileson Grinnell's Brett Morrison in the first half of the Spartans’ 31-7 Class 3A second-round playoffvictory something our kids really TI) run with 9:43 to play last night at Solon. bought into it." gave Williamsburg its IO The Raiders dominated scores. from the outset with an "It doesn’t surprise me Austin Hiliigas intercep we scored IO tonight." tion and a Kelly O’Rourke linemen Austin Blithe Solon marches on in Class 3A rout 11-yard touchdown run. said. “We played a great Williamsburg scored game, CCA has a good By Jeff Hare Coach Jim Dunne said that was the three times in the opening team. It was a good physi Correspondent difference. quarter and added four cal game, and that’s what SOLON’ — The march for four “We couldn't get our offense go more in the second, we like to play.” continues ing against that defense.” he said. Brett Waughop gave Williamsburg ad Three-time Class 2A state cham "and we had some late turnovers the Raiders a 13-0 lead vanced to the quarterfi pion Solon knocked off Grinnell, that really hurt us. with a 7-yard TD run. and nals to face Solon (10-1). 31-7. last night in a 3A second- “They made some defensive adthe lead blossomed to 27-0 which beat Grinnell. round prep football playoff game. justments and we weren’t able to with Waughop’s 3-yard 31-7, in the second round. The cliche rang true — the game get our offense going." plunge with 8:46 to go in Solon beat the Raiders. was closer than the final score in Solon had four interceptions lastthe first half. 22-7, Oct. 8. Now it stands dicated. night, including one returned 57 After Clear Creek got in the way of a trip to the Grinnell opened the scoring yards by Brian JedUcka. He also on the board on a 76-vard UNI Dome. with a 27-yard touchdown pass Solon’s Marshall Koehn reacts to a call scored on a 12-yard run in the thirdtouchdown pass from "It’s great,” Blythe from running back Jordan Fersh in favor of Grinnell during the first half of that put Solon up, 17-7. Dillon Villhauer to Nash said. “They handed us to Dylan Gretzky on its first pos last night's game. “We were playing a zone and the Stopko. Waughop an our only loss of the year session. ball came right to me." Jedlicka swered by going 57 yards so far. We’re going to From that point on. however, it on the Raiders’ next play by quarterback J.J. Hanus, who said of the interception. "I saw an have great preparation. from scrimmage. was all Solon. rushed for 88 yards and passed foropening to the left and got some Solon is a great team .... “We knew all along with Grin 66. He scored on a 32-yard run late great blocks and was able to get it Waughop, who carried We’re going to have to nell coming in they would be a in the first to tie the game at 7-7. in.” only four times in the play like we did tonight." very physical team.” Solon Coach second half as the Raiders “J.J. was on tonight, distributing Solon (10-1) has another rematch ■ Comments; (319) 368-86 79; Kevin Miller said. “We played the ball and running the offense next Monday, this time with Wil played reserves, rushed [email protected] them two weeks ago, so we knew a the way we needed to get going.” liamsburg. little bit about them. We knew we’d “We know all about Williams Miller said. Playoff scores/pairings be in for a tough night.” Defensively, the Spartans shut burg,” Miller said "They are well- Solon won the regular-season coached and very physical. We down the Tigers, holding them to Second round NE Hamilton 58, Clarksville 13 meeting, 17-10. Oct. 22. 226 yards total offense, Grinnell expect it to he a great game.” Tripoff44. Preston 7 The Spartans' offense was led Monday Adair-Casey 54. Anita CAM 17 CLASS U Lenox 70, Grandview Park Baptist 13 Bettendorf 27, Dubuque Hempstead 0 Quarterfinals CR Kennedy 13 Ne.-- V c ” 7 Cedar Faits 42 M use#** 21 Friday Iowa City High 43, Linn-Mar 27 CLASS 4A West Des Moines Dow* ng 23 , west Des ( All games I o m unless noted) Moines Vettev 20 IOT) Bettendorf (11-0) at Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougar defense comes up big in win over Lancers A nts 24 Sioux City E m ! 14 a 4 Ankeny 4! Wa ,• et I 5 Cedar Fans 01-0) vs. Iowa City High 01-0) Urbandale 24, Southeast P o k IO By Jeff Johnson might remember it was the first round with five get going.... We put it on Site T B A CLASS 3A West Des Moines Dowling {11-83 vs. Ames The Gazette a sub-..500 Cougars team fumble recoveries and an our defense. We said ‘You Wes* Deiay-a'e 23 Clear Lake 16 (9-2) at DA.' East ELDRIDGE - Six that upset mighty Betten interception. Last night it know what. We’re going Dec ya * 31 Waverly-She* Rock 7 Ankeny (8-3) at Urbandale (5-6) Williamsburg 65, Clear Creek Amana 35 CLASS A forced turnovers in their dorf in the first round last was an all interceptions, to come out and play a Seton 31, Grinnell 7 Harlan 38, Bovden-Hutt Roc* V M W 7 Mason C tv Newman tll-Oi vs North Tama (11-0) at UNI-Dome. 8:45 p m first playoff game. Six season. with three of them com heck of a second half.’ Sioux City Heeian 49 Lewis Central 13 WACO (11-0 at I soon (9-2) Pena 56, Ade A D M 0 more in their second. The way Kennedy is ing from cornerback Jake That’s what we did." LeMars Get) en Catholic 110-11 at Britt West Carlisle 35, Norwalk 17 Hancock (8-3 Six. s ix ... well, don't C LASS 2A playing defense right bosch Kennedy took it 13-7 Bedford (IO- at Madrid (ll-OS even go there. Maybe the now, it has to think it has He snatched a Louis lead into halftime on a Dyersville Beckman 32, Waterloo Columbus EIGHT-MAN NE Hamilton (12-0) vs. Tripoli (10-1) a* UN!- Cedar Rapids Kennedy a shot again. De Frieze Hail Mary near 3-yard touchdown run North f svelte 49, Nor rh Fayette 28 Dome, 6 15 p m iowa City Resina 49, Mediapolis 0 Adair-Case, (9-2)68Lenox 11-05 Cougars will get seven "I told them at the midfield on the final play from R.J. Adams and a Sioournev-Keota 48, Camanche 7 Armstrong-Ringstead (11-0) at Graettinger - take-aways in their (Tass beginning of this whole to perfectly sum up his 20-yard TD pass from Sheldon 7, Sioux Center s Terriit (10-1) South Central Calhoun 22, Western Christian Fremont-Miite (11-0) at Glidden-Ralston 4A quarterfinal. thing that I’m an offen team's terrific defensive Jed Haycraft to fullback 21 West Marshal! 35. Bondurant-Farrar 28 (10-1) Kennedy is there sive guy now,” Kennedy night. Anthony Crawley Chase Fergus. But the North Po* 21, Pp Ha Cor man 14 Monday. Nov. 8 thanks to a group of de Coach Tim Lewis said. had two interceptions for Cougars should have CLA S S 1A CLASS 3A Dike-New Hanford 35, Aptington-Parkers- (AB games 7 p m unless noted) fensive larcenists who “But there are three tile Cougars and Kyle La- been up by at least anoth Djrg 12 Williamsburg IO-1J at Solon (10-1) have guided them to a things that win football maak one. er score, considering back Woodward-Granger 8 Sault A ftw a rd North Cedar 36 Starmont 35 (QT) Pella (11-0) at Carlisle (9-2) pair of surprising post games at this stage of the “We just want to fly Trevor Heitland fumbled West Branch 27 Waos.e Valiev 9 Sioux City Heeian (IO-1) at Harlan (IO I) West Dataware 9-2) at Decorah (9-2) West Lyon35 Hinton 0 season wins, including (season).