SOUTH WAYNE — Black Hawk-Warren got back on the winning track in Week 3, handing Iowa-Grant a 56-0 loss Sept. 3.
“We played much better in all areas tonight,” said Warriors coach Desie Breadon, whose team lost in Week 2 to Marshall. “We took care of the football, played assignments on defense better, and continued to improve our special teams.”
Against Iowa-Grant, the Warriors defense and special teams aided the offense all night. The average starting field position for BHW was on Iowa-Grant’s 42-yard line, while the Bulldogs repeatedly were pinned to within their own 25 — a difference of 33 yards.
“We shut down their run game early to force Iowa-Grant to be one dimensional and then got pressure and sacks on their quarterback,” Breadon said. “One of the big keys on offense was dominating the line of scrimmage.”
Landen Mahoney opened the scoring with a 26-yard touchdown at the 8:29 mark in the first quarter. Minutes later Lucas Milz made it a two-score game with a 6-yard TD run. Milz added scores from 4- and 6-yards out in the second, and Warriors QB Brayden Bohnsack connected with Elijah Shelton for a 12-yard passing TD with 5:40 to go before halftime.
In the second half, Mahoney scored on a 32-yard rush in the third quarter, and Jovanny Erickson plunged in from a yard out with 4:52 left in the frame.
“We started faster than we had the first two games and played with more enthusiasm. We got more experience for all of our players. I was really happy with how all of the guys played, especially our back-ups. As usual, we were happy with the results, but not satisfied,” Breadon said because he knows his squad needs to continue to improve in all areas.
Black Hawk-Warren was a perfect 7-for-7 on two-point conversion tries, with Mahoney running in on five, and Milz and Erickson each with one conversion run. The Warriors had 296 total offensive yards and 10 first downs. Iowa-Grant was held to just three first downs and negative-17 total yards, including a -31 mark on rushing attempts.
Mahoney had 94 yards on just six rushing attempts. Milz had 81 yards on 16 carries. Bohnsack finished 3 of 6 passing for 54 yards and added anther 31 yards on five runs. Antron Evans had 3.5 sacks and eight tackles on defense. As a team, the Warriors had 6.5 sacks.
Up next for BHW (No. 6 in D7; 2-1, 1-0 Six Rivers) is a road game at Mineral Point (1-2, 0-1 SWAL).
Darlington 42,
Mineral Point 7
DARLINGTON — In the 120th meeting between Darlington and Mineral Point played Sept. 3, the Redbirds thumped a Pointers squad that was already reeling. Mineral Point coach Andy Pazkill was let go by the school just hours before the game, and assistant coach Justin Leonard took over.
Darlington opened the scoring with just nine seconds left in the first quarter as Brady Horne plunged forward for a 3-yard score. An Easton Evenstad two-point run made it 8-0, and the game would never get closer the rest of the day.
Just 81 seconds after the first square, Darlington added another, as Evenstad went 72 yards to the house on the next drive, then added another 2-point score on a catch from QB Braden Davis. At the 3:03 mark in the second quarter, Davis darted in from 14 yards out. Mineral Point’s lone score came with 41 seconds left in the half as QB Joah Filardo connected with Dominik McVay for an 87-yard score.
The pair connected two other times in the game. McVay had 94 receiving yards, while Leyten Bowers added five catches for 68 yards. Filardo was 13 of 25 passing for 172 yards, and added another 49 yards on seven rushing attempts.
In the second half, Davis scored on a short 1-yard run with 1:24 left in the third to push it to 28-7. Evenstad scored on a 50-yard run to open the fourth quarter, and sophomore Breylin Goebel added a 5-yard score with 6:09 left to ignite the running clock.
Evenstad finished with 177 yards on 15 attempts, while Goebel had 136 yards on 16 carries.
Up next for the Redbirds (2-1, 1-0 SWAL) is a Sept. 10 road game at Orfordville Parkview (0-3, 0-1 SWAL).
Brodhead-Juda 54,
New Glarus-Monticello 14
BRODHEAD — The Cardinals jumped out to a big halftime lead in conquering New Glarus-Monticello in the first SWC game of the season Sept. 3.
In the first quarter, Blake Matthys capped the first scoring drive with a 2-yard plunge at the 10:12 mark. Less than a minute later the Cardinals had the ball back deep into NGM territory, and Gage Boegli scored from two yards out to make it 14-0 less than three minutes into the game.
The Glarner Knights (0-3, 0-1) brought it back to a one-score game as Max Marty connected with Leyton Mihlbauer on an 8-yard pass, and a two-point pass to Eli Zimmerman briefly made it 14-8 Brodhead-Juda.
With 2:44 left in the first, Boegli added another score, this time from 3-yards out. At 11:19 in the second quarter, Cole Hoesly hit Gunner Boegli for a 30-yard TD pass. The two connected again from 34-yards out less than 2 1/2 minutes later to make it 35-7. With 3:53 to go before halftime, Matthys scored for a second time, pushing it to 41-7 at halftime.
Joe Lohmar scored the Cardinals’ first TD of the second half on a 5-yard run. After NGM’s Jackson Eyler darted in from 7-yards out to bring it to 48-14, Brody Rrrrrr scored from 13-yards out.
Brodhead-Juda had 17 first downs to NGM’s 11. The Cardinals were 5-for-6 passing for 124 yards, while NGM finished 18 of 30 for 205 yards and three interceptions. Brodhead-Juda had 297 yards rushing, with the Knights finishing with 44.
Brodhead-Juda (3-0, 1-0, WFCA D5 No. 9) travels to Richland Center (2-1, 1-0) in Week 4. The Hornets lost to Wisconsin Dells (3-0) in Week 1, 18-13, then blew out Fennimore (1-2) in Week 2 before holding on to beat Dodgeville (1-2) in Week 3.
Bryce Hillers received a lot of action for Richland Center to open the season. Had had 343 yards rushing on 39 attempts in Weeks 1 and 2, including 270 yards coming on 23 attempts against Fennimore.
Up next for NGM is Prairie du Chien (2-1, 1-0). PDC defeated Poynette 30-13 in Week 3 and also own a 12-7 Week 2 win over Tomah. In Week 1, PDC was defeated handily by Aquinas, 49-15. Running back Rhett Koenig is the focal point of the offense, carrying the ball 70 times for 400 yards (5.7 ypc) in the first three games. Maddox Cejka is 15 of 47 passing (31.9%) for 168 yards this season.
Belleville 62,
Pecatonica-Argyle 0
BELLEVILLE — The Vikings were no match for the hot offense of the Wildcats. Belleville collected 548 yards of offense, throwing for five TDs and running for three more.
Belleville took a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, and led 48-0 at halftime. Demarcus Conner then took the opening kick of the second half 90 yards for another score to make it 55-0.
Trevor Syse was 9 of 12 passing for 222 yards and four touchdowns. He also added 76 yards and a score on 6 rushing attempts. Dylan Posthuma ran for 127 tards and two scores on 10 carries. Backup QB Aidan Keyes was 3 of 4 passing for 81 yards and a score. Anthony Nolden had 102 yards receiving on three catches. Carson Syse added 69 yards on three catches. Andrew Ace had 28 receiving yards on two catches — both of which were touchdowns. Nolden, Carson Syse and Kaden Desmet each had a TD catch, with Desmet’s coming in the third quarter on toss from Keyes.
Pecatonica-Argyle (1-2, 0-1 Six Rivers) hosts River Ridge (2-1, 1-0) in Week 4.
In other area action, Lancaster defeated Parkview-Albany 56-0.
