SOUTH WAYNE — Black Hawk continued its unbeaten streak with a 52-7 win over River Ridge in Week 7.
Eight different Warriors carried the ball for a total of 239 yards as the route was on early. Black Hawk led 20-7 after the first quarter and 44-7 at halftime.
Colby Argall finished with 66 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries for Black Hawk (6-0, 5-0). Mitchell Quinn had 65 rushing yards on five carries and quarterback Kyle Lovelace had 36 rushing yards on seven attempts and a perfect 3-for-3 passing for 75 yards and two touchdowns. Rece Shelton caught two passes for 61 yards and a score and Argall added a 14-yard touchdown reception. Argall also had an interception.
Defensively, Black Hawk held River Ridge in check, allowing 29 passing yards and 99 rushing yards on 40 carries – an average of 2.5 yards per rush.
Up next for the Warriors is Highland (4-3, 2-3), which lost to Benton-Scales Mound (4-3, 3-3) in Week 7.
New Glarus-Monticello 41, Iowa Grant 6
LIVINGSTON — The Glarner Knights picked up a nonconference win in Week 7 thanks to taking advantage of opportunities.
New Glarus-Monticello (3-4, 1-1 Capitol South) picked off two passes, knocked down 11 more and recovered another fumble to take possessions away from Iowa-Grant (2-5, 2-2 SWAL). Offensively, the Knights gained a plethora of yards and finished six drives in scores.
Darris Schuett was 11 of 14 passing for 145 yards and three touchdowns. Schuett added another 65 yards and a score on 10 rushes. Cole Femrite carried the ball five times for 74 yards – including a 68-yard score that capped the scoring with 3:19 left in the fourth quarter.
The Knights scored with 9:59 left in the first off of a 35-yard pass from Schuett to Trevor Gassman. With 1:34 left in the first, Connor Siegenthaler (3-for-6, 37 yards) connected with Gassman on a 14-yard TD strike.
Iowa-Grant’s only answer came with 10:51 left in the second on a34-yard touchdown pass. NGM responded right away, scoring just 1:14 later on a 13-yard scamper by Schuett to make it 21-6.
In the third quarter, Schuette connected with Zach Feller on a 10-yard pass with 8:36 to play. The duo paired up again with 8:59 left in the fourth on a 14-yard TD pass. In all, the Knights finished the day with 182 passing yards on 14-of-20 passing and 246 rushing yards on 33 carries.
Gassman had seven catches for 92 yards and two scores and Feller finished with 46 yards and two scores on four receptions.
The Knights, needing a win to qualify for the postseason, host Waterloo (0-7, 0-3 Capitol South) in Week 8.
Whitewater 19, Brodhead-Juda 7
WHITEWATER — The Cardinals were eliminated from automatic postseason qualification with a loss to the Whippets in Week 7.
Brodhead-Juda (2-5, 2-5 Rock Valley) trailed Whitewater (2-5, 2-5) by a score at halftime, but tied the game at 7-7 with a 17-yard touchdown run by Jeffrey Williams to open the third. Whitewater answered with a 29-yard TD pass and added a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth for insurance.
Williams finished the game with 129 yards on 16 carries and Marco Bueno had 39 yards on 8 rushing attempts.
Whitewater’s Aldo Soto had 219 yards on the ground with two scores on 24 attempts.
The Cardinals still hold on to hopes of a postseason berth if the qualifying field needs to dip below teams with .500 conference records, which means the Week 8 home matchup against Big Foot (3-4, 3-4) is crucial for both schools.
Big Foot 55, Evansville-Albany 34
WALWORTH — Big Foot scored on 8 of 9 straight drives, forced the Blue Devils into two turnovers and three turnovers on downs in Week 7.
Evansville-Albany (0-7, 0-7 Rock Valley) was stopped at Big Foot’s 25-, 41- and 8-yard-lines on fourth down. The Blue Devils finished with 542 yards of offense — including 201 on the ground and 341 through the air while Big Foot had 500 yards on 212 rushing and 288 passing.
Big Foot opened the scoring with two touchdown passes from quarterback Logan Eischeid, who finished 17 of 24 for 295 yards and three scores. Eischeid added two touchdown rushes. Big Foot’s Cole Vance had 126 rushing yards and a score on 28 carries and Aidan Greco had 49 yards and a score on just three carries.
Evansville-Albany’s Tyr Severson finished 18 of 36 passing for 347 yards, three TDs and an interception. Severson also had a touchdown run. Matt Forster had 141 rushing yards and two scores on 14 carries for the Blue Devils. Sully Geske caught 10 passes for 196 yards and three scores and Jaden Obel had 76 yards on four receptions.
The Blue Devils face an even tougher task this week with unbeaten conference leader McFarland (7-0) coming to town in Week 8.
Darlington 37, Southwestern 0
HAZEL GREEN — The Redbirds picked up their first conference win of the season in a throttling of Southwestern.
Darlington (2-5, 1-3 SWAL) led 22-0 at halftime and tacked on 14 more in the fourth quarter to hand Southwestern (1-6, 0-4) another loss in its final season in the SWAL. Southwestern is planning a move to the Six Rivers for the 2019 season.
Carter Lancaster opened the scoring with a 39-yard touchdown catch with 7:31 left in the first quarter. Kolbe Ubersox made it 12-0 with a 4-yard run just a minute later and tacked on the two-point catch to extend it to 14-0. Carson Evenstad then caught an 11-yard pass with 34 seconds left before halftime with Wyat Bredeson completing the two-point run.
In the second half, Lancaster caught a 41-yard score with 7:55 left in the fourth and Bredeson added a 5-yard touchdown run.
Freshman quarterback Braden Davis was 9 of 11 passing for 150 yards and three scores and added another 75 yards rushing on 12 attempts to lead Darlington. Evenstad had 13 carries for 99 yards while Ubersox had 74 yards on 18 carries. Lancaster had five catches for 91 yards.
Darlington gained 466 yards of offense in the game and held Southwestern to just 33 yards off total offense — including 34 rushing thanks to a brutal rush at the point of attack.
The Redbirds get Iowa-Grant this week as both schools cling to postseason aspirations.
