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Newton, Colfax-Mingo and CMB were on the short end of decisions Friday night in Week 8 of the football season. Prairie City-Monroe rolled to a big win while Lynnville-Sully won without playing.
Valley 59, Newton 6
WEST DES MOINES — Junior quarterback Garrett Sturtz guided the Newton High Cardinals on an 85-yard scoring drive against Class 4A top-ranked West Des Moines Valley’s Tiger Friday night. Sturtz completed two passes in the drive, but it was a 51-yard run by Sturtz which set up the touchdown.
Sturtz found senior running back Reese Rosenquist in the end zone on a nine-yard scoring pass. The extra-point kick was blocked by the Tigers. Jevon Mason returned the ensuing kickoff 89 yards for Valley to push the Tigers’ lead to 38-6 with 56 seconds left in the second quarter.
“They are very good,” Newton head coach Ed Ergenbright said after the Cardinals lost 59-6 Friday night at Valley Stadium. “I’m very proud of how our guys competed right to the end. You have to play error-free football against a team like Valley, and we didn’t early.”
Valley kept Newton’s offense bottled up in the first half. The Tigers had short fields to work with offensively, scoring 21 points in the first quarter and led Newton 31-0 before the Cardinals scored.
Newton’s Jaron Roush intercepted a pass by Valley’s quarterback Will Rodruck, who started in place of senior Rocky Lombardi, on the first play of the second quarter. Lombardi was sidelined with an injury.
Valley pushed its halftime lead from 38-6 to 45-6 on two runs by Mason to begin the third quarter. Newton fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Valley at Newton’s 13-yard line. The margin ballooned to 52-6 wit 9:05 on the third-quarter clock.
The remainder of the game was played under a running clock.
The Cardinals marched to the Valley 8-yard line then went backward. On a fourth-and-goal play from the 16, Sturtz found junior Josh Miravalles in the flat for a reception. Miravalles was tackled at the 2-yard line.
Newton had one more drive late in the game, but time ran out.
The Cardinals (5-3) fell to 1-3 in district play. They conclude the season at home Friday against Indianola in the final district contest.
Lynnville-Sully 17, Danville 0 (forfeit)
Lynnville-Sully’s Class A sixth-ranked Hawks had the night off Friday. Danville is forfeiting the rest of the season because of small player numbers.
The Hawks (8-0) host Class A 10th-ranked Montezuma (6-2) next Friday in Sully to finish up Class A District 6 play. Lynnville-Sully is 6-0 in district play and Montezuma is 5-1.
Lynnville-Sully goes after its first district championship since 2012, an undefeated regular season and a playoff spot on Senior Night.
PCM 50, Davis County 8
MONROE — PCM recorded another easy win and clinched its first district championship since 2011.
Sheldon Speers threw for 138 yards and scored four touchdowns in the first half, and Wes Cummings and Noah Anderson combined to rush for 201 yards in the win during a battle of Mustangs.
The hometown Mustangs did not play their starters in the second half as they led 50-0 at the break. PCM out-gained Davis County 349-24 in the first half. It also had 12 first downs to Davis County's two.
PCM won its seventh straight game and improved to 7-1 overall and 6-0 in Class 2A District 6. Davis County dropped to 2-6 overall and 1-5 in district play. The other playoff berth from the district was claimed Friday by Central Lee, which defeated Centerville 38-28.
Seventh-ranked PCM scored touchdowns on its final seven possessions of the first half. It failed to score on its first possession because of penalties. The Mustangs drove into the Davis County red zone and had two touchdown runs by Cummings taken off the board because of an illegal formation and a holding penalty.
PCM got on the board with 5:21 left in the first quarter when Speers hooked up with Preston Van Wyk on a 60-yard TD pass play. Van Wyk ran a go route down the far side of the field and sprinted past several Davis County defenders on his way to the end zone.
Speers made it 14-0 on PCM's next possession when he plunged forward for a 1-yard TD sneak. Speers hooked up with Luke Greiner for a 24-yard TD on the next drive, and a Clayton Welch catch on the two-point conversion made it 22-0.
Cummings reached the end zone on a 46-yard TD run to open the scoring in the second quarter. Speers added another touchdown run on the next drive, this time scoring from 4 yards out.
Anderson added to PCM's lead with an 80-yard TD run with 3:35 to go in the first half. Anderson hit the hole in the middle of the line, bounced the ball outside and then broke a tackle down the sideline on his way to paydirt.
Offensive lineman James Snodgrass got the ball on PCM's next possession and scored from 13 yards out. He took the ball from Cummings on a counter and went into the end zone untouched.
PCM had three one-play scoring drives, and two other drives were only two plays.
Davis County got on the board with a 1-yard TD run in the third quarter. And then the visiting Mustangs added two more points when PCM snapped the ball over the punter's head. The ball rolled out of the back of the end zone.
PCM has outscored its six district foes 298-14. It can wrap up an undefeated district season with a win over Clarke in the season finale on Oct. 21.
Dike-New Hartford 42, CMB 7
BAXTER — In the final home game in CMB's 29-year history, the Wolverines spoiled the night with a dominating victory.
Class 2A No. 10 Dike-New Hartford wrapped up the District 3 title with the win and eliminated the Raiders from the postseason in the process.
Trent Johnson, the state's leading rusher, gained 174 yards on 31 carries and scored three touchdowns. Cade Fuller also threw for 231 yards and three scores to help the Wolverines win their sixth straight game. CMB rushed for only 34 yards in the loss.
The Wolverines broke open a 14-0 halftime lead with a 28-point second half. CMB got on the board late in the fourth quarter when Hunter McWhirter connected with Blake Coughenour for a 30-yard TD pass.
Dike-New Hartford (6-2, 6-0) out-gained the Raiders 410-236 in the game. There was a combined 18 penalties in the game. CMB (3-5, 3-3) was flagged eight times for 78 yards and committed the game's only turnover.
McWhirter was 14-for-22 through the air for 150 yards and one TD. Brady Kemp hauled in four catches for 54 yards, Coughenour had 50 yards on four catches and Travis Lindemoen hauled in four passes for 34 yards. Marcus Mitchell had three catches for 43 yards and Tucker Maxwell gained 30 yards on four catches.
The CMB defense was led by Coughenour, who had 8.5 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Jason Hillgren added 7.5 tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack. Will Clapper also had a sack.
BGM 72, Colfax-Mingo 0
COLFAX — The Bears spoiled the Tigerhawks' home finale with a shutout victory in Class A District 5 play Friday night.
BGM improved to 4-4 on the season and 4-2 in district play. Colfax-Mingo dropped to 1-7 overall and 1-5 in district play.