Tigerhawk football drops district game to rival North Mahaska

NEW SHARON — Wyatt Jay scored the first two touchdowns of his varsity career and Chase Trotter returned a kickoff 95 yards for a score, but the Colfax-Mingo football team couldn’t slow down North Mahaska on Friday night.

The host Warhawks rushed for 348 yards and registered five sacks during their 64-27 win on Homecoming during Class A District 6 play.

Colfax-Mingo and North Mahaska are 4-4 against each other since 2014. The Warhawks averaged 13.9 yards per carry in the win.

Trotter rushed for 36 yards on eight carries, hauled in five passes for 90 yards and one touchdown and returned a kickoff for a TD for the first time in his career to lead the Tigerhawks, who fell to 0-3 and 0-2 in district play.

Jay threw for a touchdown and caught a touchdown in the loss. His only pass completion was a 28-yard TD pass to Trotter. He also caught two passes for 22 yards and his first-ever varsity receiving TD.

Camden Cunningham was 6-of-15 through the air for 84 yards, one TD and two interceptions. He also rushed for 35 yards on 11 carries and averaged 37.5 yards on his five punts.

Wyatt Carpenter gained 24 yards on his three carries and Fisher Grove ran for 25 yards on seven carries.

Cunningham and Grove both had six tackles to lead the Tigerhawk defense. They lead the squad with 19 and 16.5 tackles, respectively. Grove has matched his tackle total from all of last year, too.

Kyle Wood chipped in 3.5 tackles and one fumble recovery, while Leo Van Hauen forced one fumble and recovered one fumble.

Gage Ries rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries to lead North Mahaska.

The Warhawks (2-1, 1-1 in the district) registered 11 tackles for loss and Aydan Groom led the defense with 8.5 tackles.