Lynnville-Sully football clinches district title after win over Colfax-Mingo

COLFAX — JD Richards scored a career-best three touchdowns, Connor Deal tossed a trio of TDs and a fast start lifted the Lynnville-Sully football team past Colfax-Mingo 56-6 on Friday night.

The Hawks posted their sixth straight win after leading 35-0 after one quarter. The victory also wrapped up the Class A District 6 championship with one game left in the regular season.

Richards started the scoring with a 10-yard TD run and then Gavin Fisk extended the margin to double digits following a 49-yard touchdown run.

Jack Bowlin caught Deal’s first TD pass from 17 yards out and Richards added a 2-yard TD run a little more than 2 minutes later.

Fisk recovered a fumble in the end zone for the Hawks’ final points of the period.

Richards also caught a 27-yard TD pass from Deal in the second, Fisk scored on a 66-yard TD catch in the third and Deal added a 6-yard TD run to cap the scoring.

The Hawks posted their fourth straight win over Colfax-Mingo. They are outscoring district foes 213-44 this fall and their six wins bettered last year’s total.

Lynnville-Sully had a 14-6 advantage in first downs and there were a combined 21 penalties for 152 yards.

Deal finished 11-of-14 through the air for 207 yards and matched a career best with three touchdown passes. His four total TDs is a new personal record.

Fisk ran for 73 yards and one TD on five carries and had a career-high 80 receiving yards and one TD on two catches.

Richards ran for 10 yards and a career-best two scores on three carries and totaled 33 yards on two catches and grabbed his first-ever receiving TD.

Bowlin had four catches for 62 yards and one TD, Landyn Fisk secured three catches for 32 yards, Burt Johnson gained 18 yards on his only carry and Carsen Kottenstette had two catches for a career-best 42 yards. It was the first two catches of Kottenstette’s varsity career.

Karson Van Maanen was 2-of-5 through the air for a career-best 42 yards.

Eight different players had at least one carry for the Hawks (6-1, 5-0 in the district) and five caught at least two passes.

Kimball Elliott led the Lynnville-Sully defense with five tackles, one sack and two tackles for loss and Landyn Fisk totaled three tackles, one sack, two tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.

Dawson James chipped in three tackles, one sack and 2.5 tackles for loss, Gavin Fisk tallied three tackles, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery and Henry Sharp had five tackles.

Trace Carlson finished with three tackles and one fumble recovery, Ben Squires had 1.5 tackles for loss, Wyatt Mathis contributed one sack and Richards picked off one pass.

Colfax-Mingo (0-7, 0-5) finished with 113 total yards. The Tigerhawks rushed for -8 yards on 10 carries.

Camden Cunningham threw for 121 yards, one TD and one interception. His TD pass was caught by Alex Teed with 6:06 to play in the second. It was the first TD catch of Teed’s varsity career.

Teed finished with two catches for 59 yards and one TD, Wyatt Carpenter gained 34 yards on two catches and Wyatt Thornton grabbed two passes for 24 yards.

Fisher Grove led the C-M defense with five tackles, Thornton added four tackles and one interception, Kyle Wood totaled four tackles and Cunningham and Carpenter each registered three tackles. Konner Bennett also recovered a fumble.