COFFEYVILLE — Iola Middle School’s football teams were downright dominant in picking up a pair of victories Thursday.
The seventh-graders rushed for 365 yards and four touchdowns, while completing a touchdown on the Ponies’ only pass attempt of the game, in a 38-0 victory over Roosevelt Middle School of Coffeyville.
The eighth-grade, meanwhile, broke open an 8-6 lead with 34 points over the second and third quarters to win 42-14.
The wins put the seventh-graders’ record at 4-2, while the eighth grade stands at 3-3.
The Pony squads will wrap up the 2013 season Thursday at home against Parsons.
IOLA’S TAYTON Driskel led the way for the seventh-graders. He rushed for 246 yards and three touchdowns, on only 12 rushes. He also completed a pass to Cole Regehr for 36 yards and another score.
Tayton rushed for touchdown runs of 55 and 60 yards in the first quarter, 32 yards midway through the second. His 36-yarder to Regehr came with 36 seconds left in the half. Kane Rogers added a two-point run, while Matt Karr’s two-point conversion put Iola on top 30-0 at halftime.
Karr rumbled in on a five-yard touchdown run in the third period, followed by Elijah Luedke’s two-point conversion to cap the scoring.
Karr rushed nine times for 59 yards and a touchdown. Rogers had 53 yards on six carries. Luedke had a seven-yard carry.
“It was a very good effort from start to finish,” Iola head coach Marty Taylor said. “Tayton saw the field tonight and really ran hard. Matt and Kane did a nice job of hitting the holes and picking up big chunks, too.
“The line came off the ball much better tonight,” he continued. “They took a big step forward.”
SIX IOLA eighth-graders had at least 10 yards rushing, while four scored touchdowns. Evan Sigg had 177 yards passing and another touchdown.
Taylor lauded the blocking efforts of Nick Vaughn, Drake Sell, Caden Knavel, Alex Morrison, Zeth DePriest, Kanyon Beasley, Tyler Streeter, Dakota Mitchell, Matt Miller and Ethan Holloway.
“Everything started up front,” Taylor said. “The offensive line was great. They opened some huge holes.”
The blocking allowed a stable of Ponies to rack up yards aplenty, even though nobody had more than nine carries.
Isaac Vink got things started late in the first quarter on a 31-yard run coming off of a reverse.
Sigg passed to Vaughn for a 67-yard score early in the second quarter, before Nik Peterson scored on a 17-yard run.
Sigg ran in a keeper from 27 yards away to start the third quarter, followed by Peterson’s second touchdown, a nine-yard run. Matt Komma capped the scoring with a three-yard rush late in the third quarter.
Peterson rushed nine times for 107 yards. Sigg ran for 93 and completed 5 of 9 passing. Cale Barnhart rushed for 46 yards, Komma for 23, Vink for 31 and Vaughn for 10.
Holloway had three receptions for 74 yards, Vaughn had the 67-yarder on his only catch and Vink had a 35-yard reception.
“Matt Komma made some great blocks out of his fullback spot, and the backs ran hard,” Taylor said. “Evan was very good tonight. He made good decisions and put the ball where it needed to be.”
MORAN — The Marmaton Valley High Wildcats laid an egg Friday, and Coach Dan Uhlrich had no desire to sugarcoat it. The Wildcats lost 36-4 at home against the Pleasanton High Blu-Jays.
“It was an ugly football game,” Uhlrich said.
The Wildcats came out to an early lead in the first, with back-to-back safeties on the Jays. They were tackled in the end zone twice in the quarter, once by Sage Hall and then again by Joey Jefferis.
But, things went downhill room there.
Pleasanton put just eight points on the board in the second quarter, making the score 8-4 at the half. Then, with failed adjustments following the break, the Jays blew the game wide open with two more touchdowns in the third.
“After the halftime adjustments, they didn’t listen to me,” Uhlrich said.
The Wildcats allowed 12 more points in the fourth.
The Wildcats rushed 42 times for 12 yards (an average of 2.8 yards per carry) on the ground, and had 38 passing yards — a total of 50 yards of offense. They have seven penalties for 55 yards.
Micheal Genn was the only runner with positive yards; he rushed 22 times for 23 yards. Brady Newman had two receptions for 26 yards. Defensively, Trent Johnson led in tackling with four unassisted takedowns.
“We just didn’t play smart,” Uhlrich said.
Marmaton Valley will face off against Yates Center at home Friday in a district matchup.
Pleasanton 0-8-16-12—36
Marmaton Valley 4-0-0-0—4 MORAN — The Marmaton Valley High Wildcats laid an egg Friday, and Coach Dan Uhlrich had no desire to sugarcoat it. The Wildcats lost 36-4 at home against the Pleasanton High Blu-Jays.
“It was an ugly football game,” Uhlrich said.
The Wildcats came out to an early lead in the first, with back-to-back safeties on the Jays. They were tackled in the end zone twice in the quarter, once by Sage Hall and then again by Joey Jefferis.
But, things went downhill room there.
Pleasanton put just eight points on the board in the second quarter, making the score 8-4 at the half. Then, with failed adjustments following the break, the Jays blew the game wide open with two more touchdowns in the third.
“After the halftime adjustments, they didn’t listen to me,” Uhlrich said.
The Wildcats allowed 12 more points in the fourth.
The Wildcats rushed 42 times for 12 yards (an average of 2.8 yards per carry) on the ground, and had 38 passing yards — a total of 50 yards of offense. They have seven penalties for 55 yards.
Micheal Genn was the only runner with positive yards; he rushed 22 times for 23 yards. Brady Newman had two receptions for 26 yards. Defensively, Trent Johnson led in tackling with four unassisted takedowns.
“We just didn’t play smart,” Uhlrich said.
Marmaton Valley will face off against Yates Center at home Friday in a district matchup.
Pleasanton 0-8-16-12—36
Marmaton Valley 4-0-0-0—4
