Top Ranked Pella Rolls Over Oskaloosa

Bennett Spry is brought down by a a group of Pella Dutch on Friday night at the Lacey Stadium.

Bennett Spry is brought down by a group of Pella Dutch on Friday night at the Lacey Stadium.

Oskaloosa, Iowa – It was the season’s first truly cold day, but the Pella Dutch remained red hot on the field as they rolled past the Oskaloosa Indians 61-6 Friday night at Lacey Stadium.

I asked Oskaloosa Head Football Coach Mike Sterner if the score was somewhat expected going against the top ranked team in Class 3A. “This wasn’t expected and it’s not acceptable either,” said Sterner after the Friday night defeat. “We ran into the best Pella team I’ve seen.”

According to Sterner, the players weren’t intimidated with the fact they were to take on the top ranked team. “I don’t think they paid attention to that at all,” explained Sterner. “Our kids did a pretty good job of finding things to get better on.”

“Up front they [Pella] are very physical. They beat us upfront very soundly,” Sterner said. “When you don’t win the line of scrimmage, even remotely, you’re going to struggle.”

“We were not executing. We were not getting off the football. We were slow off the ball,” said Sterner, who puts that as one item on his checklist that needs to be fixed. “The small things we’ve been working on weren’t evident when a team flat out beats you off the ball.”

“I love our kids, and I would wish not to be anywhere else, and our kids will bounce back. They’ve taken 3 pretty good losses right now and they’re hurting,” Sterner shared.

Oskaloosa was without its top rusher in Nate Van Veldhuizen, who was dinged up last week against Ottumwa. “With all his heart, he wanted to be in the football game and wanted to make a difference every play, but the reality was, he wasn’t 100%,” explained Sterner, who consulted with the trainers this past week on Van Veldhuizen’s condition.

Oskaloosa starting quarterback Joe Sterner went down on the first play of the evening. He eventually made a return later in the game, after back-up quarterback TJ Boyle took a helmet to helmet hit.

With a sophomore quarterback in, Ethan Arnold stepped into the pressure cooker and experienced his first Friday night lights. With Arnold’s admirable job of the Indians next man, the lack of reps made apparent that the next man in was starting to get the better of the team.

On Friday night, the Indians travel to Saydel, where Sterner says the team looks to continue improving, “and being our best.”

“We’re going to learn to be warriors. We’re going to learn to be tough and get up after things when things don’t go well,” said Sterner. “They’re going to bounce back. There’s no quit in our kids.”

 

PEL vs OSK (FINAL)
( 09/12/14 at Lacey Sports Complex )
Oskaloosa,  IA

 

TEAM PEL OSK
(VISITOR) (HOME)
Score 61 6
First Downs 20 5
Rushes / Yards (Net) 31 / 210 36 / 54
Passing Yards (Net) 210 84
Passes — Att / Comp / Int 13/11/0 9/1/1
Total Offensive Plays / Yards 44 / 420 45 / 138
Fumble Returns / Yards 2 / 7 0 / 0
Punt Returns / Yards 3 / 26 0 / 0
Kickoff Returns / Yards 2 / 23 7 / 111
Interception Returns / Yards 1 / 4 0 / 0
Punts (Number/Average) 1 / 12.0 6 / 24.8
Fumbles / Lost 1 / 1 3 / 3
Penalties / Yards 6 / 35 6 / 37
Possession Time 17:23 27:40

 

PEL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS OSK
 
Rushing Att Net TD Lg Avg
Josh Zemanek 6 46 1 22 7.7
Nathan Henry 5 41 2 16 8.2
Quinton Murphy 3 37 1 29 12.3
Noah Clayberg 4 33 1 13 8.3
Rushing Att Net TD Lg Avg
Riley Coniglio 11 59 0 23 5.4
Jason Beebe 6 22 0 12 3.7
Kyler Salazar 2 11 0 8 5.5
Nate VanVeldhuizen 3 5 0 4 1.7
 
Passing Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg
Noah Clayberg 7 7 0 118 2 36
Finney Nick 6 4 0 92 1 44
Passing Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg
Joe Sterner 6 1 1 84 1 84
TJ Boyle 2 0 0 0 0 0
 
Passing Receiving No Yards TD Lg
Will Warner 5 58 1 25
Seth Johnson 2 60 1 36
Drew Pringle 1 44 0 44
Ryan VanWyk 1 32 1 32
Passing Receiving No Yards TD Lg
Max Johnson 1 84 1 84
 
Punting No Yards Avg TB I20 Lg
Jackson Scholten 1 12 12.0 0 0 12
Punting No Yards Avg TB I20 Lg
Ki-Jana DeJong 4 124 31.0 0 0 33
 
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Lg
Quinton Murphy 2 17 0 14
Brady Cox 1 9 0 9
Punt Returns No. Yards TD Lg
 
Kick Returns No Yards TD Lg
Austin Schulte 1 15 0 15
Brady Cox 1 8 0 8
Kick Returns No Yards TD Lg
Bennett Spry 6 92 0 21
Max Johnson 1 19 0 19
 
Tackles UA A Total Sacks TFL
Garret Jansen 1 5 6.0 0.0 2.5
Alex Bragg 0 4 4.0 0.0 0.5
Austin Schulte 2 2 4.0 0.0 0.0
Josh Zemanek 0 4 4.0 0.0 0.0
Tackles UA A Total Sacks TFL
Mitchell Schaffner 4 6 11.0 0.0 0.0
Blake Howard 1 5 6.0 0.0 0.0
Riley Coniglio 1 4 6.0 0.0 0.0
Kyler Salazar 2 3 5.0 0.0 0.0

 

Scoring Summary: Plys Yds TOP Score
10:59  PEL  Nathan Henry Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:59 16 yds PAT Kick by Seth Johnson GOOD. 2 26 00:21  7 – 0
08:20  PEL  Nathan Henry Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:20 7 yds PAT Kick by Seth Johnson NO Good 2 38 00:36  13 – 0
07:36  PEL  TJ BOYLE Carries(QB Keeper) fumble(LOST), recovered by Trevor Argo for -21 yards -21 yds TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:36 3 yds PAT Run by Payson VandeLune GOOD. 0 0 0:00  21 – 0
05:10  PEL  Quinton Murphy Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:10 29 yds PAT Kick by Seth Johnson GOOD. 2 31 00:39  28 – 0
01:03  PEL  Noah Clayberg Passes to Seth Johnson COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:03 24 yds PAT Run by Seth Johnson NO Good 5 49 02:38  34 – 0
10:42  PEL  Noah Clayberg Carries(QB Keeper) TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:42 13 yds PAT Kick by Seth Johnson GOOD. 2 18 00:57  41 – 0
08:43  PEL  Noah Clayberg Passes to Will Warner COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:52 5 yds PAT Kick by Seth Johnson GOOD. 10 4 01:59  48 – 0
02:50  PEL  Josh Zemanek Carries(Hand Off) TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:50 2 yds PAT Kick by Seth Johnson NO Good 3 40 00:52  54 – 0
01:44  OSK  Joe STERNER Passes to Max JOHNSON COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:44 84 yds PAT Kick by Joe STERNER NO Good 3 80 01:06  54 – 6
11:42  PEL  Finney Nick Passes to Ryan VanWyk COMPLETE TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:42 32 yds PAT Kick by Reid Leidigh GOOD. 7 85 05:13  61 – 6
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