Oskaloosa 9th Grade Football Handles Norwalk
Oskaloosa Indians
by Todd Miller
The Oskaloosa Freshman went to Norwalk last Friday night and earned another win by beating the Warriors by a score of 47-13.
The young Indians came out ready to play football as they scored on the first possession on a 9-yard pass from Will Schultz to David Nelson. To make the score 7-0. Quickly the Defensive team made the Warriors punt as it was 4th and 29 on their first possession. The punt was fair caught on the 30-yard line and after a long pass play to Hunolt to get down to the 1-yard line the Indians were able to send Colin Snitker across the goal line to make the score 14-0.
The defense continued playing well and gave the ball right back to the Indians offensive unit. This offensive possession was highlighted by a nice pass to Genskow down to the 2-yard line and then Snitker was able to punch it into the end zone once again making the score 21-0. After a sack by Darryl Fane and a hard charging defensive line the Indians got the ball back by fielding another punt. The next offensive possession did not last long as Will Schultz scored on the first play on a nice 79-yard run to make the score 28-0 after Genskow was able to make his 11th extra-point in a row. After the defense made the Warriors punt on a 4th and 15 the return team did all the work this time as they took it to the house, on a 60-yard return by Schultz to make the score 34-0
The next defensive possession the Warriors were able to put a couple of big plays together as they scored a TD to make the score 34-7. The Indians were ready to return the favor on the next possession as they went 81 yards on a pass play from Nelson to Schultz to make the halftime score 41-7.
The second half started and both teams scored on their first possession making the score 47-13 and then that was all of the scoring for the game as the Indians’ defense finished the game playing tough.
The Indian defense was able to hold Norwalk to 15 yards rushing on the night and 141 yards receiving as they are continuing to get better every week. The Defensive MVP for the game was Darryl Fane as he had 15 tackles with 3 of those being for a loss and then another 3 sacks as well. Next up for the Indians was Snitker with 6 and then Bobby Opheim and Kyadin Yang with 5 tackles apiece. Dawson Braden had 4 with a huge sack for the Indians, and Christian Cavan had 4 tackles as well. Then there were a host of Indians with 1-3 tackles a piece with Dalton Plate, Landon Hunolt, Warren Feudner, Andres Chavez, David Nelson, Donovan Tighe, Blake Westercamp, Carson Genskow, Bryce Beerbower, and Devin Bloodsworth.
On the offensive side, the Indians managed 311 rushing yards and 206 yards passing as the offensive line was once again doing a great job for the Indians. Warren Feudner, Christian Cavan, Cason Shilling, Will Campbell, and Blake Westercamp played most of the snaps on the O-line for the Indians as they continued to win the LOS. Schultz led the way in rushing yards as he had 124 yards and 1 touchdown, Fane with 101 yards, Snitker with 62 yards and 3 touchdowns, Plate with 17 yards, and Yang with 6 yards. The following Indians all had at least 1 catch on the night as this group was led by Schultz with 104 yards, Nelson with 42 yards, Genskow with 38 yards, Hunolt with 16 yards, and Deney with 6 yards.
The Freshman Indians play next on Friday night, September 21st, at Grinnell. Game starts at 4:45 and we hope to see you there.
