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                 Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Last second Raider field goal lifts Williamsburg past Hawks, 31-28
by Ken Boesenberg
The West Delaware Hawk football team traveled to Williamsburg for a showdown with Raiders in a must in game for both teams, if either one was to keep their playoff hopes alive.

In the end it was the foot of the Raiders Quentin Fisher that proved to be the difference.

Fisher booted a 42-yard field goal with 3.6 seconds left in the game to lift Williamsburg to a 31-28 home victory over the visiting Hawks.

The win lifted the Raiders to 3-2 in District 4 action while the Hawks fell to 2-3.
West Delaware’s Adam Mossner (#74) wraps up the Raiders Seth Bean during the Hawks 31-28 last second loss to Williamsburg last Friday night in Williamsburg.

The two teams combined for more than 600 yards of total offense on the night.

Williamsburg drew first blood when they took the opening kick off and marched 69 yards in seven plays to score with 8:47 left in the first quarter.

Their touchdown came on a 37-yard pass from Adam Petz to Josh Wardenburg.

The Hawks answered with a nice drive of their own.

They started at their own 23 and marched 77-yards in 11 plays to knot the score at 7-7.

Nate Lynch scored the tying touchdown on a five-yard blast up the middle.

There were some big plays during the drive.

Junior quarterback, Dan Marshall connected with junior Ben Lechtenberg for 18-yards on the second play of the drive to give the Hawks a first down at their own 43.

Facing third and six, Marshall rolled out, kept the ball and picked up seven yards to give the Hawks another first down at the Williamsburg 44.

Following an offside penalty and a quarterback sack West Delaware was faced with a third and 12 from the Williamsburg 46.

Marshall then connected with Derek Klein on a 36-yard pass play to give the Hawks a first and goal at the Raider 10. Two plays later Lynch scored and with Jamie Helmrichs successful PAT the scored was tied at 7-7.

Williamsburg took the lead at 14-7 with the Raider s Russ Doehrmann scored from one yard out with 6:38 left in the second quarter.

Again the Hawks were able to step up and answer the call. This time they put together a very impressive 82-yard, 15-play drive to tie the score at 14-14 with 1:23 left before half time.

The Hawks used their running game almost exclusively during the drive.

Jake Nordaas, Nate Lynch and Seth Engelken all got their hands on the ball for rushing plays during the drive.

Marshall also picked up some valuable yardage on the ground during the drive, rushing twice for 21 yards to convert two third down situations in to first downs.

Facing third and four from the Raider 20, Marshall hit Ben Lechtenberg with a pretty 20-yard scoring pass to knot the score at 14-14.

The two teams were just as equal in the yardage department as the score at the half.

The Hawks had gained 169 yards in the first half while the Raiders gained 145 yards.

West Delaware got the ball to start the second half but couldn’t get anything going. They were forced to punt at the 9:23 mark of the period.

Williamsburg took advantage of the short field and scored for the third time in the game on an Adam Petz 2-yard run with 5:43 left in the quarter.

Following the Raider kick off the Hawks had the ball once again on their 18 yard line.

The starting position didn’t bother them at all as they again put on an impressive drive, covering the 82 yards in 14 plays to knot the score for the third time, 21-21.

Twice during the drive Marshall and Lechtenberg hooked up for key pass receptions.

The first time was with the Hawks facing a third and seven at their own 33. Marshall hit a diving Lechtenberg good for 30 yards and a first down at the Raider 37.

The second time was with the Hawks facing a third and 12 from the Williamsburg 39.

This time the pass and catch covered 19 yards to the Raider 20 and a Hawk first down.

Ben McDonald took care of business on the ground for the Hawks during the drive as he rushed for 30 yards on nine carries. The ninth carry was good for the tying touchdown from two yards out on the first play of the fourth quarter.

Jamie Helmrichs connected on his third straight PAT for a 21-21 tie.

Williamsburg took very little time in reclaiming the lead.

Following the Hawk kick off the Raiders started on their won 34 and five plays later found the end zone on a 58-yard Adam Petz touchdown pass.

Each team punted on their next possession.

The Hawks started from their own 39 following the exchange of punts with 7:13 left in the game.
Three straight running plays got the Hawks into Raider territory at the 49.

Quarterback, Dan Marshall then took to the air. He completed back-to-back passes to Seth Engelken (12-yards) and Nate Lynch (11 yards) to get the Hawks to the Raider 26 yard line.

A 10-yard jaunt by Ben McDonald put the Hawks on the Williamsburg 16. On the next play Marshall hooked up with Derek Klein good for 16-yards and the game tying touchdown.
There were just four minutes and 33 seconds left in the game with the scored tied at 28-28.

Williamsburg was unable to move the ball against a fired up Hawk defensive unit and were forced to punt with 2:59 left in the game.

The punt was shanked and covered just nine yards, leaving the Hawks with good field position at the Raider 44.

However, like the Raiders the Hawks could not move the ball and were forced to punt with 1:44 left on the clock.

Seven plays later the ball was resting on the Hawk 25-yard line with the clock reading 3.6 seconds.
The Hawks called a time out to ice the Williamsburg kicker, a tactic that sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t.

This time, unfortunately for the West Delaware faithful it didn’t work as the Raiders Quentin Fisher kicked a low line drive through the uprights as time expired giving the Raiders a 31-28 victory.

The loss ended any play-off possibilities for the Hawks while keeping the Raiders play-off hopes barely alive.

Things won’t get any easier for the Hawks this Friday night as they travel to South Tama to take on the Trojans.

South Tama is currently 5-0 in district 4 action and is one of just two unbeaten teams in Class 3A so far this season. The other unbeaten team is Harlan.

Game stats
Vs. Williamsburg
First downs – Hawks 16, Raiders 14; rushing – Hawks 43-148, Raiders 39-193; passing – Hawks 10-17-1-174, Raiders 8-14-89; total yardage – Hawks 322, Raiders 282; punts –Hawks 3-33 yard average, Raiders 2-27.3 yard average; fumbles – Hawks 1-0, Raiders 0-0; penalties – Hawks 6-40, Raiders 7-45 yards.

Individual leaders
Rushing – Nate Lynch 15-46, Jake Nordaas 5-2, Dan Marshall 8-32, Seth Engelken 1-16, Ben McDonald 14-52.

Passing – Dan Marshall 10-17-1-174 yards.
Receiving – Ben Lechtenberg 5-95, Derek Klein 3-56, Seth Engelken 1-12, Nate Lynch 1-11.
Tackles (total stops) – Nate Neuhaus 8, Ben Lechtenberg 1, Adam Rave 2, Dan Marshall 1, Derek Klein 1, Ben McDonald 1, Seth Engelken 4, Jake Nordaas 12, Tyler Manternach 2, Jordan Mangold 5, Ryan Neuhaus 12, Nick Trenkamp 12, Justin Wenger 4, Carl Broghammer 1, Bill Connor 5, Ethan Saunders 4, Adam Mossner 6.

Hawks fall to Waterloo Columbus in WaMaC Tournament finals
by Ken Boesenberg
The West Delaware girls volleyball team continued to top the Class 3A polls again this past week.

After disposing of Anamosa on Tuesday night in three straight games, the Hawks entered WaMaC Conference pool play at Marion on Thursday evening.

The top six teams after pool play would advance to Saturday’s bracket play; both events were held in Marion.

The Hawks faced the Blazers of Dyersville Beckman in the first round of pool play where they easily won, 2-0 by game scores of 21-11 and 21-14.

Next up for the Hawks was a match with the Mustangs of Independence. Again the Hawks were victorious in two games, 21-11 and 21-16.

West Delaware controlled the first game with the Mustangs right from the opening serve.

Several errors let Independence take a 6-5 lead, however a 9-2 run by the Hawks vaulted West Delaware to a 15-8 lead.
Emily Heffernen (top photo) puts down a kill during the Hawks 2-0 match victory over Marion on Saturday. Ashlee Allison (#14) and Allison Pasker (#11) (bottom photo) go up for a block against a Benton Community player during WaMaC Conference volleyball tournament action Saturday.
Freshman Allison Pasker led the charge during the 9-2 run with a big kill and a solo block.

Ashlee Allison, Emily Heffernen and Emily Havertape recorded three of the Hawks final four points of game one via the kill.

In game two the Hawks found themselves flying high early behind the three kill efforts of seniors Emily Heffernen and Ashlee Allison. They led 18-6 after an Ashlee Allison ace serve.

However, the Mustangs came roaring back to close to within four points at 20-16. Following a Hawk time out Joslyn Sailer gave the Hawks the win, 21-16 with a kill in the middle of the Mustang defensive unit.

In their final match of pool play the Hawks faced a Vinton squad that was 3-2 in West Division conference play.

The Vikings had played the Hawks tough earlier in the season and Thursday night would not be any different.

With West Delaware needing a two game sweep to grab a bye in the upcoming bracket portion of the tournament there was a lot on the line to play for.

The Hawks really never hit their stride during the first game with the Vikings.

Each time they would bet close they would fall one play short of tying the score and taking momentum from Vinton.

Vinton won game one by a score of 21-18.

That loss fired up the Hawks as they came out in game two to win by a score of 21-11. They held an early 12-3 lead on an Emily Heffernen kill and cruised from there on out.

Heffernen had four kills in game two, Ashlee Allison had two kills and a block while Tess Reinig put down three big kills for the Hawks.

Game three got off to a good start for the Hawks with a Emily Heffernen kill, a Tess Wegner block and a Heffernen block for a 3-0 lead.

Emily Havertape’s second kill of the game gave the Hawks a five point lead, 10-5 while a pair of Tess Reinig kills up the Hawks lead to 13-6.

The Hawks scored the final two points of the game, and the match, on a pair of Vinton errors.

The 6-1 game record in pool play made the Hawks route to the WaMaC Conference title a bit of a rough one.

Waterloo Columbus and Marion both ended their competition in pool play with 6-0 records, giving each a first round bye in the bracket tournament on Saturday.

The Hawks went up against Benton Community in their first round of bracket play Saturday and came away with a 2-0 win over the Bobcats.

The Hawks won by game scores of 28-26 and 25-22.

West Delaware looked to take control of game one right away as they got out to a 13-8 lead on the strength of three Emily Heffernen kills.

However, the Bobcats battled back and tied the score at 18-18. From there on out it was a tight match until Tess Wegner’s ace serve gave the Hawks a 28-26 victory.

In game two the Hawks raced out to a huge 14-4 lead and led 21-10 before Benton went on a 9-1 run to cut the Hawk lead to 22-19.

Emily Havertape recorded the last two Hawk points with a pair of kills to advance the Hawks to the semi-finals against Marion.

The Hawks got past the Indians 2-0 by game scores of 25-21 and 25-16.

Against the Indians the Hawks went out to a 4-1 lead before Marion got untracked in game one.

Marion managed to tie the score at 7-7 and from there on the two teams were no more than two points apart until the final point was scored.

Emily Heffernen scored the Hawks final two offensive points of the first game with a pair of thunderous kills.

With a 25-21 win under their belt in game one the Hawks totally dominated game two, 25-16.

In the championship match up against the Sailors of Waterloo Columbus the Hawks controlled the first half of the first game before the Sailors rallied to pick up the win, 25-21.

In game two the Hawks led just one time, 1-0. They kept it close throughout but just could never get over the hump as the Sailors went on to win game two, 25-22 and the match 2-0.

The Hawks will have a week off to get ready for their upcoming Class 3A tournament.

Play begins on the Monday, Oct. 22nd at home vs. Oelwein.

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