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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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Hawks dominate Homecoming 2007 with 51-0 win over Vinton Shellsburg
by Ken Boesenberg
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The West Delaware football team got back on the winning track last Friday night with a 51-0 route of Vinton Shellsburg.
The huge night was much to the delight of a large crowd that had come out to celebrate Homecoming 2007.
After the Hawks had been forced to punt on their first two possessions they finally got on the board with 1:42 left in the first quarter.
Dan Marshall’s one-yard quarterback sneak for the score was set up by an inter-ception by the Hawks Lucas Kafer.
Kafer returned the inter-ception to the Viking three-yard line.
The PAT was no good, leaving the Hawks with a 6-0 lead.
The Hawks next score came on their first play of the second quarter when Dan Marshall connected with Ben Lechtenberg from nine-yards out.
The Hawks two point at-tempt after the score was no good making the score 12-0 with 11:42 left in the second quarter.
The West Delaware defense stepped up on the Vikings next two possessions, forcing them to punt both times. |
The Hawks Zach Boss (top photo) covers the ball up as he surges ahead for some extra yardage against Vinton. Nate Lynch (bottom photo) had a big night for the Hawks against Vinton as he ran for 142 yards and scored four touchdowns in the 51-0 shut out win. |
West Delaware made short work of their next possession following a short Vinton punt.
The Hawks took over at the Viking 21 and moved to the Vinton one on a Dan Mar-shall to Derek Klein pass of 15 yards.
Following an offside call on the Hawks Nate Lynch scored and added the two-point conversion to give the Hawks a 20-0 lead with 6:10 left before half time.
For the lack of fire power early in the game the Hawks found their stride during the second period.
Already up 20-0 the Hawk defense once again forced the Vikings to punt.
The Hawks started on their own 40 and were moved back to their own 45 following an off-sides penalty. Nate Lynch got the penalty yards back with a five-yard run off right tackle.
On the very next play Lynch broke free up the mid-dle of the field and rambled 51 yards for his second touchdown of the game.
Jamie Helmrichs added the PAT to give West Delaware a 27-0 lead with 3:40 left in the first half.
The West Delaware defense held the Vikings on downs at the Vinton 47 with 1:55 to go in the second quarter.
The Hawks ran the same play to Nate Lynch that he had scored on just two min-utes earlier. It worked again as he rumbled 47 yards for his third touchdown of the game and a 33-0 Hawk lead.
Helmrichs again added the PAT to make the score 34-0 with 1:44 left before half-time.
West Delaware got the ball to start the third quarter. They picked up right where they left off in the first half.
This time they drove 68-yards in 11 plays, culminated by a Nate Lynch 10-yard TD run with 7:04 left in the third period.
Helmrichs added his third straight PAT to up the Hawk lead to 41-0.
Following Vinton’s sixth punt of the game the Hawks took possession of the ball at their own 37-yard line.
With junior Ben McDonald in the back field for the first time in what seems like for-ever the Hawks put him to work.
McDonald responded very well to the challenge. His first carry was good for five yards to the Hawks 42. His next carry was a pretty 53-yard jaunt that end when he was tackled at the Viking 5.
On the very next play McDonald scored to up the lead to 47-0. Helmrichs was good again on his PAT for a 48-0 lead.
Again the Hawk defense stopped the Vikings in their tracks and forced them to punt.
The Hawks started the fourth and final quarter with the ball on their own 41.
They moved all the way down to the Viking 20 where they faced third and 13. On the next play a fumble moved the ball back to the Viking 27 where it was fourth and 20.
The Hawks called time out and set up Jamie Helmrichs for a field goal attempt of 44-yards. The snap was perfect the hold was perfect and the kick ended up being perfect. The ball came down on the cross bar, bounced nearly straight in the air, but did bounce back far enough to come down on the other side of the cross bar making the kick good.
With that additional three points on the board the Hawks led 51-0, which was the final score.
Game stats
vs. Vinton Shellsburg
First downs: WD 6, VS 5; Rushing: WD 31-280, VS 29-55; Passing: WD 4-10-40 yards, VS 3-18-1-34; Total yardage: WD 320, VS 89; Punts: WD 3-42 yard average, VS 8-29.7 yard average; Fumbles: WD 1-0, VS 1-0; Penalties: WD 5-30, VS 5-30.
Individual leaders
Rushing - Nate Lynch 16-142, Jake Nordaas 3-4, Zach Hardin 1-27, Jordan Mangold 1-16, Ben McDonald 5-60, Zach Boss 3-13.
Passing - Dan Marshall 4-10-40 yards.
Receiving - Ben Lechtenberg 2-22, Lucas Kafer 1-2, Derek Klein 1-15.
Tackles (total stops) - Lucas Kafer 1, Nate Neuhaus 4, Adam Rave 1, Zach Hardin 1, Derek Klein 5, Ben McDonald 1, Seth Engelken 3, Jake Nordaas 5, Tyler Manternach 9, Zach Boss 1, Nick Ronnebaum 1, Jordan Mangold 1, Jacob Thomas 1, Ryan Neuhaus 11, Wayne Miranda 5, Nick Trenkamp 6, Justin Wenger 2, Carl Broghammer 7, Billy Connor 3, Adam Mossner 9, Justin Downs 2, Jordan Cabalka 1.
This Friday night the Hawks will travel to Williamsburg for a key district match up with the Raiders.
Williamsburg currently has two losses, one to arch rival Grinnell and the second last week to the district surprise, South Tama.
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Hawks top DeWitt Central, place second at the Westside Invitational
by Ken Boesenberg |
The West Delaware girls volleyball team swept the Sabers of Central DeWitt 3-0 in a WaMaC Conference match up last Thursday night in Manchester.
The Hawks were never seriously threatened during the match as they won by game scores of 25-16, 25-15 and 25-10.
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The Hawks Emily Havertape and Emily Heffernen (left photo) combine to block a kill attempt by a DeWitt Central Saber player last Tuesday night in Manchester. Senior setter Tess Wegner sets up a teammate for a kill attempt against DeWitt. The Hawks have gone through the WaMaC Conference undefeated so far this year and are sporting a 32-3 overall record as the states top ranked Class 3A team. |
Emily Heffernen led the Hawks in game one with four kills, three blocks and a service ace. Ashlee Allison also had a very good opening game with four kills.
Tess Reinig contributed a pair of ace serves and a kill for the Hawks.
After opening a 6-2 lead early in game on the Hawks kept the pressure on the Sabers throughout the course of the first game.
In game two West Delaware opened another early lead, 10-4, with Emily Heffernen, Emily Havertape and Ashlee Allison all recording two kills each.
The quick Hawk offense was more than DeWitt Central could handle as they ran out to a 21-9 lead before winning game two by a final score of 25-15 on an Emily Havertape kill.
Game three was much like the first two with the Hawks taking an early advantage and keeping the pressure on.
With the Hawks up 22-10 Emily Heffernen finished off the Sabers with a pair of kills and a block as the Hawks won game three, 25-10 and the match 3-0.
On Saturday the Hawks traveled to Cedar Rapids Jefferson where they participated in the very tough Westside Invitational.
There were 24 teams in the tournament with most of them being either Class 4A or Class 3A.
The Hawks competed in Pool A where they won all three of their matches.
They defeated Williamsburg 21-8, 9-21 and 15-8; North Cedar 21-6, 21-15 and Linn-Mar 21-13 and 21-9.
In the Gold Bracket quarterfinals the Hawks defeated host Cedar Rapids Jefferson 25-18 and 25-19 moving them into the semi-finals against WaMaC Conference rival Marion.
The Hawks swept both games from the Indians, winning game one 25-13 and game two 25-22.
In the finals the Hawks ran up against the only team to beat them this season, Dike-New Hartford.
All three games were very close but the Hawks came up on the short end, two games to one.
Dike won game one 27-25 while the Hawks took game two 25-19. Game three was a close affair with Dike prevailing 15-11.
The Hawks raised their record for the season to a very good 32-3 and have remained unbeaten in WaMaC Conference play.
Emily Heffernen led the Hawks with 18 kills against Dike-New Hartford.
This week the Hawks will host Anamosa on Tuesday night before getting involved with WaMaC Conference Tournament play on Thursday evening.
Thursday evenings pool play will be at Marion, bracket play will begin on Saturday. |
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