Linn-Mar Football

Perrion Scott wins Metro Spotlight Award

Linn-Mar senior Perrion Scott is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Scott rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns on just seven carries Friday night as the ninth-ranked Lions crushed Clinton, 49-7, in Clinton.

Scott, who is one of the top sprinters in the state, is averaging a robust 11 yards per carry for Linn-Mar this season. He has rushed 26 times for 287 yards with four touchdowns, including a 61-yard gallop against Clinton.

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Scott stars as No.9 Lions roll

CLINTON - The Linn-Mar Lions are mighty glad that Perrion Scott returned from Mississippi this summer after it appeared he wasn't coming back to Iowa.

They're also glad he's healthy and taking care of his work in the classroom, because he's a major weapon on a football field when he's clicking.

Scott ran for 147 yards and four touchdowns Friday night as the ninth-ranked Lions pounded Clinton, 49-7, in a Class 4A non-district game in Clinton.

Scott, a track star and one of the fastest runners in the state, scored three touchdowns in the first period alone with streaks of 61, 38 and 7 yards.

Quarterback Ryan Schmidt connected with Trevor Noble for an 11-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter as the Lions raced to a quick 28-0 lead after just 12 minutes of football.

Scott scored his fourth and final touchdown in the second quarter on a 2-yard run as the undefeated Lions (3-0) grabbed a 35-0 lead at halftime.

The second half began with a continuous clock in operation with the Lions sitting on their 35-point bulge. It became 42-0 after Daniel Gorsch scored on a 13-yard run in the third period.

Clinton made it 42-7, but Linn-Mar finished the scoring on a 2-yard run by Jordan Junkins, who finished with 80 yards on eight carries.

Scott also caught three passes for 27 yards, giving him 174 yards of total offense. Schmidt did not have to throw much in the victory and completed only five passes.

Linn-Mar hosts third-ranked Washington next Friday night.

Linn-Mar jumps to 9th in football poll

The Linn-Mar Lions climbed into the No. 9  spot in the Class 4A football rankings Sunday by the Des Moines Register.

Linn-Mar (2-0) defeated Pleasant Valley, 21-14, Friday night.

The Washington Warriors (2-0) stayed in the No. 2 spot in the Class 4A poll after belting Kennedy, 41-7.

The Xavier Saints (1-1) remained at the top of the Class 3A rankings after topping Davenport Assumption, 30-6. The Saints host third-ranked Solon (2-0) Friday night.

CLASS 4A

1. Dowling (2-0), 2. Waukee (2-0), 3. Washington (2-0), 4. Bettendorf (2-0), 5. Ankeny Centennial (2-0), 6. Johnston (2-0), 7. North Scott (2-0), 8. West Des Moines Valley (1-1), 9. Linn-Mar (2-0), 10. Sioux City East (2-0).

CLASS 3A

1. Xavier (1-1), 2. Pella (2-0), 3. Solon (2-0), 4. West Delaware (2-0), 5. Waverly-Shell Rock (2-0), 6. Gilbert (2-0), 7. Humboldt (2-0), 8. Sioux City Heelan (1-1), 9. Carroll (2-0), 10. Ballard (2-0).

Lions find their way, stop Spartans, 21-14

For 33 minutes, Linn-Mar looked like a lost football team.

Trailing Pleasant Valley 7-0 with the third quarter almost gone, the Lions were badly in need of a spark.

Facing a third and 12 from the Pleasant Valley 32, the ball was pitched to senior tailback Perrion Scott, who saw the ball glance off his hands and down to the turf. Instead of falling on it, Scott took a gamble and scooped it up and started to reverse field.

He turned the broken play into a near touchdown, coming all the way back across the field to reach the 1-yard line where quarterback Ryan Schmidt snuck across with the for the tying TD.

Scott's play swung the momentum to the Lions who scored two more TDs then held on for a 21-14 win over the visiting Spartans at Linn-Mar Stadium.

"I was thinking about diving on it, but we would have lost more yardage," Scott said. "We had been pushed back so many times that I thought I had to try and make a play and it happened.

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