Metro Sports Report

Kohawks hold off Loras, 30-27

Sat - 03 Oct Written by Clete Campbell

DUBUQUE – To a man, the Coe Kohawks looked themselves in the mirror this week.

To a man, the Kohawks recognized the man in the mirror, if not the losing record.

And to a man, Coe's football team knew it was a better club that what it's shown so far this fall.

To a man, the Kohawks still know they're not where they need to be after Saturday's scary escape act against Loras College in an Iowa Conference game.

Playing confident but at times messy, Coe hit the re-set button on its season with clutch defense when it counted.

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Schulte nabs 150th win as Saints roll

Fri - 02 Oct Written by Clete Campbell

EPWORTH – This time around, no one was issuing Upset Alerts on Twitter. Nobody was talking about the district stunner of the year on Facebook. Nobody wearing Xavier blue was sweating bullets in the fourth quarter.

And nobody was questioning Friday night that Class 3A, District 4 belongs to the Xavier Saints.

Revisiting a dangerous, nothing-to-lose Western Dubuque team that shell-shocked them last season, the first-place and undefeated Saints were all business and mostly all dominant in a 35-12 air-powered push past the Bobcats before a packed house at Buchman Field.

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Kennedy quarterback Nick Duehr points out coverage to one of his receivers during Friday night's 31-6 victory over Linn-Mar. (MSR photo by Ken Gilchrist).

Dralle tops 1,000 as Cougars bop L-M

Fri - 02 Oct Written by Mike Condon

Exactly one year ago, Kennedy walked off the field at Kingston Stadium with an 0-6 record after a 29-14 loss to a senior-laden Linn-Mar team.

Friday night, the Cougars amazing turnaround continued against those same Lions at Linn-Mar Stadium. Led by a physical offensive line and workhorse running back Tyler Dralle, Kennedy ruined the Lions' homecoming with a convincing 31-6 victory before an overflow crowd of about 5,000 fans.

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No. 5 Warriors roll by Ottumwa, 53-7

Sat - 03 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

OTTUMWA - The fifth-ranked Washington Warriors enjoyed a stroll past the Ottumwa Bulldogs, 53-7, in a Class 4A district game Friday at Schafer Stadium in Ottumwa.

Isaiah Nimmers caught three touchdown passes and the Warriors held Ottumwa to just 85 yards in total offense.

Nimmers scored all three of his touchdowns in the third quarter on a 54-yard pass from Drew Dostal, a 23-yard pass from TJ Vogel and a 39-yard strike from Dostal. Nimmers snared six passes for 149 yards in the contest.

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Jalyn Stafford of Jefferson snags a pass from Dylan Hart to send Friday night's game against Cedar Falls into overtime at Kingston Stadium. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion).

J-Hawks foiled by Tigers in OT

Fri - 02 Oct Written by Tom Fruehling

Jefferson gained twice as many yards on the ground as Cedar Falls Friday night at Kingston Stadium. But when it counted in overtime, the J-Hawks stumbled while the Tigers rumbled just enough to pull out a come-from-behind 34-31 win.

With the first crack to score in the extra period, after being stuffed on two running plays and completing a pass behind the line of scrimmage, Jefferson had to settle for a field goal to go ahead 31-28.

Cedar Falls came back with two 5-yard runs right up the gut to end the game.

“We knew what they were going to do,” said J-Hawk coach Brian Webb, himself a product of Cedar Falls’ proud prep football program. “Power right and power left. But we just could not stop them.

"It’s unfortunate, because I thought we were the better team. This was a game we knew we could win.”

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