Kennedy Football

Dralle, Walsh join 2,000-yard club

Kennedy's Tyler Dralle and Marion's Kory Walsh each cracked the 2,000-yard barrier in career rushing yards Friday and each hopes to climb the charts in the final two weeks of the high school football regular season.

Dralle now has 2,072 career rushing yards and Walsh has 2,049, ranking them 13th and 14th in Metro history according to Metro Sports Report records.

Andre Dawson of Washington holds the Metro record with a whopping 5,084 yards rushing from 2007-09.

Dralle has a chance to finish ninth on the career list with Kennedy headed to the Class 4A playoffs. Derek Kielkopf of Kennedy (1998-99) is currently ninth with 2,536, so Dralle needs 465 yards to pass him.

Dralle is the No. 2 rusher in Class 4A this season with 1,157 and his 13 touchdowns rank tied for fifth. Sam Cook of Fort Dodge is the 4A top rusher with 1,454 yards.

The Metro area has two 4A state leaders. Linn-Mar's Alexy Boehm is tied for tops with five field goals and Kennedy's Shaun Beyer is No. 1 in punting average at 44.5 yards per boot.

Austin Coates of Kennedy is tied for third with four interceptions. Daniel Gorsich of Linn-Mar is eighth with 36 pass receptions.

In Class 3A, Xavier quarterback Bryce Schulte is tied for fifth with 16 touchdown passes and eighth in yards with 1,168.

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Dralle tops 2,000 as Cougars roll

The only drama Friday night at Kingston Stadium was when Kennedy stud running back Tyler Dralle would reach 2,000 yards in career rushing.

With 915 yards last year as a junior and 1,019 so far this year, he needed just 66 more to reach the magic mark heading into the seventh game of the season.

It took Dralle a bit to warm up. But on his eighth carry of the game he gained 27 yards and he picked up another 21 on his next to give him 81 on the night to pass 2,000.

For good measure, the 5-foot-10, 180-pound bundle of muscle scored on the next play from 1-yard out for his third touchdown to put the Class 4A fifth-ranked Cougars ahead of hapless Waterloo East 28-0.

And there was still 2:08 left in the first quarter.

Dralle fumbled at the goal line on Kennedy’s next series but carried four more times on the following possession and scored again from the 3-yard line two minutes into the second quarter.

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Dralle tops 1,000 as Cougars bop L-M

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.

The Cougars all but locked up a Class 4A playoff berth with the win. Kennedy (6-0, 2-0 District 5), ranked No. 5 by Des Moines Register, can make it official with a victory next week over winless Waterloo East. The six wins to start a season is believed to be the best start in school history.

"We have a little conflicting information on that," Kennedy coach Brian White said. "I know for sure that six straight at least is tied for the best start in school history.

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Dralle ranks 2nd in 4A in rushing

Perhaps not surprisingly, the Metro area's only undefeated Class 4A team has some of the state's statistical leaders in high school football.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy running back Tyler Dralle, buoyed by his second 200-yard performance last week against Jefferson, is No. 2 in 4A in rushing. Dralle has 779 yards rushing in five games and trails only Fort Dodge's Sam Cook, who has 894.

The Cougars' Shaun Beyer continues to lead 4A in punting with a 47.1-yard average on nine attempts. Beyer also has 16 pass receptions for 300 yards and has scored six touchdowns.

Prairie's Jalen Rima, the Metro Spotlight Award boys' athlete of the week, has cemented himself as one of the state's top all-purpose threats. Rima has touched the ball 46 times on rushes, receptions, punt returns and kickoff returns and has accumulated 1,070 yards and a Metro-best 10 touchdowns.

Xavier, unbeaten at 4-0 in Class 3A, has the Metro's top team in passing offense, total defense and scoring defense. Quarterback Bryce Schulte has a Metro-best 10 touchdown passes and Maliki Wilson ranks third in rushing behind Dralle and Marion's Cory Walsh.

Linn-Mar's Daniel Gorsich ranks first in the Metro and tied for 8th in 4A with 28 pass receptions.

The statistics were compiled by using QuikStats or, if teams had not updated that site, boxscores from MSR.

INDIVIDUAL
RUSHING

.                                          Att-Yards

Tyler Dralle (Kennedy)           150-779
Kory Walsh (Marion)                84-598
Maliki Wilson (Xavier)              70-536
Zach Luehring (Linn-Mar)         59-459
Tavian Patrick (Washington)     55-405
Valentino Green (Jefferson)      21-354
Johnny Dobbs (Washington)     62-344
Trevor Northrup (Prairie)          46-311
Jalen Rima (Prairie)                 17-286
Jared Eivins (Jefferson)            67-244
Brennan McGaffe (Linn-Mar)     41-223
Tavian Rashed (Jefferson)        33-203
Tyler Nunemaker (Prairie)        48-156
Manny Olutunde (Jefferson)      37-155
Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)           10-138
Reese Phillips (Linn-Mar)          33-111

PASSING

.                                  Comp-Att-Int-TD-Yds

TJ Vogel (Washington)     53-101-4-8-826
Reese Phillips (Linn-Mar)  49-93-1-9-782
Issak Hahn (Marion)         50-102-7-6-721
Bryce Schulte (Xavier)      36-56-1-10-714
Tyler Nunemaker (Prairie) 23-58-7-7-676
Nick Duehr (Kennedy)      38-59-1-7-613
Jared Eivins (Jefferson)    38-66-5-6-484

RECEIVING
.                                            Rec-Yds

Daniel Gorsich (Linn-Mar)         28-425
Isaiah Nimmers (Washington)   17-372
Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)           16-300
Gage Kray (Marion)                  16-236
Ryan Whalen (Marion)              14-275
Jalen Rima (Prairie)                  13-413
Nick Stark (Xavier)                  13-311
Blair Brooks (Marion)               11-134
Drew Dostal (Washington)        10-177
Josh Gassmann (Linn-Mar)         9-125
Brennan McGaffe (Linn-Mar)       9-109
Manny Olutunde (Jefferson)        9-43
Valentino Green (Jefferson)        8-180
Maliki Wilson (Xavier)                8-51
Blake Whitten (Xavier)               7-234
Mason Short (Jefferson)             7-34
Brock Hunt (Jefferson)               6-67
Tavian Patrick (Washington)       6-46
Owen Carstensen (Marion)          6-29
Hunter Johnson (Prairie)             5-86
Austin Coates (Kennedy)            5-76
Tavion Stewart (Washington)      5-40
Kirby Kerr (Linn-Mar)                 4-148
Jalyn Stafford (Jefferson)           4-118
Alex Herzog (Washington)          4-81
Tyler Dralle (Kennedy)               4-58
Nolan Butkowski (Xavier)           4-50
Zach DeMaris (Kennedy)            4-43
Chase Baker (Kennedy)              4-34

SCORING
.                                     TD-2Pt-Pts

Jalen Rima (Prairie)            10-0-60
Johnny Dobbs (Washington)  8-0-48
Tyler Dralle (Kennedy)          7-0-42
Tavian Patrick (Washington)  7-0-42
Daniel Gorsich (Linn-Mar)      6-0-36
Jaren Eivins (Jefferson)          6-0-36
Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)         6-0-36
Maliki Wilson (Xavier)            6-0-36
Nick Stark (Xavier)                6-0-36
Trevor Northrup (Prairie)        6-0-36
Valentino Green (Jefferson)    5-0-30
Dalles Jacobus (Kennedy)       5-0-30
Manny Olutunde (Jefferson)    4-0-24
Isaiah Nimmers (Washington) 4-0-24
Mason Short (Jefferson)          3-0-18
Zach Luehring (Linn-Mar)        3-0-18
Neme Siaway (Linn-Mar)         3-0-18
Kory Walsh (Marion)               3-0-18
Owen Carstensen (Marion)      2-1-14
Hunter Johnson (Prairie)         2-1-14

KICK SCORING
.                                          FG-XP-Points

Ross Kennedy (Washington)       1-22-25
Joel Collett (Prairie)                    2-18-24
Zeb Render (Jefferson)               0-23-23
Alex Stone (Kennedy)                 1-20-23
Austin Cochrane (Linn-Mar)         3-7-16
Dallas Klein (Xavier)                   0-16-16
Alexy Boehm (Linn-Mar)              2-9-15

PUNTING
.                                        No.-Yds-Avg

Shaun Beyer (Kennedy)        9-424-47.1
Zeb Render (Jefferson)        14-552-39.4
Tyler Nunemaker (Prairie)     9-344-38.2
Hunter Johnson (Prairie)       4-152-38.0
Ross Kennedy (Washington) 12-450-37.5
Ryan Jasper (Xavier)            18-630-35.0
Kirby Kerr (Linn-Mar)           18-614-34.1
Issak Hahn (Marion)             22-685-31.1

INTERCEPTIONS

Austin Coates (Kennedy)        3
Jacob Beaton (Jefferson)        2
Valentino Green (Jefferson)    2
Nick Stark (Xavier)                2
Blake Whitten (Xavier)           2
Owen Carstensen (Marion)     2
Cevan Walton (Linn-Mar)       2
Several players tied with 1

TEAM
RUSHING OFFENSE
.                                               Yds-PG

Kennedy                               1,271-254.2
Jefferson                               1,095-219.0
Washington                           1,027-205.4
Linn-Mar                                  937-187.4
Prairie                                     908-181.6
Xavier                                     650-162.5
Marion                                    754-150.8

PASSING OFFENSE
.                                                  Yds-PG

Xavier                                       750-187.5
Washington                               850-170.0
Linn-Mar                                   840-168.0
Marion                                      721-144.2
Prairie                                       676-135.2
Kennedy                                   667-133.4
Jefferson                                   494-98.8

TOTAL OFFENSE
.                                                 Yds-PG

Kennedy                                 1,938-387.6
Washington                             1,877-375.4
Linn-Mar                                 1,777-355.4
Xavier                                     1,400-350.0
Jefferson                                 1,589-317.8
Prairie                                     1,584-316.8
Marion                                     1,475-295.0

SCORING OFFENSE
.                                           PPG

Washington                           35.4
Jefferson                               34.6
Prairie                                   33.4
Xavier                                   32.8
Kennedy                               32.6
Linn-Mar 29.6
Marion                                  13.2

RUSHING DEFENSE
.                                        Yds-PG

Washington                       390-78.0
Xavier                               418-104.5
Kennedy                            585-117.0
Linn-Mar                            862-172.4
Marion                            1,111-222.2
Jefferson                        1,122-224.4
Prairie                            1,175-235.0

PASSING DEFENSE
.                                     Yds-PG

Jefferson                       301-60.2
Xavier                           375-93.8
Kennedy                        589-117.8
Linn-Mar                        612-122.4
Prairie                            615-123.0
Washington                    698-139.6
Marion                           739-147.8

TOTAL DEFENSE
.                                      Yds-PG

Xavier                           793-198.3
Washington                1,088-217.6
Kennedy                     1,174-234.8
Jefferson                     1,423-284.6
Linn-Mar                     1,474-294.8
Prairie                         1,790-358.0
Marion                         1,850-370.0

SCORING DEFENSE
.                                   PPG

Xavier                           11.3
Kennedy                        13.8
Washington                   18.0
Linn-Mar                        24.2
Jefferson                        25.2
Marion                           29.6
Prairie                           35.3