Raiders defeat Roadrunners 3-0
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Mount Ayr 3, I35 0
Friday night, the Raiders traveled to Truro for a battle against the Interstate 35 Roadrunners.
The Raiders have had a small rivalry with the Roadrunners, not having defeated them since 2008.
The teams stayed between the 30 yard line throughout the night as the defenses held the offenses and penalties plagued both teams, with 14 total. The Raiders were penalized six times for 58 yards, while their opponent saw eight flags for 91 yards.
At halftime, the game stood scoreless and would for the next 23 minutes and 58 seconds.
With only seconds remaining, the Raiders had the ball and marched down the field with big passes from Payton Weehler to Dawson Frost and runs from Keelan and Kolben Klommhaus and Reas Knapp.
Kolben Klommhaus got his number called with 12 seconds left on the clock. Running to the 12, he went down with two seconds remaining and Mount Ayr called timeout.
Peyton Stull and the field goal unit took the field.
Stull had never kicked a field goal (other than a PAT) at the varsity level.
From 29 yards, the ball was kicked and was drilled down the center with plenty of distance to spare.
The team rallied around Stull, who had just done “the impossible”. He had allowed the Raiders to defeat Interstate 35 for the firts time in almost 12 years.
“They told me to get my leg ready and I just got it ready,” said Stull after the game. “We had practiced a lot of PATs and kickoffs before the game, but the credit goes to the team for getting us to that point.”
Coach Delwyn Showlater was elated after the game.
“Pretty cool customer for a sophomore,” said coach Showalter about Peyton Stull. “We put that team in last night. We took that time out and said everyone take a deep breath, worst case scenario we go into overtime, but he drilled that thing.”
The Raiders move to 2-0 on the year and will be back at home to host the Central Decatur Cardinals Friday night at 7 p.m.
Stats
1 2 3 4 F
MA 0 0 0 3 3
I35 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring
4th Quarter
0:00 – MA – Peyton Stull 29 yard field goal.
Team Statistics
1st MA I35
Total 11 8
Rushing 7 5
Passing 4 3
Penalty 0 0
Rushing
Attempts 27 29
Gained 104 86
Lost 11 27
Net 93 59
Passing
Completions 15 10
Attempts 26 16
Percentage 57.7 62.5
Intercepted 1 0
Net 130 65
Offense 223 124
Punts 5 8
Average 29 32.1
Return Yards
Punt Return 20 0
Kickoff 21 10
Int. Returns 9 0
Fumble Ret. 0 0
Fumbles 2 0
Fumbles lost 0 0
Penalties 6 8
Yards lost 58 91
Individual Statistics
Passing
Comp Att Yds
P.Weehler 15 26 130
Rushing
Att. Gain Avg
I.Grose 3 13 4.3
P.Weehler 13 35 2.7
D.Swank 2 18 9
KoKlom 3 13 4.3
KeKlom 3 16 5.3
R.Knapp 3 -2 -.7
Receiving
Rec Yds Avg
Lambert 1 4 4
Grose 2 19 9.5
Frost 8 73 9.1
Swank 2 12 6
KoKlom 1 8 8
Ehlen 1 14 14
Tackles
S A
I.Grose 1 1
P.Weehler 1 3
D.Frost 0 1
A.Shay 0 1
D.Swank 1 1
KoKlom 1 5
R.Knapp 6 6
KeKlom 4 0
J.McAlexander 1 3
D.Elwood 2 2
S.Shelman 2 0
R.Larson 1 2
C.Clymer 2 2
T.Ehlen 3 3
R.Maudlin 0 1
Interceptions
No. Yds
D.Frost 1 19
Field Goals
Att Made
P.Stull 1 1
Kick-Offs
Kicks Yds
C.Clymer 1 40
Punting
Punts Yds
D.Frost 5 29
Kick Return
Returns Yds
D.Swank 1 21
Punt Return
Returns Yds
D.Frost 4 20
