Raiders dominate in Homecoing shutout victory
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By RYAN STONEBRAKER
MOUNT AYR, Iowa — It was a happy Homecoming as the Raiders had a dominating shutout victory at home against Nodaway Valley in Class A District 7 action last Friday night in Mount Ayr.
The Raiders took control of the football game with Nodaway Valley in the first quarter, scoring a pair of touchdowns early in the game for a 14-0 lead. Mount Ayr would add 15 unanswered points in the second quarter to extend its lead to 29-0 at halftime. Mount Ayr would score what was the only points in the second half, in the third quarter to get the score to 35-0.
Mount Ayr has won two games in a row and have outscored their last two foes by a combined score of 77 to 17. The Raiders led 14-0 after the first quarter and put the game away in the second quarter adding 15 points to take a 29-0 halftime lead. After halftime, Mount Ayr scored its only points of the second half to go up 35-0- in the second half. That last score activated the running clock mercy rule.
The Raiders defense held Nodaway Valley to 120 yards of total offense in the game with 26 yard passing and 94 rushing yards. The Wolverines managed only 2.1-yards per rush in the game. Mount Ayr had over double the Wolverines total yards, just from their ground attack.
The Raiders rushed for 271 yards on 29 carries for a 9.3-yard average. Drayden Thompson passed for 38 yards and rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown. Dyson Thompson led Mount Ayr in rushing with 119 yards on seven carries including rushing for a touchdown. Adler Reed ran for 43 yards on seven carries and scored twice. Reed led Mount Ayr pass catchers with three receptions for 38 yards.
Defensively, Mount Ayr was led by Logan Worthington with 7.5 tackles while Trace Knapp had six and Isac Dugan had 5.5. Dugan also had an interception which he turned into a 57-yard touchdown. In all, Mount Ayr had three interceptions in the game.
The win improves Mount Ayr’s overall record to 3-4 and a district record of 2-2. The Raiders now play an important Week 8 game at SW Valley. Mount Ayr is tied with the Timberwolves at 2-2 in the district. The winner of Friday’s game will get the No. 3 seed for the upcoming playoffs where the loser will be the No. 4 seed out of the district this postseason.
Southwest Valley and Mount Ayr have both beat AHSTW and Nodaway Valley for their district wins. The Timberwolves are 4-3 overall with wins in the first two weeks of the season over Panorama at home and at Red Oak. The Timberwolves offense is led by dual threat quarterback, junior Wyatt Shires. Shires has passed for 666 yards on 42 completions with seven passing touchdowns. Shires has also rushed for 485 yards on 74 carries with six touchdowns. Walker Bissell adds 309 yards and a touchdown and Kaden Greenwalt adds 137 yards and two scores. Bissell has caught 19 passes for 437 yards and five scores. Defensively, Bissell is the Timberwolves leading tackler with 43 and second on the team in tackles for loss with 6.5
Mount Ayr 35, Nodaway Valley 0
Friday, October 9
At Mount Ayr
1 2 3 4 Final
NV 0 0 0 0 0
MA 14 15 6 0 35
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Mount Ayr – Dyson Thompson 7-119, Drayden Thompson 7-71, Adler Reed 7-43, Bryson Martin 4-26, Wynston Jones 2-10, Keaton Swank 2-2. Nodaway Valley – Arik Honnold 21-68, Titan Foster 9-3, Trevyn Colton 6-36, Tyson Hennigar 5-9, Thomas Herrick 3-3, Logan Lantz 1-0.
Passing: Mount Ayr – Drayden Thompson 3-for-6 38 yards 0 TD’s, 1 INT.; Weston Adams 0-for-1 0 yards 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s. Nodaway Valley – Titan Foster 4-for-10 26 yards 0 TD’s, 3 INT’s.
Receiving: Mount Ayr – Adler Reed 3-38. Nodaway Valley – Caleb Christensen 3-21, Austin Walker 1-5.
Defensive Statistics
Tackles: Mount Ayr – Logan Worthington 7.5, Trace Knapp 6, Isac Dugan 5.5, Adler Reed 4.5, Dyson Thompson 4.5, Drew Graham 4.5, Logan Mercer 4, Drayden Thompson 3.5, Tate Larson 2.5, Remi Christofis 2, Bryson Martin 1.5, Keaton Swank 1.5, Weston Adams 1, Ben Curry 1, Gabe Larson 0.5, Wynston Jones 0.5, Cordell Clemens 0.5. Nodaway Valley – Austin Walker 9, Logan Lantz 6.5, Tyson Hennigar 4, Caleb Christensen 3, Derek Raasch 3, Titan Foster 2.5, Cassius Burnside 2, Bram Dahl 1, Arik Honnold 1, Thomas Herrick 1, Brandon Decena 1, Lawson Jackson 1, Tyer Groves 1, Mason Johnson 1.
Tackles For Loss: Mount Ayr – Trace Knapp 1.5, Logan Worthington 1.5, Dyson Thompson 1, Isac Dugan 1, Drew Graham 1, Ben Curry 1, Logan Mercer 1. Nodaway Valley – Titan Foster 1.
Sacks: Mount Ayr – Isac Dugan 1, Dyson Thompson 1, Trace Knapp 0.5, Logan Worthington 0.5. Nodaway Valley – none.
Fumbles: Mount Ayr – none.
Nodaway Valley – none.
Interceptions: Mount Ayr – Isac Dugan 1-57, Drayden Thompson 1-40, Bryson Martin 1-29.Nodaway Valley – Austin Walker 1-15 yards.
Kicking Statistics
Kick-Off Returns: Mount Ayr – Adler Reed 1-34. Nodaway Valley – Thomas Herrick 1-14, Tyson Hennigar 1-10.
Punt Returns: Mount Ayr – Adler Reed 1-24. Nodaway Valley – none. Kick-Offs: Mount Ayr – Bryson Martin 6-145 yards. Nodaway Valley – Harper Wright 1-34 yards.
Punts: Mount Ayr – none. Nodaway Valley – Titan Foster 2-79 yards, 39.5-yard ave.
PAT’s: Mount Ayr – Tytan Gourley 3-for-3. Nodaway Valley – none.
2-Point Conversions: Mount Ayr – Adler Reed 1. Nodaway Valley – none.
