Raiders dominate Timberwolves in district finale
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By RYAN STONEBRAKER
CORNING, Iowa — The Mount Ayr football team picked up its third win in a row last Friday in district play to earn the three-seed out of Class A District 7 when the playoffs begin this week.The Raiders smashed SW Valley Timberwolves 50-6 on the road in Corning. The 50 points by Mount Ayr was a season high this fall.
The Raiders took little time to get on the scoreboard as Adler Reed scored on 41-yard touchdown run just 15 seconds into the game. Drayden Thompson 7-yard run with 6:17 left in the quarter to give Mount Ayr a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
SW Valley cut the Raiders lead to 14-6 with 9:03 left before halftime after a Wyatt Shires fumble recovery for a touchdown. Drayden Thompson would score twice more on the ground with runs of two and three yards to give Mount Ayr a halftime lead of 30-6.
After halftime, Dyson Thompson ran for a pair of scoring runs in the third quarter. The first with 10:10 left in the quarter was for 55 yards and gave the Raiders a 37-6 lead. The second was with 3:03 left in the quarter and from 34 yards out to give the Raiders a 43-6 lead. That score activated the 35-point mercy running clock rule for the remainder of the game. Reed closed the scoring in the fourth quarter with 5:26 remaining in the game with a 6-yard run to get the score to 50-6.
Mount Ayr did not allow an offensive touchdown and held SW Valley to just over 100 yards of total offense. The Raiders will play at Lynnville-Sully Friday in the first round of the Class A playoffs.
Drayden Thompson passed for 87 yards on 6-of-8 completions and rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns for Mount Ayr. Dyson Thompson rushed for a game-high 215 yards on 18 carries and had two scores. Reed added 70 yards rushing on 13 carries with two touchdowns. Reed also caught five passes for 78 yards.
Defensively, Logan Worthington led Mount Ayr with 5.5 tackles. Reed had two interceptions and Trace Knapp had a fumble recovery.
For SW Valley, The Timberwolves had 116 yards of total offense with 103 rushing yards. Hudson Bissell rushed for 41 yards and Walker Bissell had 21 rushing yards. SW Valley’s only touchdown came on a 76-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by Shires, his second such defensive score this season.
Lynnville-Sully was the runner-up in Class A District 6 behind Madrid. The Hawks are 5-1 with their only loss to Madrid in district play. The Hawks are 6-2 overall with their other loss to Pleasantville.
Sophomore Carsen Kottenstette is the Hawks’ quarterback and has passed for 416 yards on 15 completions with seven touchdowns. He is also the leading rusher for the Hawks with 727 yards and nine touchdown runs. Gavin Fisk has rushed for 520 yards and 12 scores. Ashton Rozendaal leads Hawk receivers with 10 catches for 229 yards and three touchdowns. Fisk is the top tackler with 56.5.
Other Class A District 7 playoff match ups are SW Valley at state ranked Madrid. Earlham is at Riverside and Martensdale-St. Mary’s is at AC/GC. Kick-Offs for playoff games are 7 p.m.
Mount Ayr 50, SW Valley 6
Friday, October 16
At Corning
1 2 3 4 Final
MA 14 16 13 7 50
SWV 0 6 0 0 6
Individual Statistics:
Rushing: Mount Ayr – Dyson Thompson 18-215, Adler Reed 13-70, Drayden Thompson 11-57, Bryson Martin 4-25. SW Valley – Walker Bissell 8-21, Wyatt Shires 8-11, Carter Victor 3-10, Hudson Bissell 2-41, Kaden Greenwalt 2-12, Hoyt Mendenhall 2-8.
Passing: Mount Ayr – Drayden Thompson 6-for-8 87 yards 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s. SW Valley – Wyatt Shires 1-for-8 13 yards 0 TD’s, 2 INT’s.
Receiving: Mount Ayr – Adler Reed 5-78, Isac Dugan 1-9. SW Valley – Hudson Bissell 1-13.
Defensive Statistics:
Tackles: Mount Ayr – Logan Worthington 5.5, Drayden Thompson 2.5, Isac Dugan 2.5, Wynston Jones 2.5, Trace Knapp 2, Nathan Roemer 1.5, Keaton Swank 1.5, Weston Adams 1, Bryson Martin 1, Remi Christofis 1, Tate Larson 1, Austin Briner 1, Logan Mercer 1, Collin Conklin 1, Castle Greene 1, Dyson Thompson 0.5, Kaiden Stull 0.5. SW Valley – Walker Bissell 8.5, Carson Cooper 6.5, Wyatt Shires 6, Casey Jones 5, Hudson Bissell 5, Hoyt Mendenhall 4.5, Jackson Hogan 4, Kaden Greenwalt 3, Griffin Wetzel 2.5, Jayden Dennis 1, Ethan Johnston 1, Caleb Owen 1, Ryan Peterman 0.5.
Tackles For Loss: Mount Ayr – Logan Worthington 1, Austin Briner 1, Logan Mercer 1, Remi Christofis 1, Keaton Swank 1, Nathan Roemer 1, Drayden Thompson 1. SW Valley – Hoyt Mendenhall 1.5, Walker Bissell 1.5, Kaden Greenwalt 1, Jake Brandt 0.5, Carson Cooper 0.5, Jackson Hogan 0.5, Ethan Johnston 0.5.
Sacks: Mount Ayr – Remi Christofis 1, Logan Mercer 1. SW Valley – none.
Fumble Recoveries: Mount Ayr – Trace Knapp 1. SW Valley – Wyatt Shires, Ethan Johnson.
Interceptions: Mount Ayr – Adler Reed 2-29 yards. SW Valley – none.
Kicking Statistics:
Kick-Off Returns: Mount Ayr – N/A. SW Valley – Walker Bissell 1-15, Kaden Greenwalt 1-13.
Punt Returns: Mount Ayr – Adler Reed 3-33 yards. SW Valley N/A.
Kick-Offs: Mount Ayr – Bryson Martin 8-216 yards. SW Valley Ethan Johnston 2-19 yards.
PAT’s: Mount Ayr – Tytan Gourley 4-for-5. SW Valley – Ethan Johnston 0-for-1.
Punts: Mount Ayr – N/A. SW Valley – Ethan Johnston 4-105 yards, 26.2-yard ave.
Two-Point Conversions: Mount Ayr – Drayden Thompson 1, Keaton Swank 1. SW Valley – none.
