Friday football recap: T'wolves, Tigers sent home from playoffs

CORNING — With their sights set so far, the Southwest Valley Timberwolves' dome dreams came crashing down before them in a 34-14 home loss to Gehlen Catholic.

The visiting Jays had a plan, and that included being physical and going right through the heart of the No. 2 ranked Timberwolf defense.

They found great success in that respect from the beginning of Friday's frigid contest.

Adam Ellensohn capped a 53-yard drive with a 9-yard touchdown less than three minutes into the game.

The 6-0 score held until 5:32 left in the second quarter, when Elijah Freking, who had a career night, capped a 92-yard drive with a 5-yard rumble up the middle. He also caught the two-point conversion pass.

Southwest Valley miscues, including dropped passes, hurt it in the first half, as well as a failure to stop Gehlen Catholic on a fake punt late in the half.

Cole Wiltgen connected with Xavier Roberts on one of several flag routes that moved the chains, this time to the one, and several plays later, Freking caught Wiltgen's bootleg pass to the right for another score.

After Bryan Nohava's extra point, the Jays led 21-0 at the half.

A Timberwolf muffed punt led to another Ellensohn rushing touchdown before Southwest Valley was able to score on a 49-yard Chance Cobb option keeper to make the score 28-7.

Gehlen Catholic responded definitely when Ellensohn's 50-yard tough rumble put Gehlen in scoring position for Izaac Herbst to then catch a touchdown pass for a 34-7 lead.

The Timberwolves scored once more on a 50-yard catch over the middle by Addison Bull, in which he evaded several would-be-tacklers to get to the end zone.

"Seniors, you left it better than when you got here," Southwest Valley coach Anthony Donahoo said. "When you got here, you were a 1-8 football team. Now, you're a 9-0 football team."

Southwest Valley finished 9-1. Gehlen Catholic (8-2) will unofficially play at St. Albert (9-1) next week after the Falcons' 27-0 win over Westwood, Sloan.

A full story will run in Monday's News Advertiser.

Sidney 50, Lenox 12

SIDNEY — Lenox could not find ways to stop Sidney's high-powered rushing attack in a 50-12 road loss to dash further playoff dreams.

Sidney grabbed the lead early, and scored four touchdowns in the first half on its way to a 29-0 halftime lead. A pass interception when Lenox quarterback Carter Still was hit on the release led to the Cowboys touchdown that made it 22-0 late in the first quarter. The gap stretched to 29-0 when Sergio Rodriguez got open down the middle for a 68-yard touchdown reception from Cameron Whitehead.

Lenox was stopped on fourth-and-goal late in the half on a quarterback sack.

Bryson Duncan returned the opening kickoff of the second half 74 yards to up Sidney's lead to 36-0.

Carter Still completed touchdown passes to Colton Gordon (54 yards) and Brenden Christensen (13 yards). Still accounted for 163 yards of offense through the air and ran for a net 44 yards, the victim of several sacks in the game.

Duncan carred 23 times for 104 yards for the Cowboys (10-0), who host district rival Fremont-Mills in the quarterfinals. The Cowboys won the previous meeting, 45-35.

Whitehead ran seven times for 49 yards and a touchdown and was 3 of 8 passing for 124 yards and two TDs for Sidney. Cody Dupre had a 46-yard rushing touchdown and a 49-yard reception for a score.

Lenox's defense settled in during the second half, allowing only one touchdown by the Sidney offense. The other two Cowboy scores of the half were on Behrends' interception return and Duncan's kick return.

Lenox bows out at 5-5 after earning a playoff spot by taking second place in District 6. District champion Stanton was also eliminated Friday, 63-0, by Fremont-Mills.

See a complete report of Friday's game in Monday's News Advertiser.

Playoff scores

8-Player

Fremont-Mlls 63, Stanton 0

Sdney 50, Lenox 12

Audubon 45, Newell-Fonda 33

Remsen St. Mary's 58, Boyer Valley 13

Don Bosco 62, Moravia 0

H-L-V 59, Lone Tree 22

Midland 42, Janesville 7

Tripoli 28, Riceville 18

Class A

Le Mars Gehlen Catholic 34, Southwest Valley 14

Council Bluffs St. Albert 27, Westwood 0

West Sioux 63, Sioux Central 6

West Hancock 26, Bishop Garrigan 12

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 14, Wapsie Valley 0

St. Ansgar 33, East Buchanan 17

Lynnville-Sully 28, New London 0

Hudson 35, Pekin 0

Class 1A

Western Christian 28, AHSTW 18

West Lyon 35, IKM-Manning 0

Van Meter 24, Belmond-Klemme 6

Denver 28, South Hamilton 6

Pleasantville 32, West Branch 13

Pella Christian 53, Sigourney-Keota 21

Iowa CIty Regina 27, South Winneshiek 21 (2 OT)

Wilton 28, Bellevue 14

Class 2A

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 37, Kuemper Catholic 14

South Central Calhoun 37, Sioux Center 7

Waukon 46, Clear Lake 16

New Hampton 21, Dike-New Hartford 14

Union 42, Aplington-Parkersburg 0

Cascade 49, West Liberty 21

Mount Vernon 42, Centerville 10

Williamsburg 18, PCM 17

Class 3A

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 47, Glenwood 35

Harlan 42, Sioux City Bishop Heelan 7

Dallas Center-Grimes 41, Carlisle 22

Pella 27, Webster City 7

Cedar Rapids Xavier 43, Oskaloosa 10

Davenport Assumption 45, Washington 28

Solon 34, Decorah 2

West Delaware 20, Waverly-Shell Rock 13

Class 4A

Lewis Central 21, West Des Moines Valley 14 (OT)

Ankeny Centennial 31, Waukee 21

Johnston 14, Southeast Polk 7

West Des Moines Dowling Catholic 45, Urbandale 3

Iowa City West 49, Cedar Rapids Washington 7

Cedar Falls 28, Cedar Rapids Prairie 7

Bettendorf 28, Pleasant Valley 14

North Scott 50, Davenport Central 0