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G-R JV Rebel Football-By: Coach Mike Bengen

Labor Day always plays havoc with football and schedules. Our normal routine of Monday games is always disrupted this week. 2012 is no exception as we hosted our rivals to the north, the Wolverines of Dike New Hartford. Coach Betts and all of his long time coaches have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with each and every year. This year is another example of a very good program so we knew it would take a great effort from us for us to be successful on this Tuesday after Labor Day. The game actually started out a little sloppy as each team either had turnovers or just could not move the ball after entering the red zone. DNH took advantage of a good punt return and scored the first score of the night to go up 8-0. The Rebels responded with a good return and a good drive to get into the end zone to pull within 8-6 as the first quarter time ran out. Each team scored twice in the second quarter and our two scores came off a 94 yard kickoff return and a 65 yard run from scrimmage by Eric Stoakes to make it 20-18 at the break. Coaches Trunck, Formanek, and McNew made some adjustments at the half and also some inspirational comments which seemed to do the trick as the Rebels came out with a vengeance. This third quarter was the best these guys have played all year and possibly their life. We controlled both sides of the ball at the line of scrimmage which equates to a two touchdown quarter giving us a 32-20 edge with 10 minutes to go. We continues our fine play until about the 4 minute mark when DNH marched a drive to pull with in 6. We received the kickoff and proceeded to run some clock while proceeding to make first downs up to about midfield. We stalled and were forced to put with 50 seconds remaining. DNH came after us and blocked the punt and had the ball at our 35 yard line with no time outs left. Brady Kuehl then sealed the deal with and interception to ice it. The Rebels held on for a very impressive victory 32-26 to move us to 2-1 on the year. It was a battle all night between a two rival opponents and also the hot, humid weather. I think everyone saw how much effort and heart these kids put into this one. What a great night. Congratulations both players and coaches. Offensively we were held by Eric with 19 carries for 180 yards and 3 scores. Kainen Hendricks added 25 yards on the ground while Cam Kickbush plowed for 18 himself. Cam was also 4 of 10 passing for 79 yards and a TD. Josh Cooley caught 3 balls for 43 yards and Jeff Tscherter made a very nice 36 yard grab to get us out of a hole in the first half. These numbers put us at 302 total yards for the game which is really good and should speak a lot for our Blutos up front in the offensive line. These guys worked hard all night and got the job done. Defensively we had Bryce Ehlers, Logan Flamme, and Cam Murphy lead the way with 7 tackles each. Bryce, Josh, and Bennett Petersen all recovered fumbles with Bennett’s being for a TD after a blocked punt. Brady had his INT and also 6 tackles. Dalton Schwartz 5,Bennett, Luke Holman, and Ty Eiffler 4, Cam K and Austin Lott 3, Josh,Cameron Clark, and Jake Schuman 2, Bryce Clark, Carter Murphy, Eric, Logan Phillips, Kainen, Jeff, and Shye Johnston each had 1 stop apiece. Great job guys and keep working at getting better every day. Fresh-Soph Rebel Football On Thursday we made the trip to Dike New Hartford to take on the Wolverines again. We just played them on Tuesday in a JV match up but now it was the fresh-soph’s turn. We had hoped that the effort and outcome would be the same. We started very slowly as we just never could get anything going. We were just not all on the same page. Our running game was stagnant and our passing game was non existent. We were not blocking or tackling with any intensity or focus. We would hve 5 guys doing the right thing and 6 guys not and that is how this night winded down. We were dominated by the Wolverines to the tune of 28-6. They ran about 3 times the plays offensively than we did and held a huge advantage in total yards and time of possession. We ended the evening with a dismal 24 total yards. We need to have that intensity and focus every time out to be successful and improve our game. We must improve in this area immediately. Jake Schuman completed 3 passes for 52 yards and a score to Cam Murphy late in the fourth quarter. Cam also chipped in with 26 yards rushing. Kainen Hendricks added 5 rushing yards and 6 tackles on defense. Logan Flamme hauled in a Schuman pass to finish off our offensive stats. Eric Stoakes led the way with 9 tackles followed by Cam with 8. Bryce Ehlers 6, Hunter Wegner and Logan Phillips 5, Bryce Clark and Dalton Schwartz 4, Shye Johnston and Luke Holman 3, Bennett Petersen, Jeff Tscherter, and Carter Murphy 2, and Ty Eiffler had a stop to finish these off, Jake Mohlis and Brock Bystricky also saw time on both sides of the ball. Shye and Bryce Clark also each recovered a fumble for us. Our next action will be Monday September 17 at The Pit at Gladbrook against the Comets from BCLUW. Kick off is set for 6 pm. Hope to see you on the sidelines.

G-R JV Rebel Football-By: Coach Mike Bengen

It was a beautiful September 10 evening as the Rebels traveled to LaPorte City to take on the Knights of Union. The Knights have an outstanding program and a growing tradition each and every year. Coach Hadacheck and his staff have done a great establishing Union as a premier program not only around this area but also the state. They were state champs last year and have many returning from that squad. That kind of success brings out the best in the kids so we knew we were in for a battle all night long. The game started out slowly as each team was trying to get a feel for what each other was going to do. Union scored on their second possession and we lost all focus and intensity. We turned very flat and very unenthused to be on the football field and Union made us pay the whole night. They flew around faster than us and made us look not so good. It really was not the same team that defeated Dike New Hartford last week. The effort and execution did not even compare to last week. Hopefully all understand that we have to show up ready to play each time out. The team that defeated DNH was as good as I have seen in some time but tonight we stepped backwards to be very average. These are the things we need to learn from as a team and we need leaders to not allow this to happen. We are young but we must learn this lesson soon. Offensively we didn’t get much going as we were limited to 66 yards passing and 89 yards rushing and most of that was late in the game after it was all ready decided. Eric Stoakes had 80 rushing yards, Brady Kuehl had 57 yards through the air and Logan Flamme caught 4 balls for 25 yards to lead our offensive stats. Defensively, Luke Holman led the way with 8 tackles followed by Cam Murphy with 7 and Cam Kickbush with 6. Ty Eiffler added 5 and Josh Cooley and Logan chipped in with 4 stops each. Jake Schuman and Carter Murphy contributed an interception apiece to round out our highlights. Our next action will be Monday September 24 at home against the Cougars from AGWSR. We also follow this with a Fresh-Soph game against Aplington-Parkersburg on Thursday September 27. Both games will begin at 6 pm at the Pit. See you there.