Homecoming 2004 — Northeast Goose Lake 7, Tipton 6

Page 1 of the Tipton Conservative Sports section in October 2004 the week after the Tigers fell 7-6 to NE Goose Lake in their 2004 homecoming game.  Tony Baranowski III was the sports editor for the paper then.  Conservative photo via The Tipton Conservative archives


**The Tipton Tigers host NE Goose Lake for their 2014 Homecoming game.  10 years ago, the two teams met in Tipton for the Tigers 2004 Homecoming game**

The Tipton Tigers welcomed NE Goose Lake to town in October of 2004 for homecoming 2004 and walked away with a 7-6 win, giving Tipton their first district loss of the season to that point.  The Tigers record fell to 4-2 overall and 3-1 in class 1A district 5.  The top-two teams in the district qualified for the playoffs back then.  The District standings looked like this after the Tigers game:

Class 1A District 5

Starmont              4-0           6-0

Tipton                  3-1           4-2

Clayton Ridge    3-1          4-2

NE Goose Lake  3-1           5-1

North Cedar        2-2           2-4

Bellevue              1-3           2-4

Midland               0-4           0-6

North Linn           0-4           1-5

The Tigers scored the games first touchdown early in the fourth quarter when Tyler Schroeder caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from Nate Ohrt.  At the time, the PAT miss by Ryan Bormann wasn't a big deal as the Tigers led 6-0 and could rely on their defense who was playing well that night.

Northeast Goose Lake however, fought back and scored the tying touchdown late in the game on a 15-yard pass from Dylan Diedrich to Marcus Winkler.  The Rebels placekicker, Mark Mahmens booted the PAT giving the Rebels a 7-6 lead.

The Tigers could not answer the score, losing the football game, by one-point, 7-6.

Craig Kreman led Tipton in rushing with 68 yards on 23 carries.  Ohrt passed for 168 yards on 11 completions with a touchdown.  Tyler Schroeder caught nine passes for 148 yards and a touchdown.

Defensively, Tipton had four different players record a sack in the football game led by Ryan Bormann with two.  Chad Geary had a team high 11 tackles while Craig Kreman added 10 and Bormann and Jeremy Gaunt each had 6.

Box Score From The Game: 

Score By Quarters: 

                   1     2     3     4     Final

NEGL           0     0    0     7       7

TIPTON         0     0    0     6       6

Scoring Summary: 

4th Qtr (10:05) — TIP — Tyler Schroeder 41-yard pass from Nate Ohrt (Ryan Bormann kick failed)

4th Qtr (1:07) — NEGL — Marcus Winkler 15-yard pass from Dylan Diedrich (Mark Mahmens kick)

Team Summary:

                                           NEGL                TIP

First Downs                         14                       10

Rushes-Yards (Net)              37-98                   31-69

Passing Yards (Net)              149                      168

Pass Comp-Att-Int.               11-17-1                11-19-0

Total Offense Plays-Yds.       54-247                 50-237

Fumble Returns-Yards           0-0                      0-0

Punt Returns-Yards               1-14                     2-49

Kick-off Returns-Yards          1-21                     2-38

Interception Returns-Yds.       0-0                      1-2

Punts (Number-Ave.)              5-36.2                  6-30.3

Fumbles-Lost                        1-0                       2-1

Penalties-Yards                     5-29                     4-38

Possession Time                   24:04                    23:56

Sacks-Number yds.              1-6                        5-24

Individual Statistics: 

Rushing: NEGL — Dale Weis 12-54, Cole Lueders 13-25, Nathan Neblung 10-21, Timon Brooks 1-2, Dylan Diedrich 1-(-4).  Tipton — Craig Kreman 23-68, Michael Stegall 2-7, Drew Kreman 4-7, Nate Ohrt 1-(-6), TEAM - 1-(-7).

Passing: NEGL — Nathan Neblung 9-for-15 91 yards 0 TD's, 1 INT.  Dylan Diedrich 2-for-2 58 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT's.  Tipton — Nate Ohrt 11-for-19 168 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT's.

Receiving: NEGL — Jon Vance 4-77, Brad Petersen 3-38, Marcus Winkler 2-30, Dale Weis 2-4.  Tipton — Tyler Schroeder 9-148, Jeremy Gaunt 1-24, Craig Kreman 1-(-4).

Interceptions: Tipton - Craig Kreman 1-2.

Sacks: NEGL — Nick Petersen 1.  Tipton — Ryan Bormann 2, Jeremy Gaunt 1, Lyle Corbett 1, David Behrle 1.

Tackles (S-A-T): Tipton - Chad Geary 4-7 11, Craig Kreman 6-4 10, Ryan Bormann 4-2 6, Jeremy Gaunt 2-4 6, Tyler Schroeder 4-0 4, Lyle Corbett 3-1 4, Michael Stegall 3-1 4, Drew Kreman 2-2 4, Kyle Chapman 1-3 4, David Behrle 2-0 2, Catlin Eliason 1-1 2, John Hoy 0-2 2, Nick Johnson 1-0 1, Winston Turnage 0-1 1, Austin Smith 0-1 1, Kyle Eliason 0-1 1.