Wildcats Fall To Determined Eagle Squad
By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative
GUTTENBERG — The Clayton Ridge Eagles needed a win last Friday to stay in the class 1A District 3 race. A week after losing a shootout with state ranked Bellevue, 52-45, the Eagles got back on the winning track with a 42-6 win over Durant last Friday at home. The Eagles have scored at least 40 points in five of their six district games this season. The Eagles beat Tipton 13-12 in their district opener back on September 9.
The Wildcats fell to 1-7 overall and 0-6 in district play. Clayton Ridge improved to 6-2 overall and 5-1 in district play. The Eagles will play at West Branch Friday with winner of that game securing the runner-up spot in district 3 and automatically qualifying for the playoffs. Durant will return home where they host Jesup. The J-Hawks are 3-5 and 2-4 in the district.
Clayton Ridge wasted little time putting points on the scoreboard. The Eagles used a 10-play drive to open the game ending in a Jace Moore to Robby Sweers 18-yard touchdown pass. Sweers finished with 103 yards on three receptions and two touchdowns. Sweers would later catch a 70-yard touchdown pass.
The Eagles led 14-0 after the first quarter and added three touchdowns in the second quarter to build a 35-0 lead at halftime. With the score as it was, the mercy rule running clock was in effect to start the second half.
Durant scored their first touchdown in the early stages of the fourth quarter on a four-yard Leo Callison touchdown run to put the score at 35-6. The Eagles scored another touchdown in the fourth quarter to push the final score to 42-6.
Leo Callison threw for 116 yards on 12 pass completions in the game. Mason Compton led Wildcat receivers with seven receptions for 88 yards. He averaged 12.6 yards a catch. Curtis Lilienthal had four receptions for 19 yards in the game. Jake Conley led Durant running backs with 28 yards on seven carries.
Defensively, Dawson Frett had 5 tackles followed by Mason Compton, Cale Frett and Curtis Lilienthal each with 4. Tristan Hughes had one tackle for loss.
Jace Moore passed for 211 yards on 11 completions with a career high 5 touchdown passes. Sawyer Schmelzer, Jake Jensen and Ben Andregg each caught touchdown passes. Schmelzer caught five passes for 73 yards. Eric Ihde rushed for 97 yards on 12 carries and a touchdown. Moore leads district 3 quarterbacks with 1,637 yards passing with a district high 23 touchdowns to eight interceptions. Moore also has rushed for over 500 yards and 5 touchdowns. Ihde is nearing in on over 1,000 yards with 947 thought eight games. He currently is the third leading rusher in the district.
Defensively, Breyer Whitman led the Eagle defense with 14 tackles while Hunter Friederick, Jake Jensen and Jace Moore each had 6 stops.
Scoring Summary:
1st Qtr (7:39) CR - Robby Sweers 18-yard pass from Jace Moore (Sawyer Schmelzer kick)
1st Qtr (2:32) CR - Eric Ihde 4-yard run (Sawyer Schmelzer kick)
2nd Qtr (7:06) CR - Ben Andregg 9-yard pass from Jace Moore (Sawyer Schmelzer kick)
2nd Qtr (3:32) CR - Jake Jensen 8-yard pass from Jace Moore (Sawyer Schmelzer kick)
2nd Qtr (0:07) CR - Sawyer Schmelzer 13-yard pass from Jace Moore (Sawyer Schmelzer kick)
4th Qtr (10:54) D - Leo Callison 4-yard run (Conversion run no good)
4th Qtr -(8:55) CR - Robby Sweers 70-yard pass from Jace Moore (Sawyer Schmelzer kick)
Individual Statistics:
Rushing: Durant - Jake Conley 7-28, Leo Callison 5-10, Curtis Lilienthal 3-0, Tristan Hughes 2-12, Cale Frett 1-4. Clayton Ridge - Eric Ihde 12-97, Jace Moore 4-14, Erik Sarazua 4-3, T.J. Willie 1-3.
Passing: Durant - Leo Callison 12-for-21 116 yards, 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s. Clayton Ridge - Jace Moore 11-for-19 211 yards, 5 TD’s, 0 INT’s.
Receiving: Durant - Mason Compton 7-88, Curtis Lilienthal 4-19, Tristan Hughes 1-7, Jake Conley 1-6. Clayton Ridge - Sawyer Schmeizer 5-73, Robby Sweers 3-103, Jake Jensen 2-26, Ben Andregg 1-9.
Defensive Statistics:
Tackles (S-A-T): Durant - Dawson Frett 3-2 5, Mason Compton 2-2 4, Cale Frett 3-1 4, Curtis Lilienthal 4-0 4, Zac Badrtam 3-1 4, Mason Bird 1-2 3, Tristan Hughes 3-0 3, Caine Dominquez 1-1 2, Jake Conley 1-0 1, Cole Miedema 0-1 1, Jonah Werth 1-0 1.
Clayton Ridge - Breyer Whitman 9-5 14, Hunter Friederick 2-4 6, Jake Jensen 6-0 6, Jace Moore 6-0 6, Braydn Harbaugh 3-2 5, Ben Andregg 1-4 5, Collin Krapfl 1-4 5, Matt Klaes 1-2 3, Robby Sweers 0-2 2, Sawyer Schmelzer 2-0 2, Joe Bebber 0-2 2, Matt Anderson 0-1 1, Derek Ludovissy 1-0 1, Riley Meyer 0-1 1, Ethan Moser 0-1 1, Brandon Wahls 1-0 1.
Tackles For Loss: Durant - Tristan Hughes 1. Clayton Ridge - Breyer Witham 3, Jace Moore 2, Matt Klaes 1, Joe Bebber 1, Ben Andregg 1.
Sacks: Durant - none. Clayton Ridge - Breyer Whitham 3, Jace Moore 2, Matt Klaes 1, Joe Bebber 1.
Kicking Statistics:
Kick-Offs: Durant - Dawson Frett 2-38 yards. Clayton Ridge - N/A.
Kick-Off Returns: Durant - Jake Conley 3-79, Caine Dominquez 1-10. Clayton Ridge - N/A.
Punts: Durant - Cale Frett 1-39, Dawson Frett 1-23. Clayton Ridge - N/A.
Punt Returns: Durant - N/A. Clayton Ridge - N/A.
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