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Tipton’s 2017 football seniors pose for one last photo before heading home after the Tigers 44-26 win at North Cedar last Friday. The Tigers win was their fourth and set their 2017 record at 4-5 overall and 3-4
in district 3 play. Pictured here are, l-r: Keith Penningroth (40), Blaise Thumma (1), Ryan Yaukovitz (7), Will Avey (77), Andrew Roling (68), Quinten Mesick (13), Ben Emrich (8) and Hunter Tenley (81). The Tigers
beat North Cedar for the third straight time. Photo Ryan Stonebraker.
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STANWOOD — The Tipton Tigers won their last football game of the 2017 last Friday to finish the season 4-5 overall. The Tigers traveled to Stanwood to renew their rivalry game with North Cedar. There, the Tigers won 44-26 to win their third straight game over the Knights and also score score at least 40 points in each of those games. The win gave Tipton a 3-4 district 3 record and 4-5 overall record. North Cedar fell to 1-8 overall and 1-6 in district 3.
Tipton had a season high 27 first downs in the football game for 570 yards. The Tigers rushed the football 49 times in the football game for 446 yards. Two running backs topped 100 yards and another had 88. Seniors Quinten Mesick rushed for 198 yards on 14 carries and scored two touchdowns. Fullback Keith Penningroth rushed for a season and career high 131 yards on 22 carries and scored one touchdown. Connor Hermiston chipped in 88 yards on six carries.
Ben Emrich passed for 124 yards and 3 touchdowns. Frank Bierman, John Crowley and Penningroth all had two catches. Bierman had two touchdown catches.
Defensively, Tipton was led by Dylan Mente and Emrich with 8 tackles each. A trio of Tigers collected seven tackles in Bierman, Lenz and Skylar Harroun.
North Cedar had 331 yards of total offense on 15 first downs. Shane Weber rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. Logan Thimmes rushed for 72 yards on nine carries. Ehtan Sahr passed for 147 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 17 yards on six carries. Mason Minar caught a team high seven passes for 118 yards.
Defensively, Tyler Thurston led North Cedar in tackles with 15 and Logan Thimmes had 13. Caden Wendt collected 9 tackles while Greg Hansen had 7 and Mason Minar had 6.
The Tigers say goodbye to a senior class of 8. Graduating from this year’s team are seniors Blaise Thumma, Ryan Yaukovitz, Ben Emrich, Quinten Mesick, Hunter Tenley, Keith Penningroth, Andrew Roling and Will Avey.
North Cedar got the ball first and scored on their first drive, an 11-play, 60-yard opener that ended with an Ethan Sahr 1-yard run. The Brody Hawtrey PAT gave North Cedar a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter.
The Tigers answered the Knights drive with a long one of their own. Tipton strung together a 10-play, 70-yard scoring drive ending with a Quinten Mesick 13-yard run to set the score at 7-6 North Cedar. A Ben Emrich two-point conversion run set the score at 8-7 Tigers. Tipton would not trail the rest of the game.
Tipton took control of the football game in the second quarter, scoring 29 points to take a 37-14 halftime lead. North Cedar’s only points came on a 46-yard Shane Weber touchdown run after Tipton took a 30-7 lead.
Tipton scored on four straight possessions in the second quarter. Mesick scored the first of two second quarter scores from 35 yards out early in the second quarter. On the next Tipton possession, Mesick scored his third first half touchdown on a 15-yard pass from Ben Emrich and two-point pass from Emrich to Frank Bierman to give Tipton a 22-7 lead. Keith Penningroth scored on a 2-yard run on the next Tipton possession.
North Cedar scored their second touchdown of the first half on a Shane Weber 46-yard scoring run to nearly cut the Tigers lead in half, 30-14. Tipton ended the half leading 37-14 after Emrich threw his second touchdown pass of the first half, a 16-yard strike to Frank Bierman.
North Cedar did outscore the Tigers 12 to 7 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough. North Cedar cut the Tigers lead to 37-20 in the third quarter after a 49-yard touchdown catch by Mason Minar. Tipton responded early in the fourth quarter, scoirng their final touchdown of the game, a Emrich to Frank Bierman 19-yard scoring play to set the score at 44-20. North Cedar would tack on a late touchdown, a Weber 8-yard run to get to the final 44-26 score.
Team Summary:
TIP NC
First downs 27 15
Total Palys 72 63
Total Yards 570 331
Pass C-A-I 8-14-0 4-10-1
Pass yards 124 145
Rushes-ave. 49-9.1 37-5.8
Rush yards 446 215
3rd Conv. 10-for-14 7-for-14
4th Conv. 0-for-1 1-for-3
Turnovers 1 1
Penalties-yds. 8-39 4-17
Quarter Scores:
1 2 3 4 Final
Tipton 8 29 0 7 44
North Cedar 7 7 6 6 26
Scoring Summary:
1st Qtr - NC - Ethan Sahr 1-yard run (Brody Hawtrey kick)
1st Qtr - TIP - Quinten Mesick 13-yard run (Ben Emrich run)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Quinten Mesick 36-yard run (Keith Penningroth kick)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Quinten Mesick 15-yard pass from Ben Emrich (Ben Emrich pass to Frank Bierman)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Keith Penningroth 2-yard run (Keith Penningroth kick)
2nd Qtr - NC - Shane Weber 46-yard run (Brody Hawtrey kick)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Frank Bierman 16-yard pass from Ben Emrich (Keith Penningroth kick)
3rd Qtr - NC - Mason Minar 49-yard pass from Ethan Sahr (Brody Hawtrey kick)
4th Qtr - TIP - Frank Bierman 19-yard pass from Ben Emrich (Keith Penningroth kick)
4th Qtr - NC - Shane Weber 8-yard run (Brody Hawtrey kick no good)
Individual Statistics:
Rushing: Tipton - Quinten Mesick 14-198, Keith Penningroth 22-131, Connor Hermiston 6-88, Ben Emrich 4-12, TEAM 2-11, Austin Lenz 1-6. North Cedar - Shane Weber 21-127, Logan Thimmes 9-72, Ethan Sahr 6-17, Brody Hawtrey 1-(-1).
Passing: Tipton - Ben Emrich 8-for-14 124 yards 3 TD’s, 0 INT’s. North Cedar - Ethan Sahr 10-for-22 147 yards 1 TD, 1 INT.
Receiving: Tipton - Frank Bierman 2-35, John Crowley 2-34, Keith Penningroth 2-10, Quinten Mesick 1-15, Nile Schuett 1-30. North Cedar - Mason Minar 7-118, Austyn Sander 2-15, Logan Thimmes 1-14.
Defensive Statistics:
Tackles (S-A-T): Tipton - Dylan Mente 5-3 8, Ben Emrich 4-4 8, Austin Lenz 5-2 7, Frank Bierman 4-3 7, Skylar Harroun 4-3 7, Blake Wilkins 3-2 5, Keith Penningroth 1-4 5, Connor Hermiston 2-2 4, Will Avey 2-1 3, Blaise Thumma 2-0 2, Andrew Roling 0-2 2, Blaise Thumma 2-0 2, Levi Mohr 1-0 1, Jared Hightower 1-0 1, Brady Beranek 0-1 1, Nile Schuett 0-1 1.
Tackles For Loss: Tipton - Frank Bierman 2, Skylar Harroun 1, Will Avey 1, Dylan Mente 1.
North Cedar: Tyler Thurston 6-9 15, Logan Thimmes 5-8 13, Caden Wendt 2-7 9, Greg Hansen 6-1 7, Mason Minar 5-1 6, Seb Curley 2-2 4, Brody Hawtrey 1-2 3, Kael Unruh 2-1 3, Brady Lehrman 0-3 3, Dylan Welsch 1-2 3, Tyler Alexander 2-1 3, Evan Patterson 1-1 2, Alex Woodward 0-2 2, Shane Weber 2-0 2, Brady Burcum 0-1 1.
Sacks: Tipton - Skylar Harroun 1, Will Avey 1.
Interceptions: Tipton - Blaise Thumma 1. North Cedar - none.
Fumble Recoveries - Tipton - N/A. North Cedar - Austyn Sander 1.
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