By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor
TIPTON — A week after taking their first loss of the season last week at the hands of state ranked, class 1A West Branch, the Tipton football team found something about themselves. They needed to get more physical and play faster. Last Friday, on homecoming they did both in a 61-34 dominating performance. The Tigers put up the most points by a Tipton football team in a game since the Tigers September 28 home win over North Cedar, 77-18. The points were the most scored in a homecoming game since the Tigers 2008 win over Center Point-Urbana 55-12 in 2008.
The Tigers had 534 yards of total offense in the game with 81 passing yards and 453 rushing yards. Tipton ran 80 offensive plays and had 27 first downs.
“Our guys up front played the best they have this season. They were dominant from start to finish. Little things we struggled with early this year, we have improved on and it paid off in this game,” said Tipton football coach Joe Zeutenhorst.
“Our message all week was to start out well in the district and we went further and wanted to start well against Camanche. We thought that going at the faster tempo we cold establish ourselves earlier into the game,” he said.
Tipton improved to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in district play. The Tigers entered the class 2A Des Moines Register rankings this week at No. 9. The Tigers remain ranked in the Associated Press 2A poll at No. 11. In the last ten years, Tipton 4-1 this late in the season only two times 2012 and 2015. The Tigers football team leads 2A in rushing yards (1,644) and is tied with PCM for second in rushing TD's as a team with 19. Tipton is second in rush attempts as a team in 2A with 274, 13 behind leader Garner-Hayfield-Ventura.
Also, the Tigers are 9th among Class 2A teams in points scored through the first five games with 168 points. Tigers average 33.6 points per game so far. Of their 168 points, 114 have come on the ground. Top-3 in 2A - 1. Clarke 120, 2 (tie). PCM 114, 2 (tie). Tipton 114, 3. Des Moines Christian 108.
The Tigers wil get a stern test Friday, when they travel to Mount Vernon. Though the Mustangs record is 1-4, the Mustangs have scored 116 points on offense and still are a dangerous team. Quarterback Brady Ketchum has passed for 805 yards and had 6 touchdowns on 81 completions in five games. Paul Ryan leads Mount Vernon in rushing with 638 yards, 7 touchdowns and a 5.9-yard ave. Zach Baker had 30 receptions and Detrick Vondracek leads in receiving yards with 227. Defensively, Mount Vernon is led by Ryan with 58 tackles.
Friday’s game at Mount Vernon is the first of three road district games remaining on the Tigers schedule. Tipton will play at West Burlington on October 5 before hosting Louisa-Muscatine on October 12. Tipton ends the regular season on October 19 at West Liberty.
Tipton led just 14-7 after the first quarter. Short touchdown runs by Connor Hermiston and Austin Lenz accounted for the Tigers points in the quarter. Camanche cut the Tigers lead to 14-13 after a Baylor Crigger 24 yard run early in the second quarter.
Tipton responded, in a very big way. The Tigers scored 32 unanswered points to finish the half with a 46-13 lead. Tipton scored four touchdowns and converted four two-point conversion tries after those scores to set a new season best for points scored in a quarter. Logan Stolte had two touchdown runs, one of 3 and another of 58 yards. Lenz scored his second in the game, a 9-yard run, after Stolte’s first score. Connor Hermiston also scored his second touchdown of the game in the first half. In all, three Tipton running backs each had two rushing touchdowns in the first half.
Camanche outscored the Tigers 21-15 in the second half. The game played to its conclusion as the Tigers did not get to the 35-point running clock mercy rule. Tipton’s touchdowns in the second half came from two 1-yard scoring runs, one each from senior Dylan Mente and another from freshman Lake Anderson.
Tipton nearly ran for more yards in the game than Camanche’s first three opponents (Northeast, North Cedar, Bellevue) did combined against the Indians - 496 to the Tigers 453. Logan Stolte topped the 600-yard mark for the season, rushing for a team high 195 yards on 22 carries. Connor Hermiston joined him with over 100 yards rushing with 103 on 15 carries. It’s the second time Hermiston has went over the century mark this season. Anderson had 53 yards, Jaxon Murphy rushed for 47 yards and Davis Butler and Lenz finished with 29 and 23 yards respectively. Ten different Tigers ran the football in the game for positive yardage in the game.
Tipton passed for 81 yards in the game. Blake Wilkins had a fine night, completing four of six pass attempts for 81 yards. He did not throw a touchdown or an interception. Frank Bierman caught 3 passes for 33 yards and Hermiston had one reception for 48 yards.
Defensively, the Tigers top tacklers were Chance Koch with 12, Dylan Mente with 6 and Logan Stolte with 5. Koch had 8 solo tackles. Nile Schuett had a sack and a tackle for loss. Mente, Andrew Comstock and Frank Bierman also each had a tackle for loss in the game.
The Tigers lead class 2A district 5 in points scored with 168 and are one of four teams that have scored over 100 points for D5 teams. Louisa-Muscatine is second with 152 points and Camanche is third with 127 points scored.
Team Summary:
TIP CAM
Total Plays 80 61
Total Yards 534 397
Pass yards 81 87
Rush yards 453 310
First Downs 27 20
3rd Down Conv. 6-for-11 6-for-11
4th Down Conv. 2-for-4 0-for-2
Turnovers 1 2
Fumbles Lost 1 0
Interceptions 0 1
Penalties-yards 6-43 2-7
Quarter Scores:
1 2 3 4 Final
Camanche 7 6 6 15 34
Tipton 14 32 0 15 61
Scoring Summary:
1st Qtr - TIP - Connor Hermiston 3-yard run (Frank Bierman kick no good)
1st Qtr - CAM - Raul Esparza 20-yard run (Logan Waltz kick)
1st Qtr - TIP - Austin Lenz 4-yard run (Connor Hermiston two-point conversion run)
2nd Qtr - CAM - Baylor Crigger 24-yard run (Logan Waltz kick no good)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Logan Stolte 58-yard run (Austin Lenz two-point conversion run)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Austin Lenz 9-yard run (Connor Hermiston two-point conversion run)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Connor Hermiston 10-yard run (Connor Hermiston two-point conversion run)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Logan Stolte 3-yard run (Connor Hermiston two-point conversion run)
3rd Qtr - CAM - Baylor Crigger 67-yard run (Two-Point Conversion Failed)
4th Qtr - TIP - Dylan Mente 1-yard run (Frank Bierman kick)
4th Qtr - CAM - Jordan Lawrence 7-yard pass from Baylor Crigger (Jordan Lawrence two-point conversion run)
4th Qtr - TIP - Lake Anderson 1-yard run (Frank Bierman two-point conversion run)
4th Qtr - CAM - Jordan Lawrence 27-yard run (Logan Waltz kick)
Individual Statistics:
Rushing: Camanche - Baylor Crigger 14-122, Raul Esparza 18-103, Jordan Lawrence 3-50, Eric Campie 3-18, Nate Malcolm 1-13. Tipton - Logan Stolte 22-195, Conner Hermiston 15-103, Lake Anderson 5-53, Jaxon Murphy 4-47, Davis Butler 3-29, Austin Lenz 6-23, Brandon Hines 2-7, Blake Wilkins 5-3, Dylan Mente 2-3, John Stroup 1-2.
Passing: Camanche - Baylor Crigger 10-for-20 94 yards 1 TD, 1 INT.; Jordan Lawrence 0-for-1 0 yards 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s. Tipton - Blake Wilkins 4-for-6 81 yards 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s.
Receiving: Camanche - Eric Campie 3-39, Jordan Lawrence 3-28, Ethan Buckley 2-27, Cade Everson 1-3, Raul Esparza 1-(-3). Tipton - Frank Bierman 3-33, Connor Hermiston 1-48.
Defensive Statistics:
Tackles (S-A-T): Camanche - Zayne Feller 8-4 12, Ethan Buckley 4-6 10, Nate Malcolm 7-2 9, Eric Campie 5-4 9, Payton Nicol 4-4 8, Baylor Crigger 4-4 8, Tyson Snodgrass 5-2 7, Cade Everson 2-1 3, Jaxson White 1-2 3, Jason Huling 3-0 3, Calvin Ottens 2-1 3, Blake Hardison 2-0 2, Raul Esparza 2-0 2, Logan Shaw 0-2 2, Payton Draper 0-1 1, Brennan Kramer 1-0 1, Jordan Lawrence 0-1 1, Garrett Shaw 0-1 1, Logan Waltz 0-1 1.
Tipton - Chance Koch 8-4 12, Dylan Mente 2-4 6, Logan Stolte 3-2 5, Austin Lenz 2-2 4, Andrew Comstock 1-3 4, Kyle Priebe 2-1 3, Payten Elijah 1-2 3, Brady Beranek 3-0 3, Frank Bierman 3-0 3, Jared Hightower 2-0 2, Nile Schuett 1-1 2, Gilan Hoenig 0-1 1, Jack Boldt 1-0 1, Tommy Brown 1-0 1, Mitch McMurrin 1-0 1, Davis Butler 0-1 1, Jaxon Murphy 1-0 1, Nolan Ohrt 0-1 1, Skyler Harroun 1-0 1, Connor Hermiston 0-1 1.
Sacks: Camanche - Ethan Buckley 2, Zayne Feller 1. Tipton - Nile Schuett 1.
Tackles For Loss: Camanche - Ethan Buckley 2, Zayne Feller 2, Brennan Kramer 1. Tipton - Nile Schuett 1, Dylan Mente 1, Andrew Comstock 1, Frank Bierman 1.
Interceptions: Camanche - none. Tipton - Austin Lenz 1.
Fumble Recoveries: Camanche - Ethan Buckley 1. Tipton - none.
Kicking Statistics:
Kick-Offs: Camanche - N/A. Tipton Frank Bierman 8-329 yards.
Kick-Off Returns: Camanche - Raul Esparza 3-55, Cade Everson 2-51, Jordan Lawrence 2-48, Kevin Wilson 1-0. Tipton - Logan Stolte 6-106.
Punts: Camanche - Blake Hardison 3-62 yards, 20.7-ave. Tipton - Austin Lenz 1-40 yards.
Punt Returns: Camanche - Raul Esparza 1-0 yards. Tipton - Jaxson Murphy 2-34 yards.
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