By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor
GOOSE LAKE — The North Cedar football team fell 20-14 last Friday at Northeast. The Knights loss set their 2018 record at 1-8 overall and 0-5 in district play. The loss ended the Knights season. The game was a matchup with the only two teams without a district win prior to their game in week 9.
Northeast opened the scoring in the first quarter with a touchdown pass by Nathan Lange. The Rebels added a two-point conversion to run to take an early 8-0 lead. North Cedar answered the first Rebel touchdown in the first quarter with a Logan Thimmes 5-yard run. A Brody Hawtrey PAT put the score at 8-7 Northeast after one quarter.
The Rebels scored again in the early part of the second quarter to take a 14-7 lead on Lange’s second touchdown pass of the game. North Cedar answered the Rebels score with one of their own to set the score at 14-14. The Knights touchdown came from a Ethan Sahr 15-yard touchdown pass to senior Tyler Alexander. Northeast would score again before halftime. Lange tossed his third touchdown pass of the first half to set the score at 20-14 at halftime. Both teams struggled to score points in the second half as the game stayed at 20-14 for the final score.
Ethan Sahr passed for 80 yards and a touchdown on seven pass completions in the game. Brody Hawtrey rushed for 151 yards on 29 carries and Logan Thimmes rushed for 60 yards on 15 carries. Tyler Alexander was the top North Cedar receiver in the game, catching three passes for 48 yards and a touchdown.
Sahr finished the season with 1,124 yards passing with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Hawtrey led North Cedar in rushing this season with 886 yards and 3 touchdowns and a 4.6-yard average. Thimmes rushed for 602 yards and 8 touchdowns and a 4.8-yard average. Alexander led five Knights with over 100 yards receiving, with 268 yards receiving on 18 catches.
Defensively, Thimmes led the Knights in tackles with 13 while Tyler Thurston had 11 and Jonathan Scheer added 9.
Dakota Stevenson rushed for 106 yards on 18 carries to lead the Rebel ground game. Nate Lange passed for 152 yards on 17-of-24 pass attempts and three touchdowns. Dawson Stoll caught 11 passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns. Braeden Hoyer caught six passes for 58 yards and a touchdown. Defensively, Northeast was led in tackles by Stevenson with 10 and Ty Cain with 9.
The football game was the last for North Cedar seniors Tyler Alexander, Logan Thimmes, Jonathan Scheer, Trevor Williams, Alex Woodward, and Chase Gallagher.
Quarter Scores:
1 2 3 4 Final
NC 7 7 0 0 14
NE 8 12 0 0 20
Northeast 20, North Cedar 14
Individual Statistics:
Rushing: North Cedar - Brody Hawtrey 29-151, Logan Thimmes 15-60, Ethan Sahr 4-(-9), Keon McCullough 1-(-5). Northeast - Dakota Stevenson 18-106, Nate Lange 11-12.
Passing: North Cedar - Ethan Sahr 7-for-13 80 yards 1 TD, 0 INT’s. Northeast - Nate Lange 17-for-24 152 yards, 3 TD’s, 0 INT’s; Dakota Stevenson 1-for-1 36 yards, 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s.
Receiving: North Cedar -Tyler Alexander 3-48, Gage Walshire 1-14, Jonathan Scheer 1-8, Keon McCullough 1-5, Brody Hawtrey 1-5. Northeast - Dawson Stoll 11-121, Braeden Hoyer 6-58, Dakota Stevenson 1-9.
Defensive Statistics:
Tackles (S-A-T): North Cedar - Logan Thimmes 7-6 13, Tyler Thurston 6-5 11, Jonathan Scheer 5-4 9, Evan Patterson 1-5 6, Keon McCullough 3-1 4, Gage Walshire 1-3 4, Brady Burcum 1-2 3, Brody Hawtrey 3-0 3, Alex Woodward 0-2 2, Brennen Kreel 0-1 1, Tadan Lange 0-1 1, Kole Murray 1-0 1, Ethan Sahr 1-0 1, Jacob Sander 1-0 1, Braden Wink 0-1 1.
Northeast - Dakota Stevenson 5-5 10, Ty Cain 3-6 9, Dawson Stoll 4-4 8, Braeden Hoyer 2-5 7, Atzin DonDiego 2-4 6, Brock Junge 4-2 6, Nate Lange 3-1 4, Riley Wolfe 0-2 2, Liam Maze 0-1 1.
Tackles For Loss: North Cedar - Tyler Thurston 3, Evan Patterson 3, Logan Thimmes 2, Brady Burcum 1, Brennen Kreel 1, Alex Woodward 1.
Fumble Recoveries: North Cedar - Gage Walshire 1. Northeast - Ty Cain 1, Liam Maze 1, Trey McAleer 1.
Sacks: North Cedar - Evan Patterson 1, Tyler Thurston 1, Alex Woodward 1. Northeast - Braeden Hoyer 1.
Kicking Statistics:
Kick-Offs: North Cedar - Tyler Thurston 3-74, Northeast - Caleb Gruhn 4-134.
Kick-Off Returns: North Cedar - Keon McCullough 1-29, Logan Thimmes 1-2. Northeast - Jaren Rathje 2-29, Dakota Stevenson 1-2.
Punts: North Cedar - Brody Hawtrey 1-32 yards, 32.0-ave. Northeast - Dakota Stevenson 1-47 yards, 47.0-ave.
Punt Returns: North Cedar - N/A. Northeast - N/A.
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