LETTS — The Durant Wildcats are making waves in Class 1A this season in the first two weeks of the 2020 season. Last Friday, the Wildcats won 49-0 to have their second shutout win to start the 2020 season. The Wildcats won 41-0 over North Cedar in week 1. The Wildcats improved to 2-0 and will host Wilton to begin district play Friday night. Last season, Durant snapped a lengthy losing streak to the Beavers, winning in Wilton 24-0 in 2019. The Wildcats beat the Falcons for the first time in four meetings. The Falcons hold a 3-2 record over Durant in their last five meetings.
Durant had their second shutout to begin 2020 and are one of only two Class 1A teams that have not been scored on this year. The Wildcats also narrowly are the second highest scoring team in 1A with only two games played with 90 points. Woodward-Granger is tops in Class 1A with 91 points. Cardinal of Eldon had three games played and are over 100 points scored this season so far.
Sophomore running back Nolan DeLong continues to turn heads in the state. Through two games, DeLong has rushed for 542 yards on 34 carries for a state leading 15.9-yard average and nine touchdowns.
His scoring total and rushing yard total are second in the state of Iowa for any class. He is one of two sophomores in the state leaders top-10 and one of three in the top-20 rushers in the state. Friday, DeLong collected four touchdowns and rushed for 299 yards on 25 carries. All four of his touchdowns came in the second half of the game. In essence, DeLong outscored the Falcons by himself in the second half.
The Wildcats led 21-0 at halftime and scored 28 second half points in the win. Shockingly, it took some time for Durant to get their offense going. The Wildcats had a three and out situation on their first possession and after holding the Falcons, prepared to start their second drive, but a fumbled punt turned the football over to Louisa-Muscatine. Durant held and on their third possession scored. Quarterback Keagen Head rushed 32 yards down the far sideline for the first points and a 6-0 lead. The Wildcats defense held again, and Durant took advantage of good field position to take a 14-0 lead. Another big play courtesy of Head accounted for the second Durant touchdown, a 63-yard bomb from head to receiver Ethan Gast. A Head two-point conversion run set the score at 14-0 after the first quarter.
Durant’s next drive went for 12 plays, but produced no points as Durant drove to the Falcons 20-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs. Durant would not make the same mistake again as on their next drive, Head connected on a scoring pass to Tony Dillabough for 28 yards and a 21-0 lead.
Durant would score on all four of their offensive possessions in the second half. There, the 35-point mercy rule, running clock was activated as well. DeLong rushed for touchdowns of 10 and 28 yards in the third quarter and 51 and 28 yards in the fourth quarter for the Wildcats. The scores extended Durant’s lead to 35-0 after three quarters and 49-0 for the game.
Head had a good game as well from his quarterback position. Head threw for 124 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 86 yards and one touchdown. Ethan Gast and Tony Dillabough
each had one reception that went for a touchdown. Defensively, Durant was led in tackles by DeLong with 5.5 and Gast with 5.
Durant 49, Louisa-Musatine 0
Friday, September 4
At Letts
Quarter Scores:
Durant 14 7 14 14 49
L+M 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring Summary:
1st Qtr - DUR - Keagen Head 32-yard run (Logan Wolf kick no good)
1st Qtr - DUR - Ethan Gast 63-yard pass from Keagen Head (Keagen Head run)
2nd Qtr - DUR - Tony Dillabough 28-yard pass from Keagen Head (Logan Wolf kick)
3rd Qtr - DUR - Nolan DeLong 10-yard run (Logan Wolf kick)
3rd Qtr - DUR - Nolan DeLong 28-yard run (Logan Wolf kick)
4th Qtr - DUR - Nolan DeLong 51-yard run (Logan Wolf kick)
4th Qtr - DUR - Nolan DeLong 28-yard run (Logan Wolf kick)
Individual Statistics (Durant Only):
Rushing: Nolan DeLong 25-299, Keagen Head 11-86, Tevin Miller 3-12.
Passing: Keagen Head 4-for-10 124 yards, 2 TD’s, 0 INT’s.
Receiving: Ethan Gast 1-62, Tony Dillabough 1-28, Ben Orr 1-24, Nolan DeLong 1-10.
Defensive Statistics (Durant Only):
Tackles: Nolan DeLong 5.5, Ethan Gast 5, Tysen McKinley 4, Cameron Ruggiero 3.5, Tony Dillabough 2.5, Bryce Czarnetzki 2, Hunter Bacorn 1.5, Keagan Head 1.5, Carter Wichelt 1.5, Brady Meincke 1, Elliott Fortin 1, Tevin Miller 1, Ben Orr 1, Brian Graves 1, Charlie Huesmann 0.5.
Sacks: Nolan DeLong 1.
Tackles For Loss: Nolan DeLong 2.5, Ton Dillabough 2, Ethan Gast 1.5, Hunter Bacorn 0.5, Cameron Ruggiero 0.5, Tysen McKinley 0.5.
Fumbles: Brian Graves 1.
Interceptions: 1-20 yards.
Kicking Statistics:
Kicking: Logan Wolf 8-352 yards.
Kick Returns: Carter Wichelt 1-19 yards.
Punts: Ben Orr 1-39.
Punt Returns: Ethan Gast 1-2 yards.
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