Tigers Even Record, Capture Second Win In A Row

 

TIPTON – The Tipton football team will head to the Class 2A first round of the postseason this week on a two-game winning streak. This comes after the Tigers used a 24-point fourth quarter to take control of their game with Anamosa in a 34-21 win on Friday, October 9 at home. The Tigers improved to 3-3 on the season and 2-2 in district play. Tipton found out on Saturday at noon that they will be one of 16 host sites for the first round of the postseason. Their opponent will be Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont who is also 3-3 and out of Class 2A District 7.

For the second straight ball game, near the top of the Tiger tackle leaders in the game, have been across its defensive line. Linebacker Kaleb Nerem led THS with 10.5 tackles, adding to his team leading total for the season. Next were senior linemen Nile Schuett with 9 and Austin Hubler with 7.5. Another senior lineman, Jack Boldt had 4 tackles. Not in the stat book was the pressure that defensive end/linebacker Lake Anderson caused, often on the weak side of the Blue Raiders offensive line. The amount of hurries that Anderson caused was just as important in the game.

Early in the game, the Tigers defense let the Blue Raiders know that they were in for a game. Anamosa had the football first and was driving near mid-field when the Tigers got their first big play of the game. Defensive back Payten Elijah read a running play by Anamosa and came across the field 10 yards to cause a fumble on the Raiders ball carrier Trey Klatt, one which the Tigers would recover when Nile Schuett fell on the loose football. Elijah came at Klatt as he was trying to stiff arm Elijah, but Elijah had none of it, colliding with Klatt with his left shoulder hitting the football, jarring it loose and spinning Klatt to the ground. The Tigers were not able to do anything offensively with the ball, and had to punt the football back to Anamosa on the ensuing drive. A holding penalty derailed that Tigers drive, but set Anamosa up at the THS 25. The Blue Raiders had a holding penalty of their own, backing them up to the Tigers 15. Facing a 2nd and 20, Anamosa sold out on the pass with four receivers and quarterback Grahm Humpal in the shotgun. The Tigers faked a blitz, dropping their linemen back in coverage. What Humpal didn’t see was Tiger Lake Anderson coming in on his right side hard and fast. When Humpal did, he had to get rid of the football fast, and when he did, the trajectory of the ball was not high, and Tiger defensive lineman Nile Schuett stepped in front of the ball and intercepted it. Schuett navigated through light traffic attempting to bring him down, and ran down the far sideline, dragging a Blue Raider defender as he crossed the goal line for a touchdown. The pick-6 gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.

Unfortunately for the Tigers their offense would stall the rest of the half having to punt the ball back to the Blue Raiders in each of their other three first half possessions. Anamosa, would take advantage, scoring two touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 14-7 halftime lead.

Tipton would score the only points of the third quarter on an Eli Jauron 31-yard field goal. Jauron leads district 5 in made field goals. The points got Tipton within 14-10 after three quarters.

The Jauron field goal was the start of a 27-point run of unanswered points for THS in the second half. Tipton scored 24 of those points in the fourth quarter. Payen Elijah’s 1-yard run gave Tipton a 17-14 lead. Long touchdown runs of 75 by Levi Daniel and 65 by Elijah on back-to-back possessions helped the Tigers take control of the game as they extended their lead to 31-14. Jauron added his second field goal of the game later in the fourth quarter from 30 yards out to set the score at 34-14. Anamosa scored late on a Humpal pass to Klatt for 25 yards, but it was too little, too late.

The Tigers rushed for 282 yards in the football game. Payten Elijah led THS with 163 yards and two touchdowns. He is closing in on 1,000 yards for the season. Levi Daniel nearly broke the 100-yard mark for the second straight game, rushing for 91 yards on eight carries with a touchdown. Lake Anderson was second on the Tigers rush attempt list with ten carries in the game.

Anamosa had 300 yards of total offense with 202 passing and 98 rushing yards in the game. Blue Raider quarterback Grahm Humpal was the main Anamosa play doing damage in the game as he passed for 202 yards on 13 completions with three touchdown passes. His yardage put him over the 1,000-yard mark for the season with 1,083. He joined Luke Lambert from Monticello (1,229) and Mike Delzell from Camanche (1,349) as the only three quarterbacks in the regular season to top 1,000 passing yards in the district. Humpal had several favorite receivers in the game with four Anamosa players catching at least two passes. Kole Dietiker led Anamosa with five receptions for 41 yards while Trey Klatt, Anamosa’s season leader, caught four passes for 87 yards and two touchdowns.

Defensively, Anamosa was led by Klatt in tackles with five and Andrew Morris with five. The Tigers special teams did a good job in covering the Blue Raiders in the return game. Anamosa averaged just 11.3 yards on kick-off returns and just 7.3 yards per punt return in the game.

For the first time, every Iowa high school football team will make the postseason. The regular season has ended, and Friday will begin the march to the UNI-Dome for a select few teams across the state. Four local teams begin play Friday with two teams at home and two on the road. The two at home are Tipton and Durant and the road games are for Wilton and North Cedar.

The Tipton Tigers will host the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Rockets Friday night. Both teams are 3-3 and come in off of wins in week 7. The Tigers beat Anamosa 34-21 while EBF spoiled the homecoming for Davis County, beating the Mustangs 36-12. The Rockets have won two of their final three games with victories coming this season against West Burlington, Central Lee and Davis County. The Rockets lost to Mid-Prairie 55-0 and Class 2A District 7 champion Williamsburg. EBF, Davis County, and Mid-Prairie all tied at 3-3 in district 7. In their three wins, the Rockets have scored at or near 30 points. In their three losses they have been shutout twice and given up 50 points in two games.

Statistically, the Rockets do not pass the football much as Thane Alexander has only 79 passing yards. The Rockets have rushed for 1,252 yards and 14 touchdowns as a team with a 5.3-yard average. Alexander is the top Rocket rusher with 476 yards and 6 touchdowns. Four different Rocket rushers have over 100 yards on the ground. Defensively, Alexander leads with 36 tackles, Seth Kargoi has 31.5, and Hunter McFadden has 28 stops. The Rockets have six team interceptions.


Postseason First Round Games - Friday, October 16

7:00 p.m. kick-offs


Class 2A District 5 Playoff Opponents

Pod #7 - Anamosa (2-5) at Center Point-Urbana (3-4) - Winner faces Camanche (6-1)

Pod #8 - Union (0-7) at Monticello (4-1)

Pod #10 - West Liberty (3-2) at Maquoketa (2-3)

Pod #12 - Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (3-3) at Tipton (3-3)


Class 1A District 5 Playoff Opponents

Pod #8 - Northeast (1-4) at Dyersville-Beckman (4-2)

Pod #8 - Louisa-Muscatine (1-6) at Durant (3-3)

Pod #9 - Wilton (2-5) at Cascade (5-2)

Pod #10 - West Branch (5-2) - faces winner of Van Buren (1-5)-Mediapolis (5-2)


Class A District 6 Playoff Opponents

Pod #10 - North Cedar (1-5) at Lisbon (5-2)

Pod #11 - Highland (1-5) at Alburnett (4-2)

Pod #12 - Columbus (2-5) at Wapello (3-3) - Winner faces Iowa City Regina (6-1)


Tipton 34, Anamosa 21

Friday, October 9

At Tipton

1 2 3 4 Final

Anamosa 0 14 0 7 21

Tipton 7 0 3 24 34


Scoring Summary:

1st Qtr - TIP - Nile Schuett 15-yard interception return (Eli Jauron kick)

2nd Qtr - ANA - Trey Klatt 53-yard pass from Grahm Humpal (PAT kick no good)

2nd Qtr - ANA - Colton Borst 5-yard pass from Grahm Humpal (Conversion pass good)

3rd Qtr - TIP - Eli Jauron 31-yard field goal

4th Qtr - TIP - Payten Elijah 1-yard run (Eli Jauron kick)

4th Qtr - TIP - Levi Daniel 75-yard run (Eli Jauron kick)

4th Qtr - TIP - Payten Elijah 65-yard run (Eli Jauron kick)

4th Qtr - TIP - Eli Jauron 30-yard field goal

4th Qtr - ANA - Trey Klatt 25-yard pass from Grahm Humpal (PAT kick good)


Individual Statistics:

Rushing: Anamosa - Graham Humpal 18-69, Alex Casey 9-29. Tipton - Payten Elijah 16-163, Lake Anderson 10-25, Levi Daniel 8-91, Carter Hill 3-3, Brandon Hines 1-0.

Passing: Anamosa - Graham Humpal 13-for-25 202 yards, 3 TD’s, 2 INT’s. Tipton - Payten Elijah 1-for-7 (-3) yards, 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s.

Receiving: Anamosa - Kole Dietiker 5-41, Trey Klatt 4-87, Seth Schoon 2-60, Colton Borst 2-14. Tipton - Caden Schmidt 1-(-3).


Defensive Statistics:

Tackles: Anamosa - Trey Klatt 5.5, Levi Ehresman 5, Andrew Morris 5, Colton Borst 4, Aaron Casey 3.5, Nathan Keating 3, Chayse Sams 3, Kole Dietiker 2.5, Connor Andresen 2, Alex Casey 2, Caleb Otting 1.5, Dalton Lovell 1, Ky Kaufmann 1, Justin Tjaden 1.

Tipton - Kaleb Nerem 10.5, Nile Schuett 9, Austin Hubler 7.5, Skyler Schmidt 5, Jack Boldt 4, Carson Charves 3.5, Brandon Hines 3.5, Payten Elijah 2, Caden Schmidt 2, Braden Bartels 2, Lake Anderson 1.5, Carter Hill 1.5.

Tackles For Loss: Anamosa - Chayse Sams 1.5, Levi Ehresman 1, Andrew Morris 1, Alex Casey 1, Kole Dietiker 1, Colton Borst 0.5. Tipton - Nile Schuett 6, Austin Hubler 3.5, Lake Anderson 1.5, Skyler Schmidt 1.

Fumbles: Anamosa - none. Tipton - Nile Schuett 1.

Interceptions: Anamosa - none. Tipton - Nile Schuett 1-17, Payten Elijah 1-15.


Kicking Statistics:

Kicking: Anamosa - Dominic Haas 4-153. Tipton - Eli Jauron 7-294.

Kick Returns: Anamosa - Ky Kaufmann 4-28, Trey Klatt 2-40. Tipton - Payten Elijah 1-27, Lake Anderson 1-6, Caden Schmidt 1-0.

Punts: Anamosa - Seth Schoon 4-108 yards, 27.0-ave. Tipton - Payten Elijah 4-138 yards, 34.5-ave.

Punt Returns: Anamosa - Trey Klatt 3-22. Tipton - Payten Elijah 1-24, Levi Daniel 1-7.