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Week 6 high school football roundup: Jefferson rallies at Waterloo West, West Branch wins on late field goal
Cedar Rapids Jefferson used a stingy defense and timely turnovers by Waterloo West to sneak away with a come-from-behind, 21-17, prep football victory Friday night in Waterloo.
The Wahawks (4-2, 1-1) scored on their initial possession on a 34-yard pitch and catch from Cade Dodd to Tanner Pollock.
The J-Hawks defense made their first big play moments later when Kyler Bell picked off an errant throw and returned it 68 yards to tie the game.
After the Wahawks settled in and built a 17-7 lead late in the second quarter, the J-Hawks once again relied on a big play for help.
Quarterback Noah Vawter scrambled free on a draw play and went untouched for an 80-yard score closing the gap at the half. 17-14.
The J-Hawks had shown little on offense, mustering just one first down and had negative yards on the board.
The defense rose once again late in the game when Jacob Thompson picked off another pass and returned it to the Wahawk 8-yard line. Two plays later, Vawter broke through the line for a 2-yard score and a 21-17 lead.
The defense never rested as they forced a fumble late, stalling a Wahawks drive and sealing the victory.
— Waterloo Courier
IOWA CITY WEST 49, BURLINGTON 0 — Evan Flitz threw four touchdown passes as second-ranked West rolled in Burlington.
Flitz threw touchdown passes of 6, 58 and 40 yards to Traevis Buchanan to open the game, then added a 19-yard TD pass to Jalen Gaudet.
Andre White had touchdown runs of 1 and 5 yards and Joey Kuehn added a 1-yard touchdown run.
West (6-0, 2-0) led 35-0 at halftime.
— John Bohnenkamp, Burlington Hawk Eye
WEST DELAWARE 35, CLEAR CREEK AMANA 6 — Kabryn Cook caught a pair of touchdown passes from Nick Casey and was named homecoming king for the Hawks.
Cook caught TD passes of 7 and 33 yards in the first half and Casey, who finished 11 of 21 for 127 yards, also scored on a 1-yard run.
Mitchel Mangold had one of five interceptions for West Delaware (5-1, 4-0 in 3A-4), returning it 62 yards for a TD, and Caleb Kehrli rushed for 96 yards and scored on an 8-yard run.
— Bill Logan, correspondent
MOUNT VERNON 49, ANAMOSA 0 — Paul Ryan rushed for 215 yards and four touchdowns on 21 carries as the Mustangs rolled on the road.
Drew Adams completed 8 of 15 passes for 99 yards and a TD and also rushed nine times for 85 yards.
Mount Vernon (5-1, 4-0 2A-5) blew the game open by scoring 28 points in the second quarter.
Logan Seeley led the Raiders (3-4, 1-3) with 135 yards on 23 rushes.
— Daryl Schepanski, correspondent
WEST BRANCH 24, DURANT 23 — Beau Cornwell's 42-yard field goal with 50 seconds remaining gave the Bears the lead and Evan O'Neil's interception 25 seconds later sealed the deal in Durant.
West Branch improved to 6-0, 4-0 in 1A-3 with the win.
Ben Thompson caught eight passes for a school-record 176 yards, hauling in a pair touchdown receptions to give him nine this season.
— Jason Miller, correspondent
CEDAR FALLS 35, CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON 6 — A disastrous start doomed the Warriors, who fell in a quick 28-0 hole in what became a 29-point loss to the Tigers in the UNI-Dome.
Aided by three sacks, Cedar Falls (5-1, 2-0 4A-5) held a strong Washington run game to just one yard on 14 first-half carries and to just 135 total yards for the game.
'That all starts up front,' said Jack Campbell, who had two of the first-half sacks blitzing from his linebacker position.
Luke Gillett threw four touchdown passes and Sam Gary ran for 140 yards and a score for Cedar Falls.
Gillett and Logan Wolf got things started on the Tigers' second drive by making a beautiful move along the sideline, breaking free for a 42-yard touchdown reception.
Washington fell to 3-3, 1-1.
— Clay Cunningham, Waterloo Courier
WAUKON 51, MONTICELLO 27 — Abraham Schwartz passed for 317 yards and rushed for three touchdowns as the Indians won on the road.
Evan Armstead added three more TDs for Waukon (5-1, 3-1 2A-4).
Jacob Manternach passed for two TDs for the Panthers (3-3, 1-3).
— Pete Temple, correspondent
WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK 17, DECORAH 7 — The ninth-ranked Go-Hawks outscored the Vikings, 14-0, after Decorah had taken a 7-3 lead at halftime.
Decorah's lone score was a Brannan Hogan to Dawson Holkesvik 30-yard connection in the second quarter.
Waverly-Shell Rock (6-0, 4-0 in 3A-3) outgained Decorah (4-2, 2-2), 386-170.
Luke Velky rushed 14 times for 129 yards for the G0-Hawks and completed 11 of 16 passes for 115 more.
— Darin Svenson, correspondent
EAST BUCHANAN 70, POSTVILLE 15 — The Buccaneers rushed for a total of 515 yards and won their homecoming game.
Week 6 coverage
Marion 34, Center Point-Urbana 8
Cedar Rapids Prairie 56, Ottumwa 7
Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Jacob Thompson (26) celebrates with Mitchell Hall (1) after Hall's sack last week. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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