Decorah, West Branch, Beckman, West Delaware among first-round winners

DECORAH 30, BOONE 17 - Josey Jewell rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns as Decorah downed Boone, 30-17, Wednesday night in a Class 3A first-round high school football playoff game at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.

The Vikings also got 94 rushing yards and two interceptions from Gayge Samuelson. Gavin Nimrod and Austin Ashbacher also had interceptions for Decorah (8-2).

Josh Lee opened the scoring for the Vikings with a 35-yard field goal. Blake Moen completed all five of his passes for 64 yards.

(Reported by Darin Svenson, correspondent)

WEST DELAWARE 37, BALLARD 14 - Sam Lahr rushed for 175 yards and three touchdowns as the Hawks won in Manchester.

Lahr scored on a pair of 2-yard runs in the second quarter after Ballard had taken a 7-0 lead on a 27-yard run by Seth Weeks. He added a 38-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, giving the Hawks a 24-14 lead.

Quarterback Trey MacTaggart added a 1-yard run after a 49-yard punt return put the ball at the Ballard 1 in the third and finished with 80 rushing yards and 93 passing.

Blake Carroll scored West Delaware's final TD on a 31-yard run in the fourth quarter.

(Reported by Bill Logan, correspondent)

DYERSVILLE BECKMAN 27, OSAGE 0 - Connor Golden completed 11 of 21 passes for 231 yards and two touchdowns at the Blazers won at home.

Golden passed 48 yards to Robbie Anstoetter for a TD and 18 yards to Ty Troutman for another. Anstoetter had four catches for 157 yards,

Kirby Kendrick rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown and Derek Hamann added 44 yards and a TD for Beckman (9-1).

(Reported by Rita Mulcahy, correspondent)

WEST BRANCH 42, STARMONT 7 - Cade Jones rushed for 145 yards and three touchdowns as West Branch advanced to the second round of the Class 1A playoffs with a win at home.

Quarterback Brandon Young was in on two Bear touchdowns, passing for 145 yards - including a TD pass to Eli Elliot - and returning a fumble 45 yards for another score.

The Bears defense - led by Elliot's 12 tackles - limited the Stars to 130 total yards, limiting Class 1A second-leading rusher Vinnie Otdoerfer to 83 yards on 24 carries.

(Reported by Jason Miller, correspondent)

WILTON 42, MID-PRAIRIE 20 - Dylan Stapleton ran for 79 yards and four touchdowns and threw for 112 yards to lead Wilton (8-2) to a Class 2A first round victory at home. Koy Snider added 124 yards and two TDs for the Beavers.

Jaemin Powell accounted for all of Mid-Priairie's scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run, a 94-yard kickoff return and and 18-yard TD pass to Kyle Mullet. Mid-Prairie finishes the season 6-4.

GRINNELL 52, WESTERN DUBUQUE 27 - Eli Dunne ran for three touchdowns and passed for another as host Grinnell (8-2) defeated Western Dubuque (6-4) in a Class 3A first round match up. Jordan Ely returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown and Avery Lindley added a 30-yard pick-six for the Tigers.

Grinnell controlled the clock for most of game, finishing with a 31:01 to 16:59 advantage in time of possession.

TURKEY VALLEY 50, NORTH CEDAR 12

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