Week 3 Roundup

Linn-Mar scored on its four four possessions and routed Clinton, 49-7, last night in a high school football game at Clinton.

Perrion Scott rushed for 147 yards — all in the first half — and scored four touchdowns as the Lions improved to 3-0.

'We're 3-0 and we're glad to get there, and this is a week where we got better,' Lions Coach Bob Forsyth said.

— Zach James, Clinton Hearld

DUBUQUE SENIOR 34, C.R. PRAIRIE 28 — Prairie nearly pulled of a spectacular comeback in Dubuque.

Down 34-7 at the start of the final quarter at Dalzell Field, the Hawks (1-2) scored 21 unanswered points and came within a Hail Mary pass of topping the undefeated Rams (3-0).

After struggling most of the game, Trey Beckman caught fire to throw three touchdown passes in the games final seven minutes — 15-yards to Jalen Rima, 14-yards to Coen Brown and 23 yards to Rima again.

Beckman finished with 308 yards, 146 of which went to Jojuan Simpson, who didn't find the end zone, but stretched the field all night.

— Andrew Brunner, Dubuque Telegraph-Herald

NORTH SCOTT 24, C.R. KENNEDY 6 — Matt Sacia admitted he was sort of skeptical about this whole district football business.

The North Scott quarterback kind of liked playing against just the Mississippi Athletic Conference schools. The idea of playing schools from Cedar Rapids and Dubuque and other places during the regular season just didn't sound like much fun.

But after his first experience against a non-MAC opponent last night, he thinks this might grow on him.

Sacia rolled up 273 yards of total offense and the North Scott defense did lots of bending but very little breaking as the Lancers rolled to a victory Lancer Stadium.

'It's a lot of fun because you get to see how your team can match up with teams from all across the state that you've never really played before,'' Sacia said.

The senior QB finished with 112 yards rushing in 17 carries and also completed 10 of 17 passes for 161 yards.

— Quad City Times

ANAMOSA 31, TIPTON 15 — A pair of Kolin Schulte touchdown passes at the end of the second quarter propelled the Raiders to their second win in a row.

Schulte, who finished 7 of 10 for 72 yards, hit Tyler Zumbach from 11 yards out. Then, after a Tipton turnover, found Daniel Husmann for an 18-yard touchdown less than a minute later.

The TDs help Anamosa (2-1) to a 17-7 halftime lead.

Schulte also led the Raiders in rushing with 84 yards on 10 carries. Husmann added 69 yards on six rushes.

— Daryl Schepanksi, correspondent

Monticello 38, Camanche 14

— Monticello junior quarterback David Gray completed 15 of 17 passes for 335 yards and five touchdowns as the host Panthers (1-0, 1-2) picked up their first win of the season.

Jesse Iben caught three passes for 103 yards and three touchdowns. Jarrett Easton had 92 receiving yards and Aaron Gearhart 91. Peyton Paddock blocked a punt out of the Camanche end zone for a safety and had an interception.

Camanche quarterback Blake Bialas completed 14 of 26 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns, both to Brady Beal.

— Pete Temple, correspondent

DECORAH 9, INDEPENDENCE 3

— Drake Schuring's 29-yard touchdown run with 2:49 left in the game lifted the Vikings to a win at home.

Down 3-0 in the fourth, Andy Sikkink tied the game on a 27-yard field with 9:19 left. An Aaron Syverson interception set up the game-winning drive.

Jacob Leep led the Vikings with 70 rushing yards and also had two sacks.

— Darin Svenson, correspondent

NORTH CEDAR 50, ALBURNETT 19

— Jayden Johnson and Ian Malaby connected repeatedly in the first half as the Knights cruised to an easy road victory against the Pirates.

North Cedar scored 34 unanswered points in the first half in five consecutive drives – all touchdown passes from quarterback Jayden Johnson, four of which went to Malaby. Johnson also had a 75-yard touchdown pass to Brendan Sander, who broke a tackle at his own 30 then ran for the score.

Johnson finished the game 17 of 23 for 317 yards and the five scores. Malaby had 11 catches for 213 yards and four touchdowns.

ELKADER CENTRAL 76, SPRINGVILLE 29

— Nathan Fitzgerald rushed for 383 yards and nine touchdowns as the Warriors won at home. Derek Erhardt completed 10 of 18 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown.

MID-PRAIRIE 35, LOUISA-MUSCATINE 3

— Nolan Faselt rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown and Ryan Cortum passed for 137 yards and two TDs as the Hawks won in Wellman.

Cortum completed just 3 of 8 passes, but had 35- and 86-yard TD passes to Jacob Kukezke and Colin Weber.

NORTH-LINN 42, STARMONT 36 (OT) — Jacob Rawson scored the game-winning touchdown for the Lynx in overtime at home.

Rawson finished the game with 203 yards on 27 rushes and two touchdowns and had two receptions along with another touchdown. Logan Novak completed 15 of 30 passes for 125 yards and two touchdowns for the Lynx.

LISBON 16, EASTON VALLEY 14

WEST BRANCH 45, WEST BURLINGTON 0

CENTRAL CITY 58, CEDAR VALLEY CHRISTIAN 36:

Scheduling was not kind to Central City. The Wildcats faced two highly ranked eight-man opponents the first two weeks and had yet to score.

That changed last night.

Central City (1-2) dominated the second half of what had been a back-and-forth battle to rout Cedar Valley Christian (1-2), 58-36 at Cornell College.

CASCADE 44, MARION 16:

CASCADE — Football is a game of inches. It's also a game of shoelaces.

Derek Lieurance and Class 2A, No. 10 Cascade proved that in a 44-16 victory last night over Marion.

'Derek frustrates me a little bit sometimes because he takes a few too many shots,' Cascade Coach Tim Frake said. 'But when he makes a play like that, you just pat him on the back and say good job.'