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Western Dubuque at Marion game updates

Sep. 10, 2010 7:43 pm
I'm at Thomas Park for the Western Dubuque vs. Marion Class 3A prep football game.Conditions are great and we're ready fopr Western Dubuque to kickoff to Marion.marion takes first possession and marches 80 yards for a score. Drive capped by a Colton Storla 3-yd. TD run. Tyler Fisher hit Tre Kinney on a 37-yd pass play that was key.Western Dubuque answers with an 88-yd. scoring drive. Matt Kass hits Nick Lenstra on a 4th and goal from the 18 for a TD. Nice fade to the back corner for Lenstra, who made an over-the-shoulder catch. Western Dubuque's passing game took a back seat to the run, surprisingly. Opening drive Mike Kluesener had 35 yards to lead the Bobcats.Marion takes advantage of good field position and converts a key 4th down with a 31-yard pass from Fisher to Dusty Albaugh to take them to the 7-yd line. On his third try inside the 10, Storla gets his second TD with a 2-yd run. Marion up 14-7 with 5:35 to go in first half.Marion gets good field position again, taking over on their own 43. The Indians need only four plays to score. Dusty Albaugh caught a 21-yd. pass to start it and then capped it with a 27-yd run. Marion up 21-7 with 2:02 to go.Western Dubuque puts together an outstanding drive right before the half. Matt Kass goes 6 of 7 for 78 yards, hitting Logan Pitz in the end zone with 45 seconds to go to pull the Bobcats within 21-14. Kass rolled to the right, bided his time, Pitz adjusted and came back to him in the end zone and Kass hit him for the score from 24 yards out.Marion picks off Kass on opening driver of the second half and Tyler Fisher returns it to the WD 27. Storla takes the handoff on the opening play of the possession and rumbles 27 yards for a TD. PAT is blocked and it's 27-14 Marion with 9 minutes to go in 3rd.Quick-strike Indians hit again. After holding Western Dubuque on downs. Marion takes over on their own 43. Trev Biery gets his first carry of the game and bursts through the left side of the line and is off to the races, outrunning Bobcats defenders to the end zone.Marion two plays in the second half and two touchdowns. Marion up, 33-14, with 5:06 to go in 3rd.