COLBY FOOTBALL STAYS UNBEATEN WITH ROUT OF ALTOONA
Zaleski Sports
ALTOONA – Three up, three down for the Colby Hornets in 2019.
Colby blasted Altoona 65-0 in Cloverbelt Conference football action Friday night at Altoona High School, remaining undefeated at 3-0 overall and in conference play.
The Hornets scored six first-half touchdowns, three from running back Tyler Klement, and two on passes by quarterback Roman Schmitt.
Klement rushed 14 times for 165 yards, and had TD runs of 1, 15 and 62 yards in the first 13½ minutes of the game, to push the Hornets to a quick 21-0 lead.
Schmitt had scoring throws to Isaac Karl for 52 yards and Harley Schmelzer for 48 yards, and Brent Jeske added a 27-yard touchdown run to make it 43-0 at halftime.
Mason Voss added two TD runs and Tevin Rue added another in the second half to finish off the scoring for Colby.
The Hornets’ defense was just as impressive, holding Altoona (0-3 overall and Cloverbelt) to just 67 total yards and four first downs.
Colby plays a nonconference game at Spring Valley on Friday, Sept. 13.
Hornets 65, Railroaders 0
Colby 14 29 8 14 - 65
Altoona 0 0 0 0 - 0
First Quarter
C – Tyler Klement 1 run (kick good), 8:30.
C – Klement 15 run (kick good), 4:43.
Second Quarter
C – Klement 62 run (kick good), 10:32.
C – Isaac Karl 52 pass from Roman Schmitt (run failed), 6:47.
C – Harley Schmelzer 48 pass from Schmitt (PAT run good), 4:10.
C – Brent Jeske 27 run (PAT run good), 2:09.
Third Quarter
C – Mason Voss 3 run (Karl pass from Jeske), 7:08.
Fourth Quarter
C – Voss 5 run (PAT run good), 7:36.
C – Tevin Rue 25 run (run failed), 0:40.
Team Statistics
First downs: Colby 13; Altoona 4.
Rushing (att-yards): Colby 35-321; Altoona 20-42.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): Colby 5-7-145-0; Altoona 3-10-25-2.
Total yards: Colby 466; Altoona 67.
Penalties (no.-yards): Colby 4-31; Altoona 2-22.
Fumbles (total-lost): Colby 1-0; Altoona 4-1.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: C, Tyler Klement 14-165, Mason Voss 6-33, Brent Jeske 1-27, Gavino Lopez 3-26, Tevin Rue 1-25, Mateo Lopez 1-19, Caden Healy 2-12, Andrew Jeske 2-6, Carter Grewe 2-5, Mason Schmutzler 1-5, Roman Schmitt 2-minus 2. A, Paxton Gluch 8-40, Dawson Sahm 1-10, Nate McMahon 4-3, Tanner Kircher 1-2, Tommy Tomesh 1-minus 1, Donovan Adrian 1-minus 2, Zavondre Cole 1-minus 3, No. 41 (no name listed) 3-minus 7.
Passing: C, Schmitt 5-7-145-0. A, McMahon 3-10-25-2.
Receiving: C, Harley Schmelzer 2-63, Joe Hawthorne 2-30, Isaac Karl 1-52. A, Marsten Salsbury-Parks 1-12, Gluch 1-7, Adrian 1-16.
Records: Colby 3-0 overall and Cloverbelt Conference; Altoona 0-3 overall and Cloverbelt Conference.