COLBY FOOTBALL WHIPS FALL CREEK, REMAINS UNBEATEN IN CLOVERBELT

Zaleski Sports

FALL CREEK – Colby scored six touchdowns in the first quarter and went on to crush Fall Creek 59-0 in a Cloverbelt Conference football game Friday night at Fall Creek High School.

The Hornets improve to 4-1 overall and remain unbeaten at 4-0 in the Cloverbelt. The next two weeks will go a long way in deciding Colby’s fate in the conference championship race. Colby plays at Spencer/Columbus (3-2, 3-1 Cloverbelt) on Sept. 27, and hosts Eau Claire Regis (5-0 overall and Cloverbelt) on Oct. 4.

Colby running back Tyler Klement touched the ball just four times Friday night, and scored on three of them. He had touchdown runs 6, 42 and 8 yards in the first quarter as the Hornets cruised out to a 43-0 lead.

Quarterback Roman Schmitt added a 24-yard touchdown run, Joe Hawthorne returned a punt 50 yards for a score, and Gavino Lopez had a 53-yard touchdown run in the first quarter as well for the Hornets.

Ross Elmhorst and Isaac Raatz each added TD runs in the second half to finish off the scoring for Colby.

Hornets 59, Crickets 0

Colby 43 0 8 8 - 59

Fall Creek 0 0 0 0 - 0

First Quarter

C – Tyler Klement 6 run (32 run), 11:16.

C – Klement 42 run (22 run), 9:03.

C – Roman Schmitt 24 run (pass failed), 7:08.

C – Klement 8 run (55 kick), 5:03.

C – Joe Hawthorne 50 punt return (55 kick), 2:58.

C – Gavino Lopez 53 run (55 kick), 0:31.

Third Quarter

C – Ross Elmhorst run (7 run), 6:02.

Fourth Quarter

C – Isaac Raatz 3 run (27 run), 5:42.

Team Statistics

First downs: Colby 9; Fall Creek 4.

Rushing (att-yards): C 24-270; FC 33-24.

Passing (comp-att-yards-int): C 2-2-46-0; FC 5-10-60-1.

Total yards: C 316; FC 84.

Penalties (no.-yards): C 4-35; FC 6-45.

Fumbles (total-lost): C 1-0; FC 4-1.

Individual Statistics

Rushing: C, Gavino Lopez 2-77, Tyler Klement 4-72, Mason Voss 3-42, Roman Schmitt 1-24, Mateo Lopez 4-20, Ross Elmhorst 2-15, Isaac Raatz 3-10, Andrew Jeske 1-4, Tucker Meyer 1-minus 1, Tristan Rue 1-minus 3. FC, Zachri Youngquist 2-13, Jack Monnier 9-8, Gabe Schmitt 1-7, No. 38 (no name provided) 3-5, Riley Wathke 4-3, Caleb VanDong 2-1, 3 1-0, Cameron Martzke 1-minus 3.

Passing: C, Schmitt 1-1-38-0, Brent Jeske 1-1-8-0. FC, Brock Laube 4-8-37-1, Ben Kelly 1-2-23-0.

Receiving: C, Harley Schmelzer 1-38, Mason Schmutzler 1-8. FC, Sebastian Maher 2-25, Leo Hagberg 1-23, Monnier 1-11, Wathke 1-1.

Records: Colby 4-1, 4-0 Cloverbelt Conference; Fall Creek 0-5 overall and Cloverbelt Conference.