Published: October 24, 2009 01:18 am      

AREA FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Bellevue headed to playoffs

ALBURNETT — Bellevue earned a trip to the postseason, beating Alburnett 43-6 on Friday to close the regular season in Class 1A District 4.

The Comets (6-3, 4-3 district) entered the night tied with North Linn for the final postseason spot in the district but had the head-to-head tiebreaker edge. Alburnett finished the season winless at 0-9, 0-7.

With the 152 yards of rushing, senior running back Chase Junk was able to produce a 1,000-yard season. Junk needed 146 yards to hit the mark and ended up with 1,006 rushing yards for the regular season.

Scoring by quarters

Bellevue 16 27 0 0 — 43

Alburnett 0 6 0 0 — 6

First quarter

B — Bret Boeckenstedt 1 run. (Chris Schoeder, run)

B — Chase Junk 3 run, 5:49. (Junk, run)

Second quarter

B — Junk 7 run, 11:54. (Zach Reed, kick)

A — Kyle Iboreson 17 pass from Jacob Sevening, 6:40. (Pass failed)

B — Junk 66 run, 6:27. (Reed, kick)

B — Junk 4 run, 4:44. (Reed, kick)

B — Chris Schmidt 5 run, :27. (Kick failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Bellevue, Trevor Roling 4-8, Bret Boeckenstedt 3-6, Chris Schroeder 3-25, Chase Junk 22-152 ,Chris Schmidt 5-12.

PASSING — Bellevue, Bret Boeckenstedt 2-5 39.

RECEIVING — Bellevue, Dereck Hammann 1-20, Bryan Jess 1-19.

Sabers miss postseason

VINTON — Central DeWitted missed a chance to return to the postseason with a 30-8 loss on Friday to Vinton-Shellsburg, which claimed the final playoff spot from Class 3A District 4.

Maquoketa forced to the road

LA PORTE CITY — Union High School forced Maquoketa to hit the road for the substate round of postseason with a 40-0 victory over the Cardinals on Friday in Iowa Class 3A District 4.

Maquoketa entered the game with a one-game lead over Union, but the win allowed the Knights to earn a second-place tie with Maquoketa and claim the No. 2 seed in the district via the head-to-head tiebreaker. Both teams finished the regular season 7-2, 5-2 in the district.

Rebels gain momentum

GOOSE LAKE — Northeast beat Maquoketa Valley 25-6 on Friday in a tuneup for the postseason. The Rebels had already locked up second place in Class 1A District 4 and a home substate game.

“We played well and we ran the ball extremely well,” Northeast coach Jeremy Mosier said.

Running back Tanner Loots ran for 189 yards and a touchdown for Northeast, which finished the regular season 7-2. Maquoketa Valley finished 2-7.

Scoring by quarters

Maquoketa Valley 0 0 0 6 — 6

Northeast 0 13 6 6 — 25

Second quarter

N — Tanner Loots 10 run, 7:15. (Tanner Voss, kick)

N — Spencer Lueders 24 pass from Jed Rogis, :23. (Kick failed)

Third quarter

N — Mitchell Bielenberg 6 run, 5:49. (Kick failed)

Fourth quarter

N — Kody Moehr 7 run, 3:57. (Kick failed)

MV — Jacob Croyle 87 kick return, 3:41. (2 pt conversion failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Northeast, Mitchell Bielenberg 10-60, Tanner Loots 30-189, Kody Moehr 8-17, Michael Packham 6-21.

PASSING — Northeast, Jed Rogis 4-6-69.

RECEIVING —Northeast, Spencer Lueders 1-24, CJ Herrington 1-17, Tanner Kleppe 1-17, Mitchell Bielenberg 1-11.

Thunder fall to top-ranked Dakota

SAVANNA, Ill. — West Carroll lost to Illinois Class 1A No. 1-ranked Dakota 20-12 on Friday night.

The Indians led 12-6 at halftime and 20-6 with eight minutes left in the game. West Carroll scored to make it a one-score game with 3:51 remaining on a pass from Ethan Baisden to Jorden Speer. But the Thunder couldn’t complete the comeback.

Scoring by quarters

Dakota 6 6 0 8 — 20

West Carroll 6 0 0 6 — 12

First quarter

W — Dave Walters 7 run, 7:39. (Joey Sullivan run failed)

D — Evan Dornick 1 run, :05. (Pass failed)

Second quarter

D — Tommy Bowers 3 run, 5:42. (Run failed)

Fourth quarter

D — Tommy Bowers 2 run, 8:17. (Evan Dornick 1.5 run)

W — Ethan Baisden 2 pass to Jorden Speer, 3:51. (Joey Sullivan run failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Dakota, Dornick 20-180, Bowers 20-80, Oberburnner 7-8. West Carroll, Ethan Baisden 12-47, David Walters 13-29, Tyler Stricker 4-13.

PASSING — Dakota, Oberburnner 1-5-8. West Carroll, Ethan Baisden 8-11-68.

RECEIVING — Dakota, Dornick 1-8. West Carroll, Adam Fergueson 2-27, Jorden Speer 3-23, Joey Sullivan 1-11.

Newman beats Panthers

PROPHETSTOWN, Ill. — Sterling Newman guaranteed itself a berth in the Illinois playoffs with a 48-0 win against Erie/Prophetstown on Friday in the Big Rivers Conference.

The Comets improved to 6-3 overall and in the conference, while the Panthers fell to 3-6.

Scoring by quarters

Newman 16 12 14 6 — 48

Erie/Prophetstown 0 0 0 0 — 0

First quarter

S Wilson 5 run, 3:08. (Run, good)

S Hanlon 20 pass to Schreiner, 2:08. (Run, good)

Second quarter

S — Blessman 28 run, 9:35. (Run failed)

S — Blessman 6 run, 5:30. (Run failed)

Third quarter

S — Hubbard 4 run, 8:55. (Run failed)

S — T. Wilson 4 run, 5:21. (Run, good)

Fourth quarter

S — Lemay 6 run, 8:40. (Run failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Newman, A. Hubbard 11-49, J. Hanlon 5-30, J. Blessman 7-54, T. Wilson 5-85, J. Propheter 3-10, S. Campbell 5-26, J. Lemay 4-26. Erie/Prophetstown, J. Majeski 10-48, T. Jackson 1-16.

PASSING — Newman, Hanlon 2-2-49. Erie/Prophetstown, Jackson 6-0-0.

RECEIVING — Newman, A. Schreiner 1-20, S Wilson 1-29.