Belmond-Klemme came to town last Friday and left with a 45-13 win as the Cowboys still search for a first win of their own. Nevan Foss provided the bulk of the scoring, galloping in on a 56-yard rushing touchdown and scooping up a fumble for a 25-yard run to paydirt. Artemio Gonzalez tacked on the PAT.
Foss totaled 84 yards on 10 totes of the pigskin, with Cale Kirstein the only other in positive yardage at 12 on six carries. Shane Conlon was 7 of 12 for 75 yards, with two picks and a final 110.8 QB rating. Coady Olson caught two balls for 40 yards, Mateo Martinez two passes for 23 yards and Foss two for 16 yards.
Gonzalez had four kickoffs for a 36.0-yard average, while Kain Nelson booted four punts for a 31.5-yard average. Foss returned four kicks for 40 total yards, wit Martinez returning two for 36 total yards. Bryce Allen made four solo tackles and 8.0 total, while Aiden Harrington made four solo and 7.0 total. Nelson had four solo and 4.5 total tackles and Kirstein three solo and 4.0 total. Trenton Jergenson had two solo and 5.5 total stops, Foss two solo and 4.0 total and Erick Perez two solo and 2.5 total. Rafael Jimenez had one solo and 2.0 total, with both Martinez and Preston Gardner making one total and 1.5 total.
“The Broncos lined up and played more physical than we did,” stated head coach Tim Morrison. “We could not stop the run on defense, and we could not establish the line on offense. When you lose the battle at the line of scrimmage as much as we did, it’s going to be hard to win a football game. We are not a very tough team right now and we’ve got to get back to work this week in practice in order to play better.”
This week: Cowboys versus Pocahontas Area-“PAC is a good football team,” said Morrison. “They do a great job of spacing the field on offense and making you cover many different areas of the field. Defensively, they are physical up front and play an aggressive, blitzing style defense. We have another challenge ahead of us this week.”
