The Cowboy football team opened their season in a big way with a 41-6 road win over neighboring Eagle Grove. Nevan Foss galloped 78 yards for a score on a kick return and took off on a 61-yard run for another, with Coady Olson grabbing an eight yard TD pass from Ethan Traub. Garrett Seaba dashed into the endzone from two yards out.
“I would say we started out slow, then we responded as the game went on,” stated first year head coach Caleb Vogel. “There were a lot of good things and bad things we did, both offensively and defensively. A number of our players stepped up. I told the guys from day 1 that we cannot overlook the Eagles. We were able to go over there on a business trip, take care of what we needed to do and head back home.”
Foss rumbled for 85 total yards on 12 carries (7.1 average), with Seaba totaling 30 yards, Cale Kirstein 26 and Traub 18. Traub connected on five of 10 through the air for 65 yards for a final 104.6 rating. Olson caught two balls for 35 total yards (17.5 yd. avg.), Mack Seaba one for 24 yards and Preston Gardner one for 12 yards.
Janasch Roesner kicked off six times for a 38.1-yard average, while Brallon Gomez punted once for 15 yards. In addition to the Foss kick return for a score, Gardner returned one for 10 yards. Landon Olson returned three punts for a 1.7-yard average.
Foss made eight solo tackles and had 10.0 total. Diego Gonzalez made seven solo stops and had 9.5 total. Nash Lienemann had six solo and 6.5 total. Mack Seaba and Garrett Seaba had four solo tackles each, wiyth mack making 4.5 total and Garrett 4.0. Cale Kirstein had two solo and 3.0 total, while Colin Kirstein had two solo and 2.5 total. Erick Perez also had two solo and 2.5 total. Gardner, Landon Olson and Reid Huntley all had two solo and a 2.0 total. Coady Olson, Wyatt DeCoster, Caleb Seaba, Linden Johnson, Caden Hankins, Mason Allen, Bryce Lindaman, Cole Rethman, Lucas Parcel and Nick Sisson all finished with one solo stop apiece. Foss picked off a pass, while Gardner, Perez and Hankins all recovered a fumble each.
“Our goal from day one is to be 1-0 and we accomplished that last Friday night,” said Vogel. “We are far from being done. We have a lot of unfinished business left to do.”
This week: Cowboys at home vs. Belmond-Klemme:
The Broncos come to town off a 21-6 loss to AGWSR. “We have a big task ahead of us in this game,” said Vogel. “We cannot go into this game and think we can rollover them. It will be a dogfight from start to finish. The Broncos will come ready to play, and how we respond will determine the outcome. It will be a good game. I am excited about this week and I know our team is as well. We must continue to practice hard each and every day and continue to get better. We must focus on the small things and get better at those before we move onto bigger and better things. From both sides of the ball, we need to continue to do whatever it takes to win the game. We cannot let negative plays affect us. We need to trust the process and believe in ourselves that we can do this. It takes all 42 of us to get that done.”
