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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Prep Football: Polar Bears roll up 50-13 victory
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By JAMIE BAKER

Staff Writer

DOLA -- Van Buren dug itself a hole Friday night.

And Hardin Northern buried the Black Knights.

Hardin Northern scored three times before four minutes had ticked off the clock as the Polar Bears dumped the Black Knights 50-13 in a Blanchard Valley Conference game.

Trouble started early for the Black Knights (0-4) as the ball was snapped over punter Clay Sudlow's head causing a safety on just their fourth play from scrimmage.

Hardin Northern took full advantage. Tommy Wheeler powered through Van Buren defenders for a 37-yard touchdown run on the Polar Bears' opening play.

After a 12-yard punt on Van Buren's next possession, Hardin Northern quarterback Reid Parsons hit Wheeler in stride for a 41-yard touchdown pass.

It was on a 3rd-and-14 situation and gave the Polar Bears a 16-0 lead with 8:13 still left in the first quarter.

Van Buren's offense came into the game scoring just 6.7 points per game. Trailing by two scores early seemed to set the tone.

"At this stage of development of our team that's a hole we can't get into," said Van Buren coach Jeremy Nutter. "There's no question these games are 48 minutes long and we have to play every single one of them. That's my fault and we have to do a better job at everything."

It was more of the same in the second quarter.

Joe Walter scored on runs of 10 and 11 yards and Clint Brunow added a 3-yard scoring surge as the Polar Bears went into the lockerroom up 36-0.

"I didn't know what to expect. They had played some tougher teams," said Hardin Northern coach Pete Brunow, whose team evened its record at 2-2 with a win on its Senior Night.

"I think maybe we're a little better than we think we are. Our game plan was good tonight and the kids executed. That was the bottom line."

Wheeler, who picked up 172 of Hardin Northern's 372 rushing yards, added his third score on a 60-yard run on the Polar Bears' first possession of the second half.

Reed Poling capped the scoring with a 6-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Van Buren, meanwhile, did finish with 147 yards on the ground most it coming in the fourth quarter when the two teams' backups were doing battle.

Van Buren's Logan Eaton scored on a 2-yard run with 9:49 left in the game. Ryan Adolph, the team's third quarterback, fired a 16-yard touchdown pass to Alec Rampe on the final play of the game.



Van Buren 0 0 0 13 -- 13

Hadrin Northern 16 20 7 7 -- 50

First Quarter

HN -- Safety

HN -- Wheeler 37 run (Steiner kick)

HN -- Wheeler 41 pass from Parsons (Steiner kick)

Second Quarter

HN -- Walter 11 run (Steiner kick)

HN -- Walter 10 run (Steiner kick)

HN -- Brunow 3 run (kick failed)

Third Quarter

HN -- Wheeler 60 run (Steiner kick)

Fourth Quarter

VB -- Eaton 2 run (Erwin kick)

HN -- Poling 6 run (Steiner kick)

VB -- Rampe 16 pass from Adolph (no attempt)

VB HN

First Downs 7 17

Rushes-yards 29-147 61-372

Passing Yards 41 40

Comp-Att-Int 5-20-1 1-3-0

Punts-Avg. 4-34.3 10-25.7

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0

Penalties-Yards 2-30 5-30

individual statistics

rushing -- Van Buren, Roszman 1(-1), Lucas 3-55, Kieffer 13-39, Eaton 7-45, Sexton 2-4, DeVore 1-35, Adolph 1(-7), Team 1-(-23). Hardin Northern, Wheeler 11-172, Walter 12-39, Brunow 15-61, Parsons 2-4, Shepherd 3-40, Poling 4-1, Thomson 5-10, Garman 4-35, Steiner 3-15.

passing -- Van Buren, Kieffer 3-13-1, 19; Lucas 0-2-0, 0; Adolph 2-5-0, 21. Hardin Northern, Parsons 1-3-0, 41.

receiving -- Van Buren, Rampe 2-21, Anderberry 1-10, Erwin 1-6, Roszman 1-3. Hardin Northern, Wheeler 1-41.

Baker: 419-427-8409,

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