Sterling Jets vs Shickley
Septermber 7, 2007
By Arlo Wusk
September 11, 2007
Shickley 40 Sterling 18
Bret Carlson rushed for 160 yards and scored 3 touchdown in
leading the longhorns to the victory.
Carlson got the scoring started for Shickley on a 50 yard run. Kyle
Davis converted the PAT. Sterling responded when Brandon Nieveen
cashed in the Jets following drive with a 18 yard run. The PAT run
failed. Shickley came right back with 2 more scoring runs by Davis
which covered 19 and 33 yards. Jaron Nelson converted the 2nd PAT.
Shickley entered the 2nd quarter with a 22-6 lead.
Sterling opened the 2nd quarter scoring with a 5 yard run by Shane
Sears. The PAT run failed. Shickley answered right back with
Carlson cashing in from 17 yards out. The PAT kick failed. The
halftime score was Shickley 28 Sterling 12.
Carlson kept the momentum on the longhorns side entering the 3rd
quarter with a 39 yard scoring run.
The PAT pass failed. Jaron Nelson got in on the act when he found
the endzone from 9 yards out. The PAT pass failed. Sterling only
score of the 2nd half came late in the 3rd quarter when Nieveen
found Jake Saathoff open from 19 yards out. The PAT run failed.
That turned out to be the final score of the night with Shickley
coming out ahead 40-18.
Leading rushers for the Jets were as follows:
Sears 95 yards on 18 carries, Nieveen 78 yards and 21 carries,
Trevor Bessey 34 yards on 14 carries, William Wirthele 28 yards on
4 carries, Saathoff 5 yards on 2 carries, Jese Salberg 5 yards on 1
carry, and Jake Wenzl -2 yards on 1 carry.
Nieveen was 3 of 13 passing for 63 yards.
Saathoff hauled in all 3 for 63 yards.
Defensive leaders for the Jets were as follows:
Saathoff 5 tackles, 6 assists, Nieveen 4 tackles, 3 assists, Devin
Heusman 3 tackles, 4 assists, Zach Lempka 2 tackles, 7 assists, W.
Wirthele 2 tackles, 4 assists, Shane Benson 2 tackles, 3 assists,
Kyle Lowmack 1 tackle, 3 assists, Wenzl 1 tackle, 2 assists, Jake
Wirthele 1 tackle, 1 assist, D.J. Thiel
5 assists, Wade Hunt 5 assists, Neil Pella 5 assists, Franklin
Boyer-Sears 1 assist, and Sears 1 assist.
" We had trouble containing their option game all night long.
Carlson is one of the best quarterbacks we've seen at running
that(the option)in a long time. We had guys in position a lot of
times to stop him, but to no avail. Davis was a real horse at
fullback as well. But in our defense, if we had a couple of things
break our way, we were right there in the ballgame. But it wasn't
to be. We will continue working hard in practice and hopefully
better things will happen for us as the season progresses."
Sterling's next game is Sept. 14th vs Freeman in Sterling. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m
