Iola High’s 2010 Fall Homecoming king Ralph Shafer was one of the leading tacklers for the Mustangs Friday night.
That was about as good as it got for the Mustangs against Columbus High’s Titans. The Titans set the tone of the game on the opening kickoff and never allowed the Mustangs in the game.
Columbus won the Southeast Kansas League game 47-6. And even though the Mustangs held the Titans scoreless in the third quarter, it didn’t prevent triggering the running clock at the end for a third straight game.
The Titans were up 40-0 by halftime.
Shafer had one solo tackle which was for a loss and five assisted tackles. Charles Apt and Jerrik Sigg each had three unassisted tackles and four assisted.
Sigg, Kyle Heffern, Stephen McDonald and Devon Burton each had a tackle for loss. Jacob Rhoads made three solo tackles.
Why the list of tackles first? Iola was on defense most of the night.
Iola had 29 yards rushing and 30 yards through the air by intermission.Columbus had 21 carries for 120 yards and 99 yards passing by halftime.
“We’re coaching as best we can and the kids are playing as hard as they can. We’re just not winning. We’re not getting it done,” said Rick Horton, Mustang head coach.
Tyler Elmore returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown. The Titans had a 10-play drive go 51 yards resulting in a touchdown pass from Travis Jones to Taylor Spear.
Owen Jordan, who shared quarterback duties with Jones, ran 49 yards to paydirt. That was all in the first quarter.
Three Mustang interceptions led to three Titan touchdowns in the second quarter. Jordan picked off a pass by Apt and went 61 yards for the score with 55 seconds left.
Elmore scored his third touchdown of the night capping a nine-play drive with 8:06 left in the game.
The Mustangs drove d 60 yards against Columbus’ reserves. Marcus Sullivan had a 22-yard run and a five-yard run on the drive.
A personal foul penalty on Columbus pushed Iola to Titan 26-yard line. Apt connected with Sigg for the touchdown at the 2:15 mark.
Sullivan finished with 34 yards on 11 cares and Apt had 31 yards on nine carries.
Iola rushed for 83 yards on 23 carries. Apt was 10 of 32 for 89 yards passing. He had the touchdown throw and three interceptions.
Sigg caught six passes for 43 yards. Clint Heffern and Dylan Allen each caught two passes for 19 yards.Allen had one catch for eight yards.
The Mustangs (0-4) hosts Chanute High’s Blue Comets in SEK play next Friday.
Kyle Heffern had three assisted tackles. McDonald, Allen, Burton and Rhoads each had two assisted stops. Sullivan made two solo stops and one assisted.
Shepherd had two half quarterback sacks combining with Sullivan and Zack Vaughn, who also had an assisted tackle.
Rhoads forced a fumble which Sigg recovered in the second half. Brad Bazo, Zack Crawford and Tyler Clubine each had a solo tackle.
Columbus 20-20-0-7—47
Iola 0-0-0-6—6
Columbus — Elmore 90 yd kickoff return (Ohara kick)
Columbus — Spear 13 yd pass from Jones (kick failed)
Columbus — Jordan 49 yd run (Ohara kick)
Columbus — Elmore 10 yd run (Ohara kick)
Columbus — Alberty 8 yd run (kick failed)
Columbus — Jordan 61 yd interception return (Ohara kick)
Columbus — Elmore 1 yd run (Ohara kick)
Iola — Sigg 26 yd pass from Apt (pass failed)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Iola-Sullivan 11-34, Apt 9-31, Sigg 3-8. Columbus-Alberty 18-81, Jordan 5-67, Elmore 4-10, Jones 9-2.
Passing: Iola-Apt 10-32-89-3. Columbus-Jones 11-17-140-0, Jordan 1-1-1-0.
Receiving: Iola-Sigg 6-43, C. Heffern 2-19, Allen 2-19, Sullivan 1-8. Columbus Spear 4-57, Elmore 4-43, Jordan 1-24, Albert 1-9, D. Morris 1-9, Conrad 1-(1).
Punting: Iola-K. Heffern 5-144 (29 yd avg.). Columbus-Ohara 3-87 (29 yd avg.)
