Cougars Beat Allen, Raise Record to 3-2

October 6, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Northeast Cougars raised their record to 3-2 with 72-6 win over  (2-3) Allen.  They are undefeated in district play with a 2-0 record.  Next up for the Maroon is (1-4) Winside in a home contest.

“We jumped on them early,” said Coach Maresh.  The Cougars scored on their first three possessions and a pick six by Montana Riecken gave them a 28-0 lead.  “It was his pure athletic ability to make a one-hand snag and return it for a TD; you cannot coach that into a player.” stated the Coach.

The junior quarterback continued to lead the offensive attack with 208 yards on the ground and passed for 106.  Riecken scored five touchdowns.

“It was a team effort.  With the big lead we got to sub a lot.  Seven players scored and everyone had a defensive tackle.”

The Cougars piled up 491 total yards.  They rushed for 374 and passed for 117. Northeast had 38 rushes for a 9.8 average.  They went 6 for 7 in passing.

Riecken carried  13 times for 208 yards.  Benny Estrada carried 10 times for 104 yards.  Marcus Hegy added 57 yards and Jacob Whitaker carried for 10 yards.

Riecken passes found Jayden Vetick twice for 36 yards and Jon Christiansen twice for 36 yards and a TD.  Tyler Kroger had a 38 yard reception.   Jacob Whitaker and Dustin Burgett teamed up for an 11 yard TD pass.

The Eagles were limited to 135 yards on the ground and 18 yards passing.  The Cougar defense held them to as meager 2.8 yards for carry and had five takeaways.  Allen completed only four of nine passes with two interceptions.

Maresh added that Marcus Hegy had a standout night.  The senior linebacker had a team-high 13 tackles, 3 being solos.  He caused and recovered a fumble.

Defense

Solo    Assisted     TFL Sack FR FC Int
Marcus Hegy 3 13 1 1
Jacob Whitaker 2 1 1
Jayden Vetick 2 5 1
Mont. Riecken 4 7 1
Dustin Burgett 1 4 .5
Benny Estrada 1
Dean Gibbs 1
Tyler  Hardeman 3 7 1 .5 1
Bren Shatto 2 9 1 .5
Joey O’Connor 1 1 1
Nick Ronnfeldt 3 .5
Jon Christiansen 4 3 1
Tyler Kroger 2 12                     1
Seth Totten 1
Cole Christoffersen 1 1

LDNE 28 24 8 12 -72
Allen 6 0 0 0 -6

1st    Quarter

Hegy 3 yard TD run 8-0
2pt no good

Riecken 10 yard run  16-0
Hegy run good

Riecken 16 yard run  22-0
Pass no good

Riecken 29 INT return  28-0
Run No good

#22 Allen 3 yard run
pass no good 28-6

2nd   Quarter

Hegy 20 yard TD run
Fumble recovery good Nick Ronnfeldt  36-6

Riecken 53 yard TD run               44-6
Hegy run good

24 yard TD pass from Riecken to Christiansen
Hegy run good   52-6

3rd   Quarter

Riecken 55 yard TD run
Riecken pass to Kroger good 60-6

4th   Quarter

Whitaker to Dustin Burgett 11 yard TD pass 66-6
pass no good

Benny Estrada 49 yard TD run 72-6
Run no good

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Lyons-Decatur Northeast Convincingly Beats Bancroft-Rosalie

October 1, 2015 Leave a comment


The Northeast Cougars opened their District Football play with a convincing 60-0 win over (0-4) Bancroft-Rosalie.  The Cougars have a 2-2 season record and are 1-0 in district action.

Northeast pinned the Panthers deep in their territory on their initial possession.  LDNE made the most of the field position as a fumble by the B-R quarterback turned into six points as Jon Christiansen recovered it in the end zone.

Montana Riecken blew the game wide open with three scoring runs in the first quarter.  The junior quarterback had gallops of 42, 37 and 27 as LDNE built a 28-0 in the first quarter.

The Cougars mounted two scoring drives in the second quarter.  Marcus Hegy had 8 and 1 yard scoring rushes.  Hegy added a third score after half time.  Benny Estrada broke a 72 yard run with 41 second to play.

“We came out of the bye week with an attitude,” said Coach Maresh.  “Bancroft as always been a physical team and we were going to be more physical than them.”

The Coach added,  “Cole Christoffersen did a good job of neutralizing the B-R nose guard.  He’s taken on some pretty physical defenders this year and has handled them.”

The stats show how Northeast controlled the line of scrimmage.  B-R had 27 rushes for 115 yards.  The Cougars had 19 more snaps and gained 381 yards on the ground.
Northeast snuffed the Panthers’ passing attempt a they lost four yards.  Northeast passed once for 29 yards.  Total yards were 111 for B-R and 410 for LDNE.

Riecken showed his mastery of the read option as he gained 208 yards on 21 carries.  He passed to Jon Christiansen for 29 yards.  Marcus Hegy gained 96 on 17 tries.  In clean-up action Benny Estrada gained 74 yards with 7 rushes  and Jacob Whitaker  gained 3 yards.

Jon Christiansen stood strong for the Cougar defense.,  The junior had 14 tackles from his corner position.  He recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass.

Jayden Vetick had his best night at defensive end.  Vetick made four tackles and was assisted in four more.  He also had 2 TFLs.  Both linebackers,  Hegy and Shatto had seven tackles.  Riecken had 6 tackles including a TFL.

Others recording tackles were Tyler Henneman with 4 and 1 caused fumble,  Cole Christoffersen with 3 including a TFL,  Jacob Whitaker 1,  Dustin Burgett 1, Benny Estrada 4, Joey O’Connor 1, Nick Ronnfeldt 4,  Tyler Kroger 5.

The Cougars will travel to Allen this Friday.  The Eagles are 2-2 this season and coming off a 58-6 loss to Emerson-Hubbard.

LDNE 28 16 8 8 -60
B-R 0 0 0 0 -0

FIRST QUARTER

LDNE: Jon Christiansen recovered fumble in end zone, run failed, 9:43.

LDNE: Montana Riecken 42 run, Marcus Hegy run, 8:50.

LDNE: Riecken 37 run, Riecken run, 3:56
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LDNE: Riecken 27 run, run failed.

SECOND QUARTER

LDNE: Hegy 8 run, Christiansen run, 6:25.

LDNE: Hegy 1 run, Tyler Kroger pass from Riecken, 2:42.

THIRD QUARTER

LDNE: Hegy 6 run  ,Riecken run, 7:26

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Fourth Quarter

LDNE: Benny Estrada 72 run, Jacob Whittaker run, :41.

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2014 LDNE Football Statistics

November 18, 2014 Leave a comment


Passing

 

Attempts      Comp.         Yards          TDs   QB Rate

Montana Riecken   3                 1                 8                 0        42.4

Chevy Henneman   84                45                650              9        99.8

Season Totals      87               46               658             9        97.8

 

Rushing

 

                             Carries         Yards          Ave.     Long         TDs

Dylan Hardeman    118              673              5.7       60              8

Jacob Whittaker       3                16               5.3       16              0

Montana Riecken   27                242              9.0       26              3

Hunter Ferguson    1                  3              3.0         3             0

Chevy Henneman   165            1103              6.7       55              10

Jon Christiansen    53                370              7.0       64              4

Season Total       367            2407             6.6       64             25

 

Receiving

 

Recep.         Yards          Ave.   Long           TDs

Dylan Hardeman    15                139               9.3    30                3

Jacob Whittaker     7                 14               2.3       5               0

Jayden Vetick        8                 112              14.0   31               1

Montana Riecken   10                223              22.3   36               3

Jon Christiansen    10                170              17.0   38               2

Season Totals      50               658             13.2    38              9

 

Scoring

 

                             TD Pts.       Conv. Pts.   Totals Pts.

Dylan Hardeman    66                8                 74

Jayden Vetick        12                0                 12

Montana Riecken   36                6                 42

Chevy Henneman   60                8                 68

Jon Christiansen    36                2                 38

Season Totals      210             24               234             Ave. =29.3

Defense

 

                             Solo   Asst   Total  TFL   Sack  Fmb Rec   Caus  INT

Dylan Hardeman    34      33      77      3        2        0                 1        0

Jacob Whittaker     3        2        5        0        0        0                 0        0

Jayden Vetick        14      29      42      1        2        2                 0        0

Montana Riecken   20      23      43      2        0        0                 0        0

Tyler Hardeman     22      40      62      2        1.5     0                 0        0

Charles Webb       6        10      16      0        1        0                 0        0

Bren Shatto           11      19      30      0        1        0                 0        0

Chevy Henneman   32      41      73      0        1        2                 2        1

Joey O’Connor      2        7        9        0        1.5     0                 0        0

Jon Christiansen    18      14      32      2        0        0                 1        1

Cole Christoffersen 6      15      21      20      0        0                 0        0

Season Totals      168    233    401    10      10      5                 4        2

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