August 28, 2018 By Chris Varney
Here are the top performances by local high school football teams from Week #1
Rushing
Cooper Andressan, Senior, English Valleys 15 carries, 184 yards, 2 TD Win 74-18
Trevin Straight, Junior, Belle Plaine 27 carries, 173 yards, 2 TD Lost 34-22
Trey Schearer, Sophomore, Montezuma 13 carries, 168 yards, 2 TD (70) Lost 36-25
Also passed 12-35, 293 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Noah Bandstra, Senior, East Marshall 26 carries, 164 yards, 2 TD Lost 26-12
Gage Vander Leest, Senior, Lynnville Sully 20 carries, 141 yards, 1 TD (71) Win 24-0
Gage Hazen Fabor, Senior, Williamsburg 24 carries, 130 yards, 1 TD Lost 27-14
Ben Smith, Junior, Iowa Valley 18 carries, 127 yards, 2 TD Win 46-32
Noah Mumby, Senior, Iowa Valley 20 carries, 123 yards, 2 TD
Matt Davis, Senior, Benton 12 carries, 125 yards, 3 TD Win 45-13
Cameron Bannister, Senior, West Marshall 21 carries, 122 yards Win 27-14
Threw for 158 yards, 3 TD
Noah Beck, Junior, BGM 18 carries, 120 yards, 1 TD Win 35-24
Drew Coffman, Senior, Grinnell 17 carries, 102 yards, 1 TD Win 27-12
Also threw for 101 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Passing
Scott Tibbetts, Senior, BGM 5-12, 138 yards, 2 TD, rushing TD
Receiving
Eddie Burgess, Freshman, Montezuma 5 catches, 167 yards, 57 yard TD
Devon Maxfield, Senior, BGM 3 catches, 125 yards, 2 TD
Jack Shaw, Senior, Benton 6 catches, 114 yards, 2 TD
Defense/Special Teams
Smith, Iowa Valley 16 tackles
Joe Halverson, Senior, West Marshall 15 tackles
Bandstra, East Marshall 13 tackles
Ethan Gates, Senior, Belle Plaine 11.5 tackles
Luke Groves, Senior, North Mahaska 11.5 tackles Lost 69-6
Jaedon Probasco, Senior, Montezuma 10.5 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 fumble recovery
Ty Breeden, Senior, Lynnville Sully 10 tackles
Seth Thompson, Junior, English Valleys 2 interceptions (team had 5 takeaways)