
Clarksville (4-2) had a touchdown party on Friday night during its homecoming tilt versus Mark Scott’s Trojans. The Indians scored on eight out of its nine offensive possessions and rocketed themselves to a 60-24 non-district win over the Trojans.
“Clarksville was a much more physical team. We did not block or tackle as well as they did. Missing three starters on defense led to reshuffling positions and it showed,” said Scott, in his 22nd season as head coach of the Trojans.
Clarksville sophomore quarterback Nathan Moon rushed for 241 yards on 29 carries and scored six of the Indians’ touchdowns. Moon is the third-best rusher (956 yards) in 8-Man and the Indians are the sixth-best rushing team in their class with 1,516 yards on the ground.
The Indians led 22-0 after one quarter of play and held a 30-8 advantage at the break.
TV junior quarterback Logan Busta got Turkey Valley on the board for the lone Trojan score of the first half on a nine-yard TD run. He would have a hand in all three of the Trojans’ scores on the evening. He found Tucker Reicks in the end zone from seven yards out in the third quarter and he racked up another rushing touchdown in the final period of play.
Busta would finish with 114 yards on 17 carries. He also passed for 148 yards.
Trojan sophomores Kaden Schmidt (63 yards) and Hugo Busta (50 yards) led TV with six combined catches.
“Offensively we moved the ball well at times but failed to convert in the red zone several times,” said Scott.
Clarksville was able to limit one of 8-Man’s most explosive receivers – Trojan junior wideout J.D. Kruse – to just two catches for 11 yards. Kruse did lead the TV defense with 10.5 tackles.
Hunter Kruse, a junior interior lineman for the Trojans, was next in line in the tackle department with 9.5 and junior defensive lineman Traejin Keel came up with nine stops. TV sophomore defensive end Jordan Kriener registered eight tackles.
Turkey Valley (2-3, 2-1) has given up an average over 58 points per game in its losses and has surrendered over 480 yards of offense in those setbacks to Fremont-Mills, Kee High and Clarksville.
The state of Iowa accepts the top three teams in each of 8-Man’s 10 districts to the postseason round, which will begin on Friday, Oct. 25 for the state’s four smallest classes (8-Man, A, 1A, 2A). 8-Man also allows two at-large teams to qualify for the 32-team playoffs. Turkey Valley was one of those at-large postseason qualifiers last fall.
Turkey Valley hosts Waterloo Christian (2-3, 1-2) in its homecoming game this Friday in Jackson Junction.
TURKEY VALLEY STATS
Rushing – Logan Busta 17-114, Kaden Schmidt 7-31, Hugo Busta 7-25.
Passing – Busta 10-20-148.
Receiving – Schmidt 3-63, H. Busta 3-50, Tucker Reicks 2-24, J.D. Kruse 2-11.
Tackles – Kruse 10.5, Hunter Kruse 9.5, Traejin Keel 9, Jordan Kriener 8, L. Busta 5, Schmidt 3.5, H. Busta 2.5, Eli Holthaus 2, Wyatt Maklenburg 1.5, Mitchell Kriener 0.5.
Kickoff returns – Schmidt 4-10, J.D. Kruse 3-36, Reicks 1-0, H. Kruse 1-0.
Punt returns – J.D. Kruse 1-15.
Kickoffs – J. Kriener 4-147.
Punts – J.D. Kruse 2-71.
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