Adair-Casey hosts Lamoni with heavy District race implications in tow
By Drew Herron - NT Sports Editor / Fri. Sept. 13, 2013
ADAIR – It doesn’t come as a big surprise that the Bombers enter their fourth game still perfect at 3-0.
Whether the same can be said about Lamoni is debatable, but what’s not been open for debate is the effectiveness of either teams’ offense.
Lamoni is averaging 63.3 points-per-game through its’ first three week in smashing Moravia, Grandview Park Baptist, and Tri-County of Thornburg.
Wins came 82-14, 60-12 and 48-6, and Lamoni has enacted the mercy rule in all three of its contests.
Those are good numbers, almost as impressive as this week’s opposition, Adair-Casey.
The No. 5-ranked Bombers currently boast the state’s second most productive offense, second only to Southwest Valley (combined from last year’s Corning and Villisca teams).
AC has already amassed 1,125 yards on the ground, coupled with 295 yards passing. The Bombers average 8.9 yards per play and score on average better than eight touchdowns per game.
“It’s going to be a fun game,” AC head coach Wade Anderson said this week. “Chances are there are going to be a lot of points put up on the board, and it should be a great atmosphere to be part of.”
Lamoni brings a balanced offense that lacks a clear focal point to attack. Three different players have at least 132 yards rushing on the season, and another (Caleb Heltenberg) has hauled in seven catches for 156 yards and four TDs.
With Lamoni’s multiple means to move the ball, AC is stressing defensive discipline.
“They are a very talented team that’s put up a ton of points, and their defense has been able to shut down teams as well,” coach Anderson says. “We need to play responsibility football. They’re very balanced and like to spread the ball out, so we need to ensure that everyone is doing their individual job, and trust that their teammates will do the same.”
Demons’ senior quarterback Beau Bjorland has passed for 211 yards and five TDs with a 63 percent completion effort, and will present a challenge as well. He’s crafty on reading defenses and employs and effective option run.
For Adair-Casey, senior running back Clayton Plowman’s looming state rushing record hangs out there in media, but Anderson says it’s not discussed or a focal point within the team at this point. Plowman enters Friday’s game 279 yards short of tying Armstrong-Ringsted’s Tyler Tonderum’s career mark of 6,389 yards (2006-2009).
“We know it’s out there, and we know he’s going to get his yards over some period of time naturally,” coach Anderson says. “Our main objective is to win the ball game, and if that means spreading the ball around, we are going to do it. Mr. Plowman is a big part of our offense, that record is going to take care of itself. We don’t talk about it at all.”
What the Bombers are talking about is Lamoni, and what it might take to knock them off Friday night.
“It’s going to be won up front,” coach Anderson says. “Our defense needs to collapse the pocket and really work to close down the running lanes on their option attack. It’s going to be won with the defensive line, and then of course our offensive line. If our guys on the line perform well, then it allows our rushing attack to get the yards and the points necessary to win this game.”
AJ/NT Sports Writer Caleb Nelson contributed to this report
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