Bombers wrap up season after State Semifinal loss
By Drew Herron- NT Sports Editor / Nov. 14, 2013
CEDAR FALLS – Don Bosco quarterback Jake Hogan ran for six
touchdowns, and threw for a pair to help lift the No. 2-ranked Dons past
Adair-Casey in Thursday morning’s 8-Man State Semifinal at the UNI-Dome.
The Dons rallied past the Bombers in convincing fashion 78-21, and will advance to face top-ranked Exira-EHK in the 8-Man State Championship game next Thursday (Nov. 21).
The Dons rallied past the Bombers in convincing fashion 78-21, and will advance to face top-ranked Exira-EHK in the 8-Man State Championship game next Thursday (Nov. 21).
“We just got beat up front, offensively and defensively,” Bombers’
head coach Wade Anderson said afterwards. “Against a power team like this, you
are not going to be able to win when that happens. Hats off to them, they
played a great game, and we just got beat today.”
Adair-Casey found the end zone first, when senior
quarterback Traeton Jensen scored on a one-yard keeper a little less than eight
minutes into the first quarter, and it provided a short-lived 7-0 lead for the
Bombers.
Don Bosco would go on to score the next 38 points with a punishing ground attack that left AC searching for answers.
Don Bosco would go on to score the next 38 points with a punishing ground attack that left AC searching for answers.
Hogan alone had 422 yards of total offense at the half (236
pass and 186 rush), and the Bombers simply couldn’t keep pace.
“They were able to cutback and find some open lanes on us
while we over-pursued,” coach Anderson says. “Our defensive tackles got beat
and driven back into our linebackers, so all in all, they blocked great, they
ran hard, and they made plays.
“They are a great team, and there is a reason they are where
they are. They are going to be a tough team to beat in the championship.”
Bombers’ senior running back Clayton Plowman, the nation’s
second all-time leading rusher in 8-Man Football who brought in a career total
of 7,552 yards and 147 touchdowns, was kept in relative check by the Dons’
defense.
Plowman ran for 102 yards on 14 carries by the half, then
finished with 116 yards on 22 carries for the game.
Thursday’s State Semifinal was the 10th ever for Adair-Casey (seventh in 8-Man), and the Bombers are 124-34 since moving to the 8-Man game in 1998. AC has won state titles in 2000 and 2001, and was runner-up in 2003 and 2004.
AC says farewell to a senior class of six that has averaged 10 wins per year and reached the state quarterfinals three times and the semifinals once over the course of their career.
The loss to Don Bosco was not the way the Bombers had envisioned this ride to end, but coach Anderson says it ought not spoil the journey.
“It’s not about this (final game) scoreboard, that game doesn’t reflect what these guys are all about, as football players or as people,” coach Anderson says. “This ride was great and these guys earned their trip here. I am proud to be a Bomber, and I don’t want to be any other place.”
Thursday’s State Semifinal was the 10th ever for Adair-Casey (seventh in 8-Man), and the Bombers are 124-34 since moving to the 8-Man game in 1998. AC has won state titles in 2000 and 2001, and was runner-up in 2003 and 2004.
AC says farewell to a senior class of six that has averaged 10 wins per year and reached the state quarterfinals three times and the semifinals once over the course of their career.
The loss to Don Bosco was not the way the Bombers had envisioned this ride to end, but coach Anderson says it ought not spoil the journey.
“It’s not about this (final game) scoreboard, that game doesn’t reflect what these guys are all about, as football players or as people,” coach Anderson says. “This ride was great and these guys earned their trip here. I am proud to be a Bomber, and I don’t want to be any other place.”
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