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| Knights beat-up Dubuque and Coe, up to 8-0 | |
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| BUSTA MOVE -- Senior Luke Haughenbury hippy-shakes it around a couple of Kohawks Saturday in the win against Coe, 33-13. | |
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| by Eric Thompson | |
| Staff Writer | |
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| Running on confidence and excitement the Knights
traveled to Cedar Rapids to challenge the Coe Kohawks in a conference game
where the number one and two offenses got set to battle it out. In the
end, the Knights came out on top, 33-13.
Junior receiver Ryan Rausch caught nine passes for 237 yards and three touchdowns. "They covered our receivers one-on-one, Rausch was wide open for the long passes all day. With the talent of our receivers you just can't play them man-to-man," said senior quarterback Matt Wheeler. Rausch and Wheeler got to business early in the first quarter with a 49-yard touchdown pass to jump up 7-0. Senior Cody Teslow booted a 34-yard field goal to bring the score 10-0. Rausch scored his second touchdown of the day when he caught a 13-yard reception to bring the score to 17-7. The Kohawks brought themselves within four points after a two-yard run to end the half. Wasting no time, the Knights aired out a pass for 69-yards to Rausch for his third touchdown of the day. In the fourth quarter it was junior Josh Black who kicked a twenty-yard field goal. Then freshman Justin Beatty busted loose for a 15-yard touchdown run. The extra point failed to bring the score to a final of 33-13. "The win was a great confidence builder for us to head into this big week," said Wheeler. The Wartburg Knights played the Dubuque Spartans Oct. 23 at Schield Stadium. From the kickoff to the buzzer it was all Wartburg as the defense posted its first shutout of the year and the offence put up 28 points. "We took control and didn't make it a game even," said Wheeler. The scoring started early in the second half as senior running back Ken Polley busted into the score book with a two-yard run. Senior Luke Haughenbury matched that gain with a two-yard run of his own. A strange event occurred as Teslow missed the extra-point attempt making the score,13-0. Beatty got the call on the goal line and ran three yards to score the third touchdown for the Knights. A two-point attempt was successful when Rausch snagged a toss from Wheeler. It was back to Haughenbury to cap off a 56-yard drive with a three-yard run of his own. Teslow, back on track made the extra point to bring the final score to 28-0. On the defense, it was Dave Devine with three interceptions for the day. That provided good field position for the offence and short drives. "The defense got its first shutout of the year which built a lot of confidence for them," said Wheeler. The Knights take on Central College for the conference title Saturday at Schield Stadium, game time is 1:30 p.m. |
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