Quick start
Huskies score five first-quarter TDs on way to win
For the first five weeks of the season the Jackson County Central football team has been getting off to quick starts and Huskies coach Tom Schuller wanted that to continue in Week 6.
His team responded by scoring five touchdowns on 13 plays in the first quarter and added two more in the first three minutes of the second on its way to a 64-8 win over Minnesota Valley Lutheran Friday at Swearingen Field.
JCC is 6-0 with the strongest part of the schedule ahead.
The six teams the Huskies have beaten to date have a combined 12 wins. That’s only one more than the final two have as Luverne is 6-0 and Pipestone 5-1 after the Cardinals beat the Arrows 6-0 in overtime Friday.
“We’ve been really coming out strong and we did again,” Schuller said. “The first quarter was phenomenal, getting up 38-0.
“We emphasized trying to get a little more efficient in the passing game, which I thought we were. We completed some nice passes. That’s probably what I was most pleased about.”
JCC piled up an amazing 597 yards offense, 387 rushing and 210 passing. Three players threw passes for the Huskies and went a combined 10-for-14. Six different players had receptions and three of those scored TDs.
Jackson County Central limited the Chargers to 160 yards, 103 on the ground and 57 through the air.
“Our defense was stellar,” Schuller commented. “The offensive line was good. Stormy (Kasey Storm) was sick, so we plugged some other guys in there and they played well and got us back on track.”
Roman Voss was part of five of JCC’s nine touchdowns.
He threw three TD passes (34 and 5 yards to Ben Dahlin and 9 yards to Grant Freking).
He also caught a 52-yard TD pass from Evan Bartholomaus. Voss is likely going to play tight end in college (he’s had offers from eight Power Four conference schools) but has limited opportunities to be used as a receiver this season.
“He’s phenomenal doing that,” Schuller said of Voss’ skill level catching passes. “I think he’s a really high prospect in that. He can also play an edge defender. There’s a lot of places you can put Roman.”
The other TD for Voss came on a 22-yard run. Voss also ran in a two-point conversion and had a fumble recovery on defense.
JCC was 4-6 on its two-point tries and one of the misses was a kneel-down. Ben Gallagher made two of his three extra-point kicks.
“We got a chance to get everybody in and everybody played quite a bit, which is awesome,” said Schuller. “That makes the popcorn taste better at the theatre (watching the game tape). It’s great for team synergy.”
Next for the Huskies is the first of those two tough tests to close out the regular season as they travel to Luverne Thursday. The Cardinals were 6-0 overtime winners at previously undefeated Pipestone on Jayden Johnson’s run in the extra session.
“It’s a short week next week for Luverne, but I think we’re heading in the right direction,” Schuller said. “We’re trying to get that first-round bye (in the Section 3AA playoffs), which I think is a big deal. We’re well on the way to doing that. We have two tough teams left. Luverne is a tough place to play but we’ll be ready for them.”
MVL 0 0 0 8 - 8
JCC 38 20 6 0 – 64
Scoring plays
First quarter
JCC – Roman Voss 22 run (Gage Johnson run) 10:34.
JCC – Ben Dahlin 34 pass from Roman Voss (run failed) 8:23.
JCC – Ben Dahlin 5 pass from Roman Voss (Gage Johnson run) 6:16.
JCC – Grant Freking 9 pass from Roman Voss (Roman Voss run) 3:58.
JCC – Ben Dahlin 76 run (Clay Malchow run) 0:07
Second quarter
JCC – Roman Voss 52 pass from Evan Bartholomaus (kick failed) 11:02.
JCC – Clay Malchow 4 run (Ben Gallagher kick) 9:00.
JCC – Gage Johnson 39 run (Ben Gallgher kick) 3:28.
Third quarter
JCC – Gage Johnson 5 run (run failed) 5:49.
Fourth quarter
MVL – Chase Tweit 6 run (Chase Tweit run) 1:49.
Individual statistics
Offense
Rushing
MVL: Benjamin Price 11-62, Kaden Peterson 8-19, Chase Tweit 3-18, Connor Bode 7-4; JCC: Gage Johnson 5-89, Ben Dahlin 2-87, Tavion Diggs 1-63, Roman Voss 3-55, Clay Malchow 3-51, Isaac Hesebeck 2-17, Sulaimon Olasebikan 6-12, Evan Bartholomaus 1-5, Mike Hansen 2-0.
Receiving
MVL: Chase Tweit 4-22, Eric Sorensen 3-13, Blake Sexton 1-18, Connor Bode 1-4, Micah Horak 1-2; JCC: Ben Dahlin 3-59, Grant Freking 2-46, Carter Buhl 2-8, Roman Voss 1-52, Avian Farmer 1-28, Ben Gallagher 1-17.
Passing
MVL: Kaden Peterson 9-24-0-42, Connor Bode 1-1-0-15; JCC: Roman Voss 7-10-3-150, Evan Bartholomaus 2-2-1-58, Carson Doescher 1-2-0-2.
Defense
Fumble recoveries
JCC: Roman Voss 1.
Interceptions
JCC: Clay Malchow 1-0, Tavion Diggs 1-0.
Team statistics
First downs: JCC 12, MVL 6.
Rushing: JCC 30-387, MVL 30-103.
Passing: JCC 10-14-0-210, MVL 10-25-2-57.
Fumbles-lost: MVL 2-1, JCC 1-0.
Penalties: MVL 5-25, JCC 5-30.
JCC SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Friday, Aug. 30: at Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, W 44-0
Friday, Sept. 6: Worthington, W 62-7
Friday, Sept. 13: at Blue Earth Area, W 63-0
Friday, Sept. 20: Le Sueur-Henderson (homecoming), W 61-14
Friday, Sept. 27: at Redwood Valley, W 46-7
Friday, Oct. 4: Minnesota Valley Lutheran, W 64-8
Thursday, Oct. 10: at Luverne, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 16: Pipestone, 7 p.m.