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SMS flfVSKfill h d(v*6 second quarter. *UWI« Of' th§ HumtoldH, and drove In to scorel0E #**■.Th* fiw« ««ttry for the extra point was not good, but the second tfy, after Humboldt was penalised for off. side, was true,Big gun for Humboldt often*sivelv^irtd defensive)y was Capt.Geoff Mlckelson who led the scoring with 11 points on a touch* down, field goal, and two extra points#-it was the. 54th meeting between the two schools and the record now stands at 23 victories for Humboldt, 29 for EagleGrove, and two games ended in a tie, Humboldt played its first football game against Eagle Grove,Eagle Grove got Its scoring opportunity early In the second period when Todd Ascha lofted a punt from the 50 yard line that Jeff Larson muffed on the 15 and it rolled to the Humboldt 3 before.it was recovered,In trying to move the ball out, fullback Lynn Westfall could gainonly one yard In two tries over ntright guard. On the third down, Larson took a pitehout from Larry Fevold and was skirting his left end. As he neared the sideline he started to cut back to his right and a tackier grabbed his arm, ejecting the football with the Eagles recovering on the 4.Asche, the leading Eagle Grove ground gainer for the evening, covered half the distance to the goal line on the first down. In two carries, quarterback Bill Smith lost one and gained 1, With a fourth down and 2 situation, Asche pounded over his right guard for the TD.The tempo of the game changed shockingly fast in the third period. Eagle Grove had the ball on the fourth down on its 40 yard line, Mickelson broke through to block Asche*s kick, scooped it up, and ran untouched to the erKLaone. Mickelson added the extra point by placement and it was a new ball game with 3:02 left In the third period.The second Humboldt touchdown came harder, but wasn't so long in coming. Sticking to the ground all the way, Humboldt drove 80 yards in IS plays for the go ahead points. The drive took four minutes and 32 seconds and consumed 13 {days.Starting on the 20, the initial first down of the drive came with Mike Oberman and Lynn Westfall gaining six and nine yards respectively over leftguard. It was Westfcll and Ob-Seftes,with Westfall peftetftifig fiveyards mt fight guard and Ob)ifUV«iS- • .11***. Jil'effjifi taking, a pitehout a found fight end for 1,Jeff Ufsefi was added to the mli series and aftgf gaining four Vffds, at fight guard, West fait picked up 3 aver left guard and Oberman gel the first down with 5 at the same spat,After Lfsafi failed to gain at fight guard, Oberman wentaround right end for 16 and a first down on the 25,Oberman came back for 2 more fit left guard. Fevold, on a roll-®ul. to the weak side gathered ih 18 yards before he was top* pled on the 5.Oberman, who was the Wildcats leading rusher with 100 yards In 22 carries, hit left guard for 3 and Fevold scored?2 ,lhe,nneA Play 10 make tt13-7 with 6:00 minutes rettfaifl-Iftg In the game, Mickelson added the extra point,With 4 minutes and 10 seconds left In the game, Eagle Grove on its 42 yard line gambled on the fourth down and lost inches short of a first down,Starting on the Eagles* 43,Humboldt moved goatward again. Eagle Grove drew a 5 yard penalty for offside, Oberman and Larson moved the ball to the 32, Oberman at right end gained 1, Fevold followed with a roltout around right end that gained 9, Fevold*s face mask was grabbed when he was tackled and the Eagles were penalised half the distance to the goal line with the ball being placed on the 11. Westfall at left guard got 3, Fevold 2 on a rollout around left end, and Oberman 2 at left guard.With a fourth down and 3yards to go on the 4, Humboldt elected to try a field goal. Too much time was taken in putting the ball in play and the Wildcats were penalited back to the 15,Mickelson, kicking at a slight angle from the left Inbounds line, split the uprights for his first field goal. With 2:10 left in the game, Humboldt led 17-7.Humboldt got a scoring oppor-t. Mick-tunlty early in the game........el son intercepted an Eagle pass on the 47 and returned it down the north sideline to the 15. Oberman at right end gained 1. On the second down, he found an opening over left guard, but fumbled when he was -tackled with the Eagles recovering on their 9,The Wildcats were back knocking again a short time later when Kip Thorson made a shoe stringitch of an EagL , ______turned it 7 yards to the Eagles*Four plays lft ter Humboldt was 5 yards farther from the goal line. On the first down Fevold lost 5 on a rollout around right end# A second down pass from Fevold to pave Stockdale in the end fcohe fell Incomplete, Two more passes to Jim Williamswere averthfowft, The Wildcats travel to Clarion Friday night for a North Central Conference game with the Clarion Cowboys who are currently tied with Algona and Hampton for second place with identical 3-1 records,Eagle Grove will entertain At* gona Friday night,Starting Lineups Humboldt Ends: Jim Williams and DaveStockdale,Tackles: Geoff Mickelson and Dave Altman.Guards: Keith Abens and John Stelter.Center: Pete Reinertsen, Backs: Larry Fevold, Mike Oberman, Jeff Larson, Lynn Westfall.Eagle GroveEnds: Bruce Ratcliff and MarkHogenson.Tackles: Fred Johnston and Paul Wilde,Guards: Randy Busick andDoug Yeager.Center: Bob Oldson,Backs: Bill Smith, Tom Elkin, Todd Asche, Scott Peterson,Game StatisticsH EGFirst downs......14 8Yds. rushing.....229 111Yds. passing.....0 26Pass, att........5 13Pass, comp......0 3Pass, int. by.....i oFumb. lost......4 0Punts.........2 8Punt ave.......35.5 28.7Yds. pen.......6 36Score by Periods Humboldt 0 0 7 10-17Eagle Grove 0 7 0 0-7Humboldt Rushing. -Att* 'wi!Oberman......gg iqoLarson.......io 69Westfall......12 39Fevold , ,7 21Humboldt PassingAtt. Comp. Fevold........5 0Compare your predictions on the outcome of this week's football games with the JET stream PfSdic ions below. Last weekjet stream had an accuracy of93,3 percent, picking correctly 14 out of 15 games, Only game missed was the fowa State victory over Kansas State, The average for five weeks is 71.4 percent,Clear Lake 14, Iowa Fails 7, Webster City 33, Hampton 0, Algona 21, Eagle Grove 0. Humboldt 14, Clarion 7.Twin Rivers 40, Gilmore City 0,Manson 33, Rockwell City 21. Rolfe 21, Pocahontas 7,Albert City 13, Laurens 6.Iowa 17, Wisconsin 7,Missouri 34, Iowa State 0,East Des Moines 19, Ft, Dodge 7, Boone Valley 28, Corwlth-Wesley 0,ICCC 34, Estherville 0. Graettinger 13, Everly 6,Carroll Kuemper 21, Garrigan Algona 6.evened conference recordT5*e Humboldt Wildcats came from behind in the second Half to beat Eagle Grove at Humboldt 17-7 Friday night, Thewin evened Humboldt's conference record at 2-2. The 'Cats are 2*3 for the season.Quarterback Larry Fevold, who sneaked the final two yards ter the winning touchdown, shown above, with six min* utes remaining in the game, Is barely visible, top rfght in the pile at the goal line. The play copped a drive from Humboldt's own 20 yard line that consumed four and a half minutes and 13 plays. Three more points were added foinsutanee with abouttwo minutes left in the game at Geoff Mickelson kicked a 15 yard field goal, Mickelson accounted for 11 of Humboldt's 17points.Humboldt players in the background-are Dave Stockdale 86, Dave Altman, 75, Jeff Larson, 22, (behind number 60), and Jim Williams, 84. Humboldt blockers in the pile include, from left, Paul Loaning, 62, Lynn Westfall, 16, and Geoff Micket* son, 68. Eagle Grove players, from left, Include Randy Omvjg,31, Jim Jorgenson, 30, Bill McCollough, 71, Rondy Busick 60, and Bruce Ratcliff, 80. Eagle quarterback BUI Smith, 11,' is shown on top of the pile.-Republican Photo.Rockets 26-6 victims ofRushingFootball ResultsPocahontas homecomingYds,642410101-6North Central Conference Humboldt 17, Eagle Grove 7 Webster City 27, Algona 6 Clarion 13, Clear Lake 6 Hampton 19, Iowa Falls 13Twin Lakes Conference Twin Rivers 52, Laurens 8 Pocahontas 26, Gilmore City 6 Rockwell City 26, Albert City 6 Manson 26, Rolfe 14North Star Conference Boone Valley 27, Ventura 19 Kanawha 47, Klemme 0 CAL 12, Corwith-Wefiley 6 Sheffield-Chapin 3,5, Meservey-r' iThornt - - ~l-W’rOthersWest Bend 14, Sioux Valley 7 East Waterloo 46, Fort Dodge 12 Garrigan 27, Emmetsburg Catholic 0 Des Moines Dowling 39, St. Edmond's 6 ICCC 43, Waldorf 0The Pocahontas Indians celebrated homecoming by defeatingthe Gilmore City-Bradgate Rockets 26-6 on the Indians’ new football field Friday night,Gilmore City-Bradgate won the toss and elected to receive. Rich Almond returned the Indian kick-off 20 yards to the Rockets’ 20 yard line. On the first play from scrimmage Almond slashed over his right tackle for eightyards, Then the Indians were off-side to .give the Rockets a first down. The next play gave the Indians a break as Ricklefs fumbled on a trap play into the line.The Pocahontas quarterback, Steve Richardson, mixed up his plays well ana the Indians scored in nine plays. Tom Boyd was the workhorse on the drive as he carried four times for 19 yards. The point after was good and the Indians led 7-0.Tom Goodrich returned the Indians’ kick-off 22 yards to thecatch of an Eagle punt and re-29, Eagle Grove drew a first down penalty for offside, Larson skirted left end for 15 yards to the Eagle Grove 9,Viking homecoming spoiledby Boone Valley 27-19The Bobcats of Boone Valleyspoiled^ Ventura's homecoming27-19 Friday by piling up a 20-6 halftime lead and hanging onftlf in naatrturlrw tho Rp.annri halfBV surrendered a first down after the kickoff, but pushed Ventura backwards to force a punt, taking over on their own 2711Afl/l Unnered 56 yards to record the Bobcats* fourth touchdown, Reich-ter*s PAT failed, but BV held a 27-12 lead with 3:15 remainingIn fhn aftma42 yard line of Pocahontas, After getting short yardage on two running play, aGoodrich pass was intercepted by Larry Clar.A Richardson to Boyd pass in the flat went for 44 yards before Boyd was stopped at the Rockets' 12 yard line. With the help of a 15 yard penalty, the Rocket defense repelled the Indians and took over the ball on downs at the Rocket 26 yard line.Gilmore ran three plays and punted. Forced the Indians to follow suit, but were unable to move the ball when they got their hands on it again. Gilmore's punt traveled only 14 yards, and Pocahontas took over on the Rocket 38 yard line.Ten plays later, Boyd scored for the Indians from the one yard line. Their extra point try was no good for a 13-0 lead.Almond returned Russ Waterman's kick-off 15 yards to the Rocket 30 yard line, Gilmore threw three passes and were forced to pund with the kick traveling 20 yards.Pocahontas had the ball on the Rocket 37 yard line. The charged up Indians scored their third TD in eigh plays with Clark going over from the 12 yard line on a pitch-out play. The try for extra point failed.Goodrich returned the Indians’ short kick-off 12 yards to the Rocket 42 yard line. Using the talents of Almond, Goodrich set up the Rockets* only TD,Almond first ran a counter play for 28 yards, Goodrich passed down the middle to Ai-.Any} 1 P____J14 yards, Larry Clark carried twice for 25 yards, and Boyd carried twice for 11 yards and three first downs, giving Pocahontas a first and goal on the Rocket seven yard line.Boyd smashed off tackle for four yards. He hit the same play for two and a half yards, and Clark scored from one half yard out. The point after no good.The teams exchanged punts before Gilmore started another drive. Ricklefs picked up a first down with two carries for six yards and then a 10 yard pass reception from Goodrich.Almond gained nine and a halfyards, but on the next play the Rockets were off-side and received a five yard penalty. Goodrich hit Jim Dayton for a five yard pass to make up the lost yardage. Ricklefs got the first down with a seven yard carry. A personal penalty against Pocahontas provided another first down. The next call saw Sehri-ber pick up ten yards on a sweep.With first down and 10 yards to go on the Indians’ 22, the Indian rush threw Goodrich for two seven yard losses and forced an incomplete pass. A screen pass from Goodrich to Glenn Wallace was good for 15 yards, but short for a first and 10.Pocahontas took the ball, but neither team could get out of the middle of the field the rest of the night.Score by Quarters Pocahontas 13 20 26-26Gilmore CUy 6 6 6-6Att.Rich Almond. . .9 Rog Schriber, . .6 D. Ricklefs. . . .7 Tom Goodrich. ,7 Glenn Wallace, .2Dave Loos 1Passes Att. Comp. Tom Goodrich. . .9 Rich Almond. . . ,1 Glenn Wallace. , .1Dave Loos......lPuntsAtt, Yds. Dave Loos. . . .5 138Ave.7.14.01.41.4 .5 -6000Yds.44000Ave.28wTeam standingswas North Central ConferenceWebster City Algona Clarion Hampton Humboldt Eagle Grove Clear Lake Iowa FallsNorth star ConferenceConf.4-03-13-13-12-21-30-4-0-4Seas.5-04-13-23-22-31-41-40-5Kanawha Boone Valley Sheffield-ChapinCALVenturaCor with-WesleyKlemmeMeserveyConf,4-03-13-12-22-21-31-30-4Seas.4-14-14-12-32-31-41-40-5Sport SHtrtswTho Humboldt footb^U team a* defeated V Pooahontaa1'Q on Oot.5. 1922.1•irISPjyiness*n-off
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Humboldt Republican
Humboldt, Iowa, US
Wed, Oct 18, 1967
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