Saturday, November 21, 2009
Aberdeen Roncalli shuts out Redfield-Doland
Faces Tri-Valley next
BY Dave Vilhauer, dvilhauer@aberdeennews.com
Published on Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Aberdeen Roncalli's Jon Horner, center, takes off on a run behind the block of teammate Brandon Johnson (67) during Monday night's Class 11 B Region 1 championship game against Redfield-Doland at Swisher Field. photo by john davis taken 11/2/2009
Once Aberdeen Roncalli won the battle up front, it was only a matter of time before the Cavaliers won the battle on the scoreboard as well.
Roncalli controlled life on the line to help power a 20-0 win over Redfield-Doland in the Class 11B Region 1 football championship at Swisher Field Monday night.
“I'm very proud of our athletes and the effort that they put forth,” said Roncalli coach Terry Dosch. “I thought our offensive line did a great job. The kids played with a lot of vim and vigor.”
Heading into the game, it was Redfield-Doland that had been dominating foes with a powerful offensive line and a solid rushing attack. However, those qualities belonged to the Cavaliers in this matchup.
“Definitely the story of the game is, Roncalli beat us up front,” said Redfield-Doland coach Keith Gall. “That's basically the story right there. They beat us up front. Period. We're not a dynamic team. We need to be physical and we need to run the ball and we just didn't do it.”
Roncalli held the Pheasants to just 40 yards of total offense. Redfield-Doland rushed the ball 26 times and managed just 24 yards.
Meanwhile, the Cavaliers ran nearly twice as many offensive plays, accumulating 203 yards rushing to go along with 125 yards passing. Again, much of the credit went to the Roncalli offensive line.
“The bottom line is our offensive line did a nice job,” Dosch said. “I just thought the kids played so hard. I'm really happy for them.”
The offensive linemen had plenty of motivation in practice this past week.
“Coach said that our offensive line needed to pick it up,” said senior lineman Brett Smid. “Our offensive line did well tonight. Coach Dosch works us hard in practice.”
Roncalli grabbed an early 3-0 lead on a Christian Cox 26-yard field goal seven minutes into the game. It turned out, that would be all the points the Cavaliers needed.
Roncalli took control with a pair of second-quarter touchdowns. Brendon Hoellein scored on a short run before Cox spotted Sam Pfeiffer for a 28-yard scoring strike. Cox scored the only points of the second half on a 24-yard field goal.
Andrew Holmstrom finished with night with 71 yards rushing, 84 yards receiving and 13 yards passing.
“It was a great game, a lot of fun, a little late though,” Holmstrom said of the nearly 11 p.m. finish.
The Cavaliers came out much more focused than they did in their first playoff victory.
“We were a little disappointed last week in our play, so we really stepped it up this week,” Holmstrom said.
Roncalli, 10-0 on the season, now travels to Colton on Saturday to play unbeaten and top-ranked Tri-Valley. The game will pit the last four Class 11B state champions against each other. Roncalli won titles in 2005 and 2006, Tri-Valley in 2007 and 2008.
“Now you're getting into pretty deep water,” Dosch said. “We have a great opportunity to play the two-time defending state champions. We're just going to go and play our hearts out and see what happens.”
Redfield-Doland (6-4)
0 0 0 0- 0
Aberdeen Roncalli (10-0)
3 14 0 3-20
First Quarter
AR - Christian Cox 26 field goal, 5:03.
Second Quarter
AR - Brendon Hoellein 1 run (Cox kick), 7:05.
AR - Sam Pfeiffer 28 pass from Cox (Cox kick), 2:55.
Fourth Quarter
AR - Cox 24 field goal, 8:14.
R-D RHS Firstdowns
6 21 Rushes-yards
26-24 49-203 Passing
16 125 Comp-Att-Int
2-12-1 8-13-2 Punts-Avg.
6-31.2 2-39.5 Fumbles-Lost
0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards
4-25 6-70
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Redfield-Doland, Cameron Pudwill 19-53; Aberdeen Roncalli, Andrew Holmstrom 15-71, Christian Cox 11-67, Brendon Hoellein 15-44, Jon Horner 6-27, Luke Schaunaman 1-5.
PASSING-Redfield-Doland, Eric Felderman 2-12-1 for 16; Aberdeen Roncalli, Christian Cox 7-12-2 for 112, Andrew Holmstrom 1-1-0 for 13.
RECEIVING-Redfield-Doland, Drew Dickhaut 1-10, Trent Baldwin 1-6; Aberdeen Roncalli, Andrew Holmstrom 6-84, Sam Pfeiffer 1-28, Chris Malsam 1-13.
TACKLES-Redfield, Jake Levtzow 8, Drew Dickhaut 7, Cameron Pudwill 7 (plus two interceptions), Casey Nuhsbaumer 5, Bryce Barbee 4; Aberdeen Roncalli, Brett Smid 6, Brandon Johnson 6, Austin Bierle 6, Charlie Drapeaux 4.
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Roncalli controlled life on the line to help power a 20-0 win over Redfield-Doland in the Class 11B Region 1 football championship at Swisher Field Monday night.
“I'm very proud of our athletes and the effort that they put forth,” said Roncalli coach Terry Dosch. “I thought our offensive line did a great job. The kids played with a lot of vim and vigor.”
Heading into the game, it was Redfield-Doland that had been dominating foes with a powerful offensive line and a solid rushing attack. However, those qualities belonged to the Cavaliers in this matchup.
“Definitely the story of the game is, Roncalli beat us up front,” said Redfield-Doland coach Keith Gall. “That's basically the story right there. They beat us up front. Period. We're not a dynamic team. We need to be physical and we need to run the ball and we just didn't do it.”
Roncalli held the Pheasants to just 40 yards of total offense. Redfield-Doland rushed the ball 26 times and managed just 24 yards.
Meanwhile, the Cavaliers ran nearly twice as many offensive plays, accumulating 203 yards rushing to go along with 125 yards passing. Again, much of the credit went to the Roncalli offensive line.
“The bottom line is our offensive line did a nice job,” Dosch said. “I just thought the kids played so hard. I'm really happy for them.”
The offensive linemen had plenty of motivation in practice this past week.
“Coach said that our offensive line needed to pick it up,” said senior lineman Brett Smid. “Our offensive line did well tonight. Coach Dosch works us hard in practice.”
Roncalli grabbed an early 3-0 lead on a Christian Cox 26-yard field goal seven minutes into the game. It turned out, that would be all the points the Cavaliers needed.
Roncalli took control with a pair of second-quarter touchdowns. Brendon Hoellein scored on a short run before Cox spotted Sam Pfeiffer for a 28-yard scoring strike. Cox scored the only points of the second half on a 24-yard field goal.
Andrew Holmstrom finished with night with 71 yards rushing, 84 yards receiving and 13 yards passing.
“It was a great game, a lot of fun, a little late though,” Holmstrom said of the nearly 11 p.m. finish.
The Cavaliers came out much more focused than they did in their first playoff victory.
“We were a little disappointed last week in our play, so we really stepped it up this week,” Holmstrom said.
Roncalli, 10-0 on the season, now travels to Colton on Saturday to play unbeaten and top-ranked Tri-Valley. The game will pit the last four Class 11B state champions against each other. Roncalli won titles in 2005 and 2006, Tri-Valley in 2007 and 2008.
“Now you're getting into pretty deep water,” Dosch said. “We have a great opportunity to play the two-time defending state champions. We're just going to go and play our hearts out and see what happens.”
Redfield-Doland (6-4)
0 0 0 0- 0
Aberdeen Roncalli (10-0)
3 14 0 3-20
First Quarter
AR - Christian Cox 26 field goal, 5:03.
Second Quarter
AR - Brendon Hoellein 1 run (Cox kick), 7:05.
AR - Sam Pfeiffer 28 pass from Cox (Cox kick), 2:55.
Fourth Quarter
AR - Cox 24 field goal, 8:14.
R-D RHS Firstdowns
6 21 Rushes-yards
26-24 49-203 Passing
16 125 Comp-Att-Int
2-12-1 8-13-2 Punts-Avg.
6-31.2 2-39.5 Fumbles-Lost
0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards
4-25 6-70
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Redfield-Doland, Cameron Pudwill 19-53; Aberdeen Roncalli, Andrew Holmstrom 15-71, Christian Cox 11-67, Brendon Hoellein 15-44, Jon Horner 6-27, Luke Schaunaman 1-5.
PASSING-Redfield-Doland, Eric Felderman 2-12-1 for 16; Aberdeen Roncalli, Christian Cox 7-12-2 for 112, Andrew Holmstrom 1-1-0 for 13.
RECEIVING-Redfield-Doland, Drew Dickhaut 1-10, Trent Baldwin 1-6; Aberdeen Roncalli, Andrew Holmstrom 6-84, Sam Pfeiffer 1-28, Chris Malsam 1-13.
TACKLES-Redfield, Jake Levtzow 8, Drew Dickhaut 7, Cameron Pudwill 7 (plus two interceptions), Casey Nuhsbaumer 5, Bryce Barbee 4; Aberdeen Roncalli, Brett Smid 6, Brandon Johnson 6, Austin Bierle 6, Charlie Drapeaux 4.
More Photos
Aberdeen RoncalliÕs Andrew Holmstrom (14) pulls down a pass in front of Redfield-Doland's Luke Holt (8) in the first half of Monday night's Class 11B quarterfinal playoff game at Swisher Field. photo by john davis taken 11/2/2009
Aberdeen Roncalli's Christian Cox, center, tries to outrun Redfield-Doland's Jake Levtzow (74) in the first half of Monday night's Class 11B quarterfinal playoff game at Swisher Field. In the background at left for Roncalli is Ross Barton. photo by john davis taken 11/2/2009
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