Redwine accounts for six of seven Elk Mound touchdowns as Mounders sink Vikings

 By Cara L. Dempski

ELK MOUND — You have to give the kid credit, he can run.

Brady Redwine tacked up 36 points with 153 yards on six scoring runs in Elk Mound’s 50-16 home win over Colfax Friday evening, September 14 to move to 2-0 in the Dunn-St. Croix while dropping Colfax to 0-2 in conference competitions.

Numbers like that speak to a talented player with some smart blockers who know the importance of maintaining focus.

Which means even a minor shift of attention can bring about a swift shift in momentum.

Take, for instance, a first-quarter fumble by Redwine that Colfax turned into a touchdown pass from Noah Albricht to Brett Schindler and an 8-7 Vikings’ lead, its first and only of the game.

“I got him out and matched him up against their (Elk Mound’s) big linebackers,” Colfax head coach Matt DeMoe explained. “It only lasted one time. They (EM) were pissed, so I guess I did what I was supposed to do for a few minutes.”

Elk Mound coach Dave Lew admitted his team was surprised by Schindler’s touchdown.

“It was a little surprising. They (Colfax) came out with some stuff we hadn’t seen,” Lew said. “They’re coached well. Matt does a great job over there.”

The Mounders got on the board at 8:52 in the first with a six-yard run from Redwine and a good kick from Gaelen Young for a 7-0 lead.

The Vikings answered nearly 90 seconds later with the 57-yard touchdown pass from Albricht to Schindler and then a two-point conversion pass from Albricht to Christopher Lee to hold an 8-7 lead with 6:18 left to play in the first.

Redwine punched passed the goal line two more times in the first quarter. He scored on a 26-yard run with a minute left, and again punctuated the end zone, following a Mounders’ fumble recovery, after a 57-yard jaunt that capped the quarter with the Mounders enjoying a 22-8 lead thanks in part to a successful conversion run by Will Muszynski and another good kick off the foot of Young following the scores.

The junior running back run the ball for three more scores in the second quarter on runs of 11, 32 and 20 yards while Rian Flynn nabbed a pass for an 11-yard scoring pass from quarterback Dylan Black to give Elk Mound a 50-8 lead as both teams broke for halftime.

Lew gave some of the younger Mounders a chance to take the field in the second half, which allowed the Vikings more movement down the field. Despite edging close to the red zone, and entering it at least twice, the Colfax team could not seal the deal on another score until just over midway of the fourth quarter.

Then, Adam Pretasky put his speed to good use with a seven-yard sprint to strike gold and give the Vikings second and final touchdown in the game. Dalton Schotter punctured the goal line again for the conversion after taking an Albricht pass to make the scoreboard read 50-16 with just 5:02 left to play.

The clocked drained away on a series of three-and-out exchanges on both sides of the ball to give the Mounders the win, their third straight after an 0-2 start, and left the Vikings with their third loss in row.

The Mounders, who scored all 50 of their points in the first half, are now 3-2 overall while the Vikings fell to 1-4.

Redwine led the Mounders potent attack as he tacked 261 rushing yards and six touchdowns to his 2017 season tallies, leaving the junior speedster just 21 yards shy of 1,000 yards with four weeks still to play. The Mounders moved the ball 333 yards on the ground, and tacked up another 61 passing yards as Dylan Black finished a perfect 4-for-4 passing with a TD all of which went to Rian Flynn.

Schindler led the Colfax ground game with 29 yards, while sophomore quarterback Noah Albricht threw for 199 yards on the night and two score with an interception, with Schindler receiving for 71 yards.

The Mounders now turn their attention to a September 22 road trip to Mondovi in the hopes of maintaining a perfect conference record. The Vikings will take on Fall Creek’s Crickets at home that evening in a non-conference contest.

 COLFAX 16, ELK MOUND 50
Colfax…………..…8 0   0 8 — 16
Elk Mound…….22 28 0 0 — 50

First quarter
EM — B. Redwine 6-yd. run (G. Young kick), 8:52; C — B. Schindler 57-yd. Pass from N. Albricht (C. Lee pass from N. Abricht), 6:18; EM — B. Redwine 26-yd. run (W. Muszynski run), 1:00; EM — B. Redwine 57-yd. run (G. Young kick), :00.

Second quarter
EM — B. Redwine 11-yd. run (G. Young kick), 8:26; EM — B. Redwine 32-yd. run (G. Young kick), 6:55; EM — R. Flynn 11-yd. pass from D. Black (G. Young kick), 6:34; EM — B. Redwine 20-yd. run (G. Young kick), 3:25.

Fourth quarter
C — A. Pretasky 6-yd. run (D. Schotter pass from N. Albricht), 5:02.

Individual Statistics
Rushing (att-yds): C (13-34) — B. Schindler 11-29, N. Albricht 1-5; EM (42-333) — B. Redwine 19-261, W. Muzynski 8-29, E. Kaanta 6-41, C. Lee 5-7, D. Hall 1-2, C. Ward 3-(-7).
Passing (comp-att-yds): C (8-20-199) — N. Albricht 8-20-199; EM (4-5-61) — D. Black 4-4-61, C. Ward 0-1-0.
Receiving (rec-yds): C (7-163) — B. Schindler 3-71, T. Teige 1-5, A. Pretasky 2-40, T. Anderson 1-47, D. Schotter 1-6, Unk. 1-5; EM (4-61) — R. Flynn 4-61.