Mounders crush Crickets, first Cloverbelt win
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by Marlys Kruger
Sports Correspondent
FALL CREEK — After joining the Cloverbelt Conference for football only, the Elk Mound boys bounced back from their opening night loss to Eau Claire Regis with a solid thumping of Fall Creek 43-0 on the Crickets’ home field last Friday night.
The Mounders, now 1-1 in conference play, scored on the ground and through the air for five touchdowns, and the defense did their part, recording five quarterback sacks along with a huge interception for another score to earn the shutout October 2.
“We were able to run the ball and open it up with our passing a bit,” stated Elk Mound head coach Dave Lew. “I thought our defense played well but feel on both sides of the ball we have some things we need to fix before we play a very good Mondovi team on Friday.”
Ethan Levra started the scoring with a two-yard run with 5:48 to go in the first quarter but the two-point conversion failed for a 6-0 Mounders’ lead. Three minutes later, Avery Kaanta found the endzone from eight yards out and a two-point conversion pass from Ryan Bohl to Michael Jenson made it 14-0.
Bohl connected with Ben Heath for a 36-yard score at the 6:04 mark of the second stanza, then found Carson Steinhorst for the two-point pass and it was 22-0. With just under two minutes to go in the half, Bohl found an open Jenson for a 25-yard scoring pass and with Bohl running in the conversion, the rout was on at 29-0.
The rest of the Mounders’ points came in the third quarter with Bohl finding Heath for a 25-yard TD pass, then Bohl booted the extra point to up the score to 36-0. At the 6:36 mark of the quarter, Steinhorst put the exclamation point on the game with a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown, and the Bohl kick made it 43-0.
Bohl was five of 10 in the passing game for 88 yards and three touchdowns with one interception. Kaanta had a big game on the ground, rushing for 226 yards on 19 carries while Blake Burlingame ran twice for 43 yards and Nate Lew added 30 yards on six attempts. Heath caught two passes, both for touchdowns for 61 yards and Jenson snared a pair of passes for 24 yards and a score.
“Our kids have been working hard as a team and we hope to continue the season and get better each week,” said Lew.
Elk Mound returns home this Friday, October 9 to host Mondovi, who won last year’s Dunn-St. Croix championship but has joined the Mounders and Durand in the Cloverbelt. The Buffaloes were shut out 22-0 by Regis.