Elk Mound kicks off football season with whitewash win over Cochrane-Fountain City
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FOUNTAIN CITY — Elk Mound kicked off its 2019 football campaign on the right foot as the Mounders’ whitewashed host Cochrane-Fountain City 40-0 in a non-conference contest last Friday evening, August 23.
“I thought the boys played well for many of them being new to varsity,” said Elk Mound head coach Dave Lew.
Blaze Todd was the leading force for Elk Mound as he rushed for 254 rushing yards and five touchdowns in the Mounders’ lopsided victory.
Todd scored early and often for the Mounders including a pair of touchdown runs in the first and second quarters to stake Elk Mound to a 26-0 halftime advantage.
The first of Todd’s TD runs came at 9:16 of the first quarter as he scampered 54 yards for the Mounders’ and game’s first score and then added the successful two-point conversion run.
Todd was back in the end zone for Elk Mound six minutes later for his second touchdown of the evening on a 1-yard dive.
“Blaze Todd ran hard, very proud of his efforts,” Lew stated.
Todd punctuated a stellar first half performance with second-quarter scoring runs of 54 and nine yards.
Chase Rhude, who has taken over as the Mounders’ signal caller this season, was eight-of-nine against C-FC for 141-yards.
“Chase connected with Ben Heath to have one of our first 100-yard receivers in a long time,” Lew said. “Great to see offense balanced.”
Avery Kaanta rambled for a 12-yard score just a little over two minutes into the third quarter before Todd closed out the game’s scoring when he found his way to the end zone for the fifth and final time on a 30-yard dash just seven seconds into the fourth quarter.
“Our defense did well, especially making a huge stop on the 5-yard-line with a forced fumble and recovery on the same play by Nate Lew,” coach Lew explained.
Ben Heath led the receptions with 101 in his three attempts, followed by Michael Jenson with 27 yards and Dominic Hall and Ethan Levra had five and eight yards.
Avery Kaanta also had a spectacular evening against C-FC with 61 yards rushing.
Elk Mound will have the home-field advantage this Friday evening, August 30, when it welcomes three-time Division 4 state finalist St. Croix Central before opening Dunn-St. Croix Conference play on the road at Mondovi on September 6.
ELK MOUND 40, COCHRANE-FOUNTAIN CITY 0
Elk Mound…………………….14 12 7 7 – 40
Cochrane-Fountain City……0 0 0 0 – 0
First Quarter
EM 54 yard rushing TD by B. Todd (2 point conversion successful) 9:16
EM 1 yard rushing TD by B. Todd (extra point unsuccessful) 3:43
Second Quarter
EM 54 yard rushing TD by B. Todd (2 point conversion unsuccessful) 9:07
EM 9 yard rushing TD by B. Todd (2 point conversion unsuccessful) 7:43
Third Quarter
EM 12 yard rushing TD by A. Kaanta (extra point successful) 9:52
Fourth Quarter
EM 30 yard rushing TD by B. Todd (extra point successful) 11:53
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing (att-comp-yds-int): EM (8-9-141) Chase Rhude 8-9-141.
Rushing (att-yds): EM (29-331) R. Bohl 1-15, T. Anderson 3-6, B. Todd 18-254, A. Kaanta 6-61, M. Jenson 1- -5.
Receiving (rec-yds): EM (7-141) B. Heath 3-101, D. Hall 1-5, M. Jenson 2-27, E. Levra 1-8.