Bad Field Position Leads to Second Loss for Interstate

The Clarinda Cardinals scored 28 unanswered points in the second half to complete a 35 to 6 victory over the visiting Roadrunners. The scoring barrage was set up early in the second half by the Cardinals returning the opening kick off of the half to the Roadrunners four yard line. With the Roadrunner defense quickly on their heals, the Cardinals made short work of the drive and took a 13-6 lead. Interstate tried to gain momentum after a blocked extra point. The Roadrunner offense couldn't get on track in the second half and the defense played much of the two remaining quarters in their own territory. To make matters worse, Interstate had no answer for the strong running of the Clarinda quarterback who was held to under 100 yards but put the ball in the endzone twice. Interstate did put on a strong fourth quarter performance only allowing one touchdown, but it was not enough to pull the game back in their favor.

Falling behind so quickly in the second half meant the Roadrunners had to go primarily to the air to get those points back. With the Cardinals back in pass coverage quarterback Tommy Bregar still went 7 for 13 passing with one touchdown, but the Cardinals found the ball in their hands two times accounting for the two interceptions in the stat book.

The receiver of the one touchdown pass was Ryan Deuel who nabbed the tight end screen on a critical fourth down play in the first quarter. Deuel took the pass and with some nifty moves and a few excellent down field blocks he was able to scamper 36 yards for what would be the only Roadrunner score of the night. The Roadrunner ground game was also held back on the night with 120 total yards. A bright point was the running of sophomore Joe Bedwell whose number was called only six times on the night but tied for leading rusher at 51 yards giving him an average of 8.5 yards per carry.

The Roadrunners look to get back on the winning track as they head to Bondurant-Farrar to take last year's district champion. The Blue jays have struggled this season going 2-4 including a loss to Clarinda two weeks ago, but they are coming off a 42-6 win over Shenandoah this past week.