Patriots keep football record intact; team moves to 3-0 on the season

The Hills-Beaver Creek football team continued their winning ways Friday night with a convincing 42-14 victory over the Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda Coyotes to move to 3-0 on the season. The Coyotes fell to 0-3 in the loss on their home field.
The Patriots jumped out to an early 14-0 lead after the first quarter. The Pates’ first touchdown came on an 18-yard pass from Sawyer Bosch to Brock Harnack with 4:31 remaining in the first quarter.
Later in the first period, Bosch completed a 28-yard pass to Justin Roelfs for a touchdown. Bosch’s two-point conversion run brought the score to 14-0 in favor of the Patriots after one period of play.
Both first quarter touchdowns were set up by the Patriot defense with stops on the Coyotes’ fourth-down plays.
In the second quarter the Patriots’ defense continued consistent play, coming up with two pass interceptions by Justin Roelfs, a fumble recovery by Cole Rozeboom, a sack by Brayden Metzger and a forced punt on fourth down. The Patriots’ offense added six points on a 67-yard run by Roelfs to take a 20-0 halftime lead.
In the third period Bosch scored a touchdown on a one-yard run, and Roelfs added to the Patriots’ total points with a seven-yard run. Riley Tatge hauled in a two-point conversion to make the score 34-0 going into the fourth period.
The HLO/F Coyotes scored twice on 3-yard runs in the fourth quarter, adding one two-point conversion pass, to put 14 points on the board.
H-BC came back with a score of their own when Jamin Metzger ran the ball 57 yards to the end zone. Mason Shaffner took the two-point conversion run over the goal line to make the final score Patriots 42, Coyotes 14.
Coach Metzger sang his team’s praises after the game. “Our O-line and D-line played well against HLOF’s size up front,” he said. “They loaded the box and we (offensively) were able to complete a couple of early plays, which was big.”
The 3-0 Patriots will play next Friday in the annual Homecoming game. The 0-3 Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers will come to Hills for the 7 p.m. kickoff.
 
Team statistics:
H-BC – 245 rushing yards, 116 yards, 361 total yards, 17 first downs, three penalties for 25 yards, one turnover.
HLOF – 131 yards rushing, 136 yards passing, 267 total yards, 13 first downs, six penalties for 45 yards, three turnovers.
 
Individual statistics:
Rushing: Roelfs 7-99, Bosch 16-58, Jamin Metzger 1-57, Shaffner 3-15, Brock Harnack 1-6, Beau Bakken 2-6, James VandenBosch 1-4.
Passing: Bosch 9-15 for 113 yards, two TDs, one interception.
Receiving: Roelfs 4-80, one TD, Harnack 1-18, one TD, Riley Tatge 1-17, Micah Bush 1-3, Cooper Gehrke 1-1, James VandenBosch 2-minus 3.
Defense:
Cooper Gehrke 5.5 tackles, Riley Tatge 5 tackles 1.5 TFL, Cole Rozeboom 4.5 tackles 1 TFL, Jackson Gacke 4.5 tackles .5 TFL, Brock Harnack 4 tackles, Jack Moser 1.5 TFL, Brayden Metzger 1.5 TFL, Justin Roelfs 2 Interceptions.