Cedar runs past Randolph

RANDOLPH — Cedar Catholic’s dominant rushing attack and stingy defense Friday led to a 32-3 victory for the Trojans.
Cedar Catholic is now 4-1 on the year and 2-0 in District C2-1.
The unyielding Cedar Catholic defense gave up just 32 passing yards, while holding the Cardinals to just 95 yards on the ground. The Cardinals were only able to muster eight first downs in the contest.
Cedar sacked Randolph quarterback Jon Patent four times on the night.
The Cedar defense was led in the contest by Tim Wieseler, Kyle Dump and Myles Lammers.

Wieseler had 15 tackles, including three sacks. Dump had 12 tackles, was in on  a sack and forced a fumble for the third game in a row. Lammers had 11 tackles and a sack. Turner Becker was also in on a sack on the night.
“Right now our defense is really playing hard and flying to the ball. They all understand their job on each play, which makes things easier for all of them,” Coach Chad Cattau said. “It’s a lot of fun watching them play each week because they keep getting better every game, series, and play.  They also have a lot of fun together.  Each person plays with such emotion that it’s hard not to get excited about them.  We also have a great amount of trust in what we’re doing on defense.  If not, we wouldn’t have chosen to take the wind for both halves the past two games.  We know that they’re going to play well and put us in great position so we’ve been able to use that to our advantage with the way the wind has been blowing the past two weeks.”
Cedar sophomore Chad Koch punished the Cardinals all game, running for 231 yards and two touchdowns. He helped the Trojans pick up 22 first downs on the night.
“Chad is really starting to understand where the holes develop in our offense,” Coach Chad Cattau said. “Earlier in the season he would try to hit the hole and run people over, but now he knows where the cutback lanes are going to be and how to take advantage of the defense when they over pursue.  He  also uses his hands very well to keep defenders off of his body, this prevents some of the hits on him that most backs would take.
Cattau said Koch’s success wouldn’t be possible without a good offensive line, however.
“A lot of his success is credited to the blockers in front of him too.  They continue to get better each week at what they’re doing.  Each of them has developed into better players each game so they’ve been fun to watch grow and learn new things each week of the season,” he said.
Fullback Myles Lammers was also dangerous against the Cards, rushing for 46 yards and one touchdown.
Cedar got the scoring going Friday on its second series of the night.
The drive ended when Lammers found paydirt from three yards out with 2:58 left in the first quarter. Todd Bottolfsen then booted the extra point to give Cedar the 7-0 lead.
Randolph responded with a drive of its own, which appeared to stall out at the 17 yard line. Cardinals’ kicker Mathieu DeMatties then trotted onto the field and booted a 27-yard field goal to put the Cards on the goal line.
Cedar again controlled the line of scrimmage on its next drive, charging downfield on a mixture of runs and passes to score on a Chad Koch two-yard run with 1:20 left in the first half.
Cedar’s defense held Randolph’s top weapon, running back Nicholas Thies, to very few yards in the game.
“We really wanted to emphasize taking him out of the equation early,” Coach Cattau said.  “Their quarterback got some yardage on us by doing that, but we felt that Thies was a much bigger threat as a ball carrier.  When we do things fundamentally sound use good techniques, we can really shut down a lot of people’s running games.
The Cards were led on offense by quarterback Jon Patent and T.J. Lackas.
Lackas had one reception for 32 yards, giving him four catches and 73 yards for the year.  Patent churned out 60 yards on the night.
Cattau said the Randolph game marked the first time all season all the starters were healthy enough to see action.
“It was great to finally play a game with the top units healthy.  This is the first game that we’ve been able to do that.  At times we’ve struggled up to this point, but now that we’re healthy hopefully we can stay that way.  We need to have everyone available each week because they all play such a vital role in what we want to accomplish,” he said.
The Trojans will hit the road again Friday when they make the long journey to Atkinson to take on West Holt.
Randolph  0    3    0    0 —  3
Cedar    7    6    6    13 —32

Randolph            Cedar
8    First Downs    22
Run Plays
95    Rush Yards    325
Pass Plays
32    Pass Yards    54
49    Total plays    65
127    Total offense    379
Turnovers
6    Penalties        3
45    Penalty Yards    25
20:25    Time of Possession    27:35
13    3rd Down Attempts    5
3    3rd Downs Made    9
4    4th Down Attempts    2
1    4th Downs Made    1
Passing
Cedar – Kyle Kramer, 4-8-54. Randolph – Jon  Patent, 1-14-32; Nicholas Thies, 0-1.

Rushing
Cedar – Chad Koch, 39-231; Myles Lammers, 8-46; Kelby Sudbeck, 3-30; Corey Kruse, 2-15; Kyle Kramer, 5-3. Randolph – Jon Patent, 19-60; Nic Thies, 12-32; Michael Kint, 3-6; Heath Hammond, 1-0.

Receiving
Cedar – Cody Klug, 1-26; Tim Wieseler, 1-18; Corey Kruse, 1-10; Turner Becker, 1-0. Randolph – T.J. Lackas, 1-32.

TACKLES
Cedar – Tim Wieseler, 15; Kyle Dump, 12; Myles Lammers, 11; Corey Kruse, 8; Tony Heine, 7; Turner Becker, 6; Brandon Griess, 6; Andy Dickes, 5; Tyson Leise, 3; Adam Burbach, 3; Cody Klug, 3; Tom Steffen, 2; Kyle Kramer, 2; Kelby Sudbeck, 2; Eric Sudbeck, 2; Luke Stevens, 1; Beau Noecker, 1; Tucker Lammers, 1; Brett Klug, 1.
Randolph – Nic Thies, 25;
Lucas Brunssen, 10; Heath Hammond, 7; Kevin Smith, 7; Michael Kint, 6; Garret Robinson, 6; Jon Patent, 4; Michael Hasselhorst, 4; Jacob Korth, 3; Jared Schmidt, 3; Kearney Lackas, 2; Ben Gubbels, 2; Doug Rethwisch, 2; T;J. Lackas, 2; Matt Thies, 2; Jon Gubbels, 1; Mathieu DeMatitels, 1; Nate Gubbels, 1; Tanner Gubbels, 1; Eric Hasselhorst, 1; Doniel Kyles, 1.