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Tree football turns in
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and threw a pass that
off by Andy Dodson
Tree up on its own
Plays got the ball to the
and then Lorack called
t nUmber, rolling out and
39 for the touch-
conversion made
in the half.
Union got another
the ensuing punt when
fumbled it. However,
could not take ad-
of the opportunity and
ball over at the Lone
The Lions ran out the
half.
made short work of
half kickoff. Conner
it back 73 yards for a
Menzer's kick made
with 11:46 left in the
'. On W-MU's possession
couldn't get going and
partially blocked an-
the ball to Lone
W-MU 25. It took Lone
to score as Reitzler
on a 25 yard run.
kick made the score 47-0
quarter.
worked with a short
their next possession.
Union decided to go
down on a fourth down
instead of punting.
make it so Lone Tree
on the W-MU 20. One
down on the nine.
play Lorack ran for
Menzer added the
and it was 54-0 with
tuarter. ,
e clock running continu-
Lone Tree got the 40-0
quickly Also, it
Tree a chance to get
into action for the
The reserves got
chance, getting
the W-MU 41 and get
six before going back-
in to try a 25
but he just missed
54-0.
Giving credit
where credit is
due:
This Lone Tree football team
is moving through a rarified at-
mosphere. I think you can count
on one hand the number of Lone
Tree teams that have had no loss-
es or only one loss before this year,
since Lone Tree started playing
football in 1919.
According to some fast research
that I have done Lone Tree had a
one loss team in 1927, a no loss
and one tie team in 1928, the same
for 1938, an 8-1 record for the 1963
team that I wrote about a couple
of weeks ago and a 9-0 regular sea-
son record for the 1997 combined
Highland-Lone Tree that made the
state championship game. Even
the 1982 State Champions had
two losses in the regular season.
I don't really know about the 1984
team that was State Runnerup.
These teams did not become
good just by walking out onto the
field and saying "Okay, we're Lone
Tree. Give us our victory" They
worked at it. They had many good
players who worked as a team. In
Lone Tree's case football is an 11
man game. Each one of the 11 on
each play has a job to do and must
do it or the team will not be suc-
cessful. When the team has the
ball the linemen up front must
root out running room for the
backs carrying the ball or must
make sure the quarterback has
time to throw that pass for the
first down or the touchdown.
On defense the linemen and
linebackers are primarily respon-
sible for stopping the run. The
defensive backs, along with the
linebackers, are responsible for
shutting down the passing game.
The interception is the big thing.
As we found out in the Iowa-
Northwesern game an intercep-
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one of the best seasons on record
Lion can change the complexion
of the game in a hurry. Or last
year's bowl game with Missouri. I
haven't seen the latest stats, but at
one time this year Lone Tree was
leading the state in interceptions.
The offensive line and the whole
defense usually labors pretty
much in obscurity The players get
mentioned for making a tackle or
recovering a fumble or intercept-
ing a pass, but they don't get the
headlines like the quarterbacks,
running backs and receivers.
These are the players who pri-
marily labor in anonymity. They
have worked hard during the sum-
mer lifting weights and they have
worked hard during the season
to perfect their skills. The same
could be said for the reserves who
sometimes get into games when
the outcome is no longer in doubt.
Tom Dickey, who does the R A.
work at the football games does
a good job of calling attention
to the offensive line after a good
play or the defense after a good
stand. Without those anonymous
players there would be no hole in
the opposition for the ball carrier
to run, and there have certainly
been some beautiful holes for
those backs this year. There has
also been good protection for pass
plays.
On the other side, I actually
began to feel a bit sorry for the
Winfield-Mt. Union quarterback
last Friday and for the Wolves
running backs. They had nowhere
to go except to the ground. That
quarterback must have been re-
ally bumped and bruised by the
time the game was over. Accord-
ing to my scribbling W-MU had
27 running plays. They lost yard-
age on nine of them. At least one
of them was an attempted pass
when the Lone Tree D-Line sim-
ply smothered the quarterback.
They wound up with a net of 42
yards rushing. The Lions partial-
ly blocked a couple of punts. They
had at least one interception and
a couple of fumble recoveries to
aracter Counts Team
give Lone Tree unexpected posses-
sion of the ball. Those anonymous
defensive people were doing their
job. So, remember for the future.
Give plenty of cheers to the guys
who don't make the headlines.
Lone Tree plays host to Iowa Val-
ley (Marengo) in the first round of
the playoffs on Wednesday night.
(Tonight for those of you who get
your paper on Wednesday.) Iowa
Valley brings a 6-3 record to Lone
Tree. If the Lions win that game
they will play again on Monday
night.
CLASS A, DISTRICT 5
FINAL STANDINGS
Lisbon 6-0/9-0
LONE TREE 5-1/8-1
WACO (Wayl.) 4-2/7-2
Danville 3-3/5-4
Winf.-Mt. Un. 2-4/2-7
English Valleys 1-5/1-8
New London 0-6/0-9
LAST WEEK'S SCORES
LONE TREE 54, WMU 0
Danville 26, Eng. Vall. 8
Lisbon 53, WACO 6
North Mahaska 52, New London 0
Nguyens visit
Lone 3 tee
Huan and Ha Nguyen visited
with Gerald and Betty Forbes and
other Lone Tree friends a week or
so ago. Huan came to Lone Tree
in 1979 as a foster son of Father
Gregg Miller, who was pastor at
the St. Mary's church at the time.
Lady Lions finish vs. Waeo
Lathrop had 67 kills in her senior but used her limited time w,.d!,
by TlmGroff season and Lydia Swanson saw earning fore- 1)lock: pin,. 1., 2,,
The Lone Tree Reporter limited time for the Varsity team just five sets for the tAo]s
The Lady Lions finished their
volleyball season with a loss in
AUCTION & LUNCHEON
SUNDAY - NI IV 6
Church of St Mary oi Nichois
Silent Auction: 11:30 - 1:00 pm
Regular Auction folll
Parish Hall Doors open at t 1:3(
four games to the Waco Warriors
at Wayland on October 19, 25-10,
20-25, 15-25, 16-25.
"The girls came out strong the
first set but were unable to come
out on top in the rest of the sets,"
said Lone Tree first-year coach
Julianna Kline of her team's first-
round regional playoff loss.
Jenny Jones had a great night
with seven kills and Madelyn
Flemr had six kills. Abbie Schmidt
led in serving with a long run in
the first game serving 14 perfect
serves in a row.
Elyssa Mills and Erin Lathrop
did a great job on the left side pro-
viding great defense and offense
and Lydia Swanson did a great job
bringing the energy and always
being prepared.
Maggie Schmidt did a great job
serving with no errors and Karley
Hester and Avery Edwards did a
great job seting.
"The girls had a great season
overall and improved tremen-
dously from the beginning of the
season," said Coach Kline. "Jenny
Jones, Erin Lathrop, Elyssa Mills
and Lydia Swanson had a won- i
derful senior season and will be i
greatly missed next year."
Jenny Jones led the team this LIITii ,
season with 71 kills and served
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high 20 aces. Elyssa Mills was [ •, [
fourth on the team with 82 kills
and served 90 percent when she
rotated into the back row. Erin
Character Counts team are: In the
UR, Ms. Breen, Ella Feldman, Rachel
Katrina Rogers, Faun Tosse, Shaun-
Eileen Westfall and Zach Shalla.
In the back row I/R, Mr. Jones, Conner Larew,
Ms. Graf, Taylor Tucker, Lucas Sieverding, Gabe
Lorack, Keaton Kane and Logan Forbes
ster Parish Confirmation
attend rally
You've got the blue )rint. We've got :he loan.
Joseph Parishes
Ols, Lone Tree and
Students at-
%cese of Davenport
Youth Rally at the
Hotel & Con-
on Sunday, Octo-
was Can,
Students were busy
sessions"
'otlt their faith and
Patin who was the
keynote speaker of the day.
Mike Patin uses energy, humor
and stories to affirm the goodness
of God's presence among us while
inviting others (and himself) to
take the "next step" in our journey
with God.
The day was complete with Lit-
urgy with Bishop Martin Amos
presiding.
Pictured above in the back
row.. Betty Gerot (DRE), Natie
Attig, Shaundria Squiers,
Gretchen Gerot, Alex Comer,
Kailey Klein, and Dede Ollen-
dick (Confirmation Teacher)•
Front row are: Nickalaus
Viner, Zach Shalla, Keaton
Kane, Travis Gillham, Alex
Yedlik, Thomas Viner and Tay-
lor Tucker.
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