2010-2011 Week 13 NFL Raffle Results:

Highest

1^st Place       114 pts.       $250            James Downing                        Monona, IA

1^st Place       114 pts.       $250            Chris Daily                               Kansas City, MO

3^rd Place      110 pts.       $100            Mark Tegeler                            Belle Plaine, IA

4^th Place      107 pts.       $  50            Jim Heick                                  Solon, IA

4^th Place      107 pts.       $  50            Shanna Schumacher                  Keystone, IA

4^th Place      107 pts.       $  50            Craig & Jeanette Kimm             Belle Plaine, IA

7^th Place      106 pts.       $  32.50       Bill Fletcher                              Muscatine, IA

7^th Place      106 pts.       $  32.50       Marvin Mohs                            Luana, IA

9^th Place      104 pts.       $  25            Mark Breja                                Chelsea, IA

Lowest

1^st Place       16 pts.        $  20            Jerry Henning                            Hartwick, IA

3^rd Place      19 pts.        $   8.33        Lisa Vranek                              Belle Plaine, IA

3^rd Place      19 pts.        $   8.33        Matt Schwenn                           Atkins, IA

3^rd Place      19 pts.        $   8.33        Randy DeRycke                        Belle Plaine, IA

2010-2011 Week 12 NFL Raffle Results:

Highest

1^st Place       123 pts.       $250            Trena Dodd                              Belle Plaine, IA

1^st Place       123 pts.       $250            Donna Buch                              Belle Plaine, IA

3^rd Place      117 pts.       $100            Kim Jahlas                                Victor, IA

4^th Place      114 pts.       $  55            Russell Rieck                            Belle Plaine, IA

4^th Place      114 pts.       $  55            Rod Radeke                             Belle Plaine, IA

6^th Place      113 pts.       $  40            Matt Schwenn                           Atkins, IA

7^th Place      111 pts.       $  18            Darlene Breja                            Belle Plaine, IA

7^th Place      111 pts.       $  18            Russ Erger                               Rothscild, WI

7^th Place      111 pts.       $  18            Sharyl DeMeulenaere                 Victor, IA

7^th Place      111 pts.       $  18            Doug Blanchard                        Belle Plaine, IA

7^th Place      111 pts.       $  18            Jim Pirkle                                  Belle Plaine, IA

Lowest

1^st Place                           $ 17.50        Kris Sherwood                         Atkins, IA

1^st Place                          $ 17.50        Jeffrey Schumacher                   Amana, IA

3^rd Place                          $ 10             Bill Grieder                               Belle Plaine, IA

Belle Plaine’s playoff road came to an end tonight when the Plainsmen dropped a 22-15 decision at Lisbon. They finish the season with a record of 5-5.

This marked the second time the two teams have met this season. Earlier, Lisbon claimed a 34-6 victory. The Plainsmen were hit hard by injuries late in the season, with several key players on the sidelines. With the victory, the Lions advance to the next round against BGM.

The Jr. High Football team finished with a 3-2 record.  Here are the following scores:

BP       14       Iowa Valley               0

BP        2        North Mahaska       12

BP       30       BGM                          8

BP        0        Sigourney-Keota     34

BP       40       HLV                          14

This was the first year that I can remember that Belle Plaine combined the 7^th and 8^th graders together to play football.  Because of declining enrollment, it was impossible to compete with separate 7^th and 8^th grade teams.  You always worry about chemistry when combining classes at this age but the guys got along great and was a very enjoyable season.

The season got off with bang as the team traveled to Marengo on Sept 23^rd to face the Tigers.  As it seemed with every other team, they looked much bigger than us.  The first half ended up scoreless.  In the second half, the offense had a good drive early in the third period to score it’s first touchdown of the year.  Trey Squiers sealed the deal when he intercepted an intended pitch and sprinted 60 yards untouched for the final score of the game.

After a 9 day layoff, the second game featured North Mahaska coming to Belle Plaine on Oct. 2^nd for a 9:00 Saturday morning game.  North Mahaska came away with a hard fought 12-2 victory.  The defense did a good job for the most part but a couple of missed tackles turned into long scoring plays for the visitors.  The offense moved the ball well but kept shooting ourselves in the foot with 3 lost fumbles, one being on the one yard line which eventually led to us scoring a safety.  We talked to the squad about the importance of taking care of the ball and proper tackling techniques.  The following practices focused on hanging on to the ball drills and tackling drills.

The team traveled to Brooklyn the following Thursday to play BGM.  The first half was scoreless.  The second half was all Belle Plaine as the offense erupted for 30 points highlighted by a 50 yard onside kick return by Caleb Morrow.  The offense made a halftime adjustment and ran the ball at will.  Josh Long scored early in the third period on a long run.  After a BGM lost fumble, the Plainsmen struck on the very next play with a touchdown throw from Trey Squiers to Adrien Griffith.  The defense pretty much shut down the BGM offense outside of one play when BGM scored on a long run as 3 Plainsmen missed tackles.  The defense played much better outside of that one play.

On Tuesday, Oct. 12^th, Belle Plaine journeyed to Keota to take on Sigourney-Keota.  S-K runs the spinner back offense that gives defenses fits.  This might be the only program that’s running this type of offense in the state.  With only two practices to get ready for it, the Plainsmen defense had their problems.  To their credit, the defense stiffened up in the second half to only allow one touchdown.  The offense moved the ball inside the 20 yard lines but couldn’t get anything in the endzone.  Not too many highlights in this one as S-K proved to be a better team.

The last game was played on Tuesday, Oct. 19^th at Victor to take on the HLV Warriors.  This was probably our best overall game of the season.  Played well from the beginning to the end.  We were able to play a lot of players in different positions which is always fun for the guys.  Squiers had 3 touchdown passes to Griffith, Vance Bohlen and Justin Jacobi.  Josh Long and Zac Slaymaker ran for the other two scores.  The offensive line of Trey Alcott, Wes Pippert, Cody Bergom, Caleb Morrow, Matthew Breja, with tight ends Jacobi and Griffith did an excellent job throughout the game.  Jacob Ehlen scored a couple two point conversions and Cody Northrop had a great punt return.  All in all, it was a great way to finish the season.

Here is the end of the year roster:

8^th graders:                                                            7^th graders:

Trey Squiers                                                         Wes Pippert

Josh Long                                                              Matthew Breja

Justin Jacobi                                                         Zac Slaymaker

Adrien Griffith                                                     Tristan Cecak

Cody Bergom                                                        Trey Alcott

Caleb Morrow                                                       Jacob Ehlen

Jacob Fabor                                                           Brandon Zumbach

Vance Bohlen                                                        William Mengler

Justin Miller                                                         Jon Stone

Cody Northrop

Manager:  Marianne Johnson

The coaches would like to thank the parents for their support during the season.  Most of all, we would like to thank the players for their commitment, effort and work ethic during the season.  It was a very enjoyable group of young men to work with.  We look forward to watching the 8^th graders grow as football players as they begin their high school career.  We also look forward to working with the 7^th graders again next year and the soon to be jr. high football players in 6^th grade.

Coach Dodd and Coach Yilek

Cooper Northrop’s 20-yard field goal with just over 22 seconds left in the game gave the Belle Plaine football squad a come-from-behind 9-7 victory over Montezuma Friday at the Plainsman field.

Belle Plaine finished third in the district and will take a record of 4-2 in the district, 5-4 overall into Wednesday’s first round playoff game at Lisbon. Lisbon finished second in its district. This will mark the second time this season the two teams have met. Earlier this season, the Lions prevailed, 34-6.

Montezuma took the lead with four minutes left in the first half on an 18-yard run by Bryan Stanford. Belle Plaine pulled to within a point with just over seven minutes left in the third quarter on Northrop’s one-yard run. But the conversion run attempt failed.

The winning field goal came on the 21^st play of the Belle Plaine drive, which started on their own five yard line. After the field goal, Montezuma threw two incomplete passes and on third down, Keegan DeMeulenaere picked off a Brave pass as time ran out.

Northrop led the Plainsmen with 24 carries for 107 yards. He also caught four passes for 59 yards. Dustin Drexler had 16 carries for 75 yards. Brett Hampton had 19 carries for 59 yards. Ben Ehlen had two carries for one yard, Brayden Morrow had one for 12 yards and Logan Baburek had two carries for -14 yards. Keegan DeMeulenaere caught one pass for 16 yards.

Defensively, Reed Petersen had nine tackles. Zach Snyder had six with one tackle for loss. Devin Conway ahd five with one for loss. Norhrop had five, Tyler Williams had nine, Chad Olson had four, Blake Chekal had seven with one for loss, Garrett Rollins had two, Ben Ehlen and Morrow each had four, DeMeulenaere had five with a pass interception and Carl Meck had two.

The following is the list this week’s winners in the Belle Plaine pro football raffle:

2010-2011 Week 6 NFL Raffle Results:

Highest

1^st Place      93 pts.       $350           Benita & Gil Rodriguez           Chula Vista, CA

2^nd Place      92 pts.       $125           Tara O’Leary                          Belle Plaine, IA

2^nd Place      92 pts.       $125           Donny Bearbower                             Jesup, IA

4^th Place      91 pts.       $ 60            Sharyl DeMeulenaere              Victor, IA

5^th Place      90 pts.       $ 50            Kim Hynek                              Swisher, IA

6^th Place      89 pts.       $ 26             David Coover                          Belle Plaine, IA

6^th Place      89 pts.       $ 26             Larry Kithcart                         Belle Plaine, IA

6^th Place      89 pts.       $ 26            Kelly Lorenz                            Marengo, IA

6^th Place      89 pts.       $ 26            Pamela Evans                          Argyle, IA

6^th Place      89 pts.       $ 26            Leah Mast                               Belle Plaine, IA

Lowest

1^st Place        18 pts.      $ 20            Steve Drexler                           Belle Plaine, IA

2^nd Place        26 pts.      $  8.33        Ralph Dodd                                      Geneva, IA

2^nd Place        26 pts.      $  8.33        Matt Miller                              Luzerne, IA

2^nd Place        26 pts.      $  8.33        Parrott Family                         Belle Plaine, IA

Cooper Northrop scored 35 points and his team never trailed as Belle Plaine handed North Mahaska a 41-27 defeat Friday at New Sharon.

Northrop’s night included three receiving touchdowns, two rushing touchdowns, three extra point kicks and one two-point conversion catch. His team rolled up more than twice the number of yards in offense as the host team as the Plainsmen climbed to 3-2 in the district and 4-4 overall.

Northrop gave the Plainsmen the 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a 38-yard run and the extra point kick. Later in the half, Logan Baburek connected with Northrop twice for touchdown catches of 20 and 11 yards to give the Plainsmen a 21-0 lead.

North Mahaska cut the lead with a 15-yard touchdown pass and later on a 33-yard field goal to make it 21-10 at the half.The Warhawks cut deeper into the Belle Plaine lead in the third quarter on a 15-yard touchdown run. But the conversion pass failed, leaving the Plainsmen in the lead, 21-16.

The third Baburek to Northrop scoring pass connection went for 25 yards later in the third quarter to make it 27-16. A second Chaz McBirnie field goal, this one from 27 yards out, moved North Mahaska closer, 27-19.

In the fourth quarter, Northrop scored his final touchdown from four yards out and caught the conversion mas to make it 35-19. But the Warhawks answered on a two-yard touchdown run and a conversion pass to make it 35-27.

The final score of the game came on Keegan DeMeulenaere’s 14-yard run for the Plainsmen.

Once again, seven Plainsman runners carried the ball. Kyle Janss had seven carries for 55 yards. Northrop had seven carries for 87 yards. DeMeulenaere had two for 17, Baburek had one for minus two, Devon Parr had 11 rushes for 72 yards, Ben Ehlen had two for 15 and Brett Hampton ahd five for 21 yards.

Northrop caught four passes for 57 yards, DeMeulenaere had three catches for 35 yards and Janss had one for 17 yards.

Northrop also punted twice for a 38-yard average.

Defensively, Reed Petersen had three tackles, Zach Snyder had four, Devin Conway had six, Brayden Morrow led the team with eight including two for loss, Parr had one with one for loss, Hampton had four with half a tackle for loss, Northrop had five, Tyler Williams had seven with two for loss, Chad Olson had two with a half-tackle for loss, Blake Chekal had four with one for loss, Garrett Rollins had four with one for loss and a fumble recovery, Ehlen had three with one for loss, a half-sack and a pass interception, Brett Stull had four with one for loss a a half-sack and DeMeulenaere had two tackles.

This week, Montezuma comes to town for Super Friday. The Braves fell to HLV last week, 28-13 and are 2-3 in district play, 4-4 overall.

Belle Plaine                  7                   14                   6                 14              -             41

North Mahaska          0                   10                   9                   8              -             27

BP                    NM

First downs                               16                       8

Rushing                                      37-261             37-100

Passes                                         7-14-1               4-14-1

Pass yds.                                    109                     74

Punts                                           2-38                   4-36

Fumbles                                     3-3                      1-1

Penalties                                    10-75                7-55

Eighth-rated BGM held Belle Plaine to just 54 yards on the ground and scored the last four touchdowns on the night to post a 34-7 victory Friday night. The loss dropped the Plainsmen to 2-2 in the district and 3-4 overall. But they are still in the playoff picture as they travel to North Mahaska Friday and close out the regular season at home the following week against Montezuma.

Eight Plainsman runners had carries Friday night, but three of them had negative yard totals. Quarterback Logan Baburek was a little more successful through the air, hitting six of 12 for 100 yards and the lone Belle Plaine touchdown.

BGM got on the scoreboard first in the first quarter on Danny Brau’s seven-yard run. The extra point kick made it 7-0 after the first quarter. But the Plainsmen tied it up in the second when Baburek found Cooper Northrop with a pass that went for 39 yards. Northrop kicked the extra point and the game was tied at 7-7.

But the Bears regained control later in the quarter, first on Brau’s 25-yard run and then on a 47-yard run by Kyle Hawkins. They added an extra point kick to make it 20-7 at the half.

The defense added to the lead for BGM in the third quarter when John Beck picked off a Plainsman pass and returned it 60 yards. With the extra point kick it was 27-7 after three quarters. The final score came in the fourth on a 71- yard pass play from Jevohn Miller to Beck.

Brau was the main offensive weapon for the Bears as he gained 187 yards in 26 carries.

Kyle Janss led the Plainsman ball carriers with 15 carries for 45 yards. Devon Parr had eight attempts for 17 yards. Brayden Morrow had two for 14, Dustin Drexler had two for nine yards. But Northrop had one carry for zero yards, Nick Pippert had one for minus 11, Baburek had two for minus nine and Ryan Zumbach had one for minus 11 yards.

Northrop had four pass receptions for 82 yards and the touchdown. Janss caught two passes for 18 yards.

On the defensive side for the Plainsmen, Reed Petersen had seven tackles, including two for loss. Parr had six, Garrett Rollins had four with a half-tackle for loss, Zach Snyder had three with a half for loss, Devin Conway had one with a fumble recovery, Janss had two, Keegan DeMeulenaere had four with a sack, Brett Hampton led the team with nine tackles, Tyler Williams had eight, Chad Olson had two with one for loss, Blake Chekal had four, Ben Ehlen had two with one for loss and Morrow had two.

North Mahaska is winless this season, but the Warhawks could be a dangerous team as they attempt to become playoff spoilers in their final two games. Last week, they lost a 14-12 decision to Montezuma in their closest game of the season. They have been shut out twice and scored only one touchdown in each of two other games. Their defense has allowed an average of more than 32 points per game.

Belle Plaine     0          7          0          0          -           7

BGM               7          13        7          7          -           34

BP                   BGM

First downs                 7                      14

Rushing                       32-54               42-267

Passes                          6-13-1              3-7-0

Pass yds.                     100                  109

Punts                           7-32                 5-25

Fumbles                       3-3                   1-1

Penalties                      6-45                 4-25

Plainsman fans celebrated a happy homecoming Friday night as Belle Plaine stopped Lynnville-Sully 40-12. Now 3-3 on the season, the Plainsmen are still in the running for a district title as they prepare for a trip to BGM this week.

Last week, the home team established a 34-0 halftime advantage and cruised from there. The Plainsmen scored firs with 2:29 left in the first quarter when Logan Baburek found Cooper Northrop with a short pass that went for a 47-yard touchdown. Northrop kicked the extra point for the 7-0 lead after the first quarter.

Lynnville-Sully turnovers would be a major factor in this game and the Hawks fumbled a punt recovery on the last play of the first quarter which gave the Plainsmen possession on the Hawk 14. On the first play of the second quarter, Devon Parr scored his first touchdown on a 14-yard run. Northrop added the conversion for a 14-0 advantage. Parr scored again with 7:19 left in the half on a 12-yard run. Melissa Janss, who came on for an injured Northrop, kicked the extra point. Less than two minutes later, Kyle Janss went in from one yard out and Melissa Janss kicked the extra point to make it 28-0. Big plays in that three-play drive included a 30-yard pass from Baburek to Cody Chekal, followed by a 14-yard run by Kyle Janss.

The last score of the half came after a Plainsman pass interception and a nine yard pass from Baburek to Kyle Janss. The extra point kick was blocked.

Coach Todd Bohlen said this is the first time a girl has played varsity football for him. He said she volunteered to try out for the kicking position after injuries sidelined Keegan DeMeulenaere and Northrop. When Northrop was sidelined early in this contest, she handled the extra point kicks and the kickoffs the rest of the way. The coach said she did a good job, especially following instructions on placement of her kickoffs.

The Plainsmen added one more touchdown in the third quarter on a three-yard pass from Baburek to Brayden Morrow with 7:52 left in the period.

At this point, the coaching staff was able to start sending in the substitutes on offense and defense.

Lynnville-Sully scored twice in the fourth quarter on an 11-yard pass play from Cale Van Wyk to Logan Vos and then later on Bailee Samson’s three-yard run.

“We came out slow on those first couple of drives,” Bohlen said. “Then we opened it up a big with screen passes to put 27 points on the board in the second quarter.” He added that the defense did a nice job, especially recovering a couple of muffed punt returns to give the offense good field position.

Eight Belle Plaine players carried the ball in this contest. Kyle Janss had 18 carries for 106 yards. He also caught two passes for 10 yards. Northrop had one carry for zero yards and one pass reception for 47 yards. Ben Ehlen had two carries for two yards and caught two passes for 34 yards. Caleb Parr had two carries for six yards. Nick Pippert had five carries for 20 yards. Devon Parr had four carries for 32 yards and one pass reception for 14 yards. Dustin Drexler had four carries for 11 yards. Baburek had oen carry for zero yards.

Defensively, Reed Petersen ahd six tackles, including one for loss and a sack, Devon Parr had six with a half-sack, Cody Chekal had three with 1 ½ sacks, Zach Snyder had four with 1 ½ sacks, Drexler ahd four, Brett Hampton had four with an interception, Tyler Williams ahd three with a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery, Chad Olson had one for loss and a fumble recovery, Blake Chekal had two with a half for loss and a fumble recovery, Keegan DeMeulenaere had a fumble recovery, Brent Stull had two, Ehlen had four, Brayden Morrow had one with a pass interception, Garrett Rollins had two, Reece Kimm, three, Austin Beck, Ross Henning and Carl Meck with two each, Josh Hotz, Nick Pippert and Austin Brown with one each and Grant Bevins had four with one for loss.

The Plainsmen enter preparations for this week’s clash with BGM with a couple of injuries. Northrop tweaked an ankle and sat out much of the game. Bohlen reported that Cody Chekal sustained a possible serious knee injury and was awaiting evaluation early this week by a doctor.

Following a 42-6 loss to Iowa City Regina, BGM has rolled to five straight wins, averaging nearly 40 points per game, while allowing each of their last five opponents one touchdown or less.

The coach said the Bears may be better on defense than they are on offense, with a couple of strong middle linebackers.

Lynnville-Sully                        0 0 0 12 - 12

Belle Plaine                               7 27 6 0 - 40

BP                          LS

First downs                                  12                           10

Rushing                                         37-170                 34-114

Passes                                            9-12-1                    4-12-2

Pass yds.                                       156                            43

Punts                                              3-25                        4-34

Fumbles                                        3-1                           4-3

Penalties                                       5-45                        3-33

Plainsman fans celebrated a happy homecoming Friday night as Belle Plaine stopped Lynnville-Sully 40-12.

The home team established a 34-0 halftime advantage and cruised from there. They took advantage of five Hawk turnovers in the game, including two that led directly to Belle Plaine touchdowns.

Devon Parr and Kyle Janss each scored twice and Logan Baburek passed to Cooper Northrop for the first score and to Brayden Morrow for the last Plainsman touchdown.

Belle Plaine is now 3-3 on the season and travels to BGM next week. Lynnville-Sully falls to 1-5.