Bears roll into bye week with home rout of Sabers

by Ryan Stonebraker

       BROOKLYN - For the second straight week, the BGM Bear football team captured a lopsided non-district victory after a 70-0 win at home over Twin Cedars.  The win saw the Bears record improve to 2-1 with two wins in a row.  The Bears will be back on the field on Friday, Sept. 20 when they travel to Belle Plaine.  The Plainsmen will come into the game after traveling to Moravia.
      “We started the game well and got to a fast start.  We were able to put them in the rearview mirror early and not let them hang around.  They (Twin Cedars) have some tradition and they have a new coach. They have some young talent and they will be better in future years,” said BGM coach Jerod Burns.
     BGM took command of the game with 37 points in the first quarter.  Leading 37-0 going to the second quarter, the Bears added 20 points to take a 57-0 halftime lead. BGM scored 7 points in the third quarter and 6 points in the fourth quarter to get the game score to its final score of 70-0.
     The Bears offense had 551 yards of total offense in the game with 245 passing and 306 rushing yards.  Both season highs to date.  Beau Burns nearly had a perfect passing game, going 10-for-12 on attempts with 245 yards passing and five touchdowns.  Rushing, Burns had 12 carries for 201 yards and four touchdowns.
      Robby Tometich rushed for 41 yards and Landon Hasseet rushed for 36 yards. Nathan Findlay and Aiden Krebill each rushed for their first varsity carries this season.  Findlay had 20 yards on six carries and Krebill 10 yards on two carries.  Four different Bears caught a touchdown pass in the game.  Tate Martin led Bear receivers with four receptions for 44 yards and two touchdowns. Findlay, Dakota Heishman, and Tucker Wright all had touchdown catches in the game.
      Twin Cedars had 13 yards of total offense with 28 passing yards and negative 15 rushing yards. The total is the best game that the Bears defense has had with yards given up this season.
     The Bears had 15.5 tackles for loss in the game led by Tate Martin with 5. Martin also had two of the three-team sacks in the game. The Bears recovered two fumbles with Tate Martin and Landen Cooling each collecting one.  Two Bears had interceptions in the game. They were from Brooks Davis and Cristian Martinez who combined for 22 return yards in the game.
     The Bears remain the top team in overall touchdowns scored in all classes of Iowa High School football with 34 team touchdowns in two weeks.  Right behind the Bears is rival Montezuma with 28 touchdowns and fellow SICL teams Iowa Valley (27) and Belle Plaine (24).
      We have a bye week this week and we need more snaps. It was good to get field time for us. It was good to see us be efficient on offense.
      Burns said the Bears will have a normal week this week with maybe an off day in there too. 
     “We are going to go through a normal week, maybe move back a day. It will be different not playing on Friday.  We will have to be ready for Belle Plaine. They are physical and a hard-nosed running football team.  They also have good athletes on both sides of the football,” said Burns. 
      Belle Plaine is 3-0 going into this week’s game with Moravia. The Plainsmen have only passed for 79 yards in three games between senior Ty Alcott and junior Aidan Timm. The Plainesmen have rushed for 864 yards with 20 rushing touchdowns.  Alcott leads with 396 yards on 46 carries and 7 touchdowns. Wade Sankot also has rushed for seven touchdowns.  Defensively, Ty Alcott leads in tackles with 22.5 and Wade Sankot has 17 tackles.  As a team Belle Plaine had recovered four fumbles and they have five interceptions as a team.