LAST YEAR — Carroll more than doubled Perry’s offensive output in scoring a 43-10 win at Dewey Field. The Tigers passed for 189 yards and two touchdowns, rushed 32 times for 169 yards and returned a Bluejay interception for a score.
Perry connected on only 5-of-21 passes fro 48 yards while gaining 107 yards on 45 carries, an average of just 2.4 yards per rush. Ivan Garcia hit a 30-yard field goal in the loss.
Among returning players from the game, Carroll’s Matt Pauk had 56 yards and a TD on 14 rushes while making eight tackles, with Perry’s Joe Olvera tallying 9.5 stops while Kade VanKirk and Jacob Thompson had 6.5 and 5.5 denials, respectively.
ABOUT THE TIGERS — Carroll topped rival Kuemper Catholic, 24-7, in their season opener before suffering a 36-0 loss to Harlan and a 35-26 setback to Webster City. All three games were in Carroll, with their 42-14 win over Humboldt last week on the road.
Junior quarterback Kolby Molinsky is 31-67-5 for 454 yards and four TDs, with Peter Stevens (7-120, 3 TDs), Dayton Ross (8-113) and Pauk (9-70) his primary targets.
The Tigers have rushed for 1,025 yards on 170 carries, a clip of just over six yards per haul, and have scored nine times on the ground.
Pauk (90-612, 4 TDs) is by far the most dangerous weapon, with Ross (30-169, 1 TD) and Molinsky (30-81, 4 TDs) also heavily involved.
Cole Kautzky leads the defense with 34 tackles (six for loss), with Pauk adding 24 stops. Small but elusive nose guard Sam Kastle (5-5, 170) has 11 tackles, but six are for loss, including two sacks.
ABOUT THE BLUEJAYS — ADM slipped past host Perry, 14-13, in week one, with shutout losses at North Polk (24-0) and to visiting Gilbert (44-0) following. Perry fell to host Boone, 27-10, last Friday.
Ryan Rathje is a respectable 46-77-4 passing. He has one touchdown but has had little time to throw, resulting in short passes and a total of 343 yards.
Taviar Lucas is far and away the leading receiver for the Jays, both in receptions (24) and yards (195). He has TD catches of 14 yards from Rathje and of 50 on Wyatt Halling’s only toss of the season.
Jacob Thompson (7-80), Marcus Meri (5-57) and Eli Saemisch (5-23) lead the rest of the pack.
Perry’s 130 rushing yards on 81 carries is lowest in 3A. Saemisch (36-101) is the top gainer, with Gage Welch (14-68) and Lucas (9-13) seeing limited action.
Mark Campos (29), Solomon Pierce (25.5), Kade VanKirk (19.5), Adan Medina (19) and Joe Olvera (18) are the top five tacklers for the defense.
PROBABLE STARTERS
PERRY Offense CARROLL Defense
No. Pos. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. No. Pos. Name Yr. Ht. Wt.
72 LT Joe Olvera 12 6-2 270 82 DE Austin Schirck 11 6-6 235
67 LG Tyler Soll 11 6-0 265 41 NG Sam Kastle 12 5-5 170
79 C Gil Garcia 12 5-8 245 62 DT Soren Jensen 11 6-2 235
71 RG Alonzo Zarate 12 5-8 210 50 DE Elijah Dirkx 12 5-10 175
66 RT J.R. McCord 12 6-0 255 34 MLB Matt Pauk 12 6-0 180
84 TE Marcus Meri 12 6-1 180 25 WLB Cole Kautzky 12 5-11 195
4 QB Ryan Rathje 12 6-4 170 44 OLB Dayton Ross 11 6-0 195
35 FB Adan Medina 11 6-1 185 4 OLB Zach Promes 11 6-0 195
27 TB Eli Saemisch 12 6-0 190 83 FS Parker Stevens 12 6-2 160
22 WR Jacob Thompson 12 5-10 160 20 CB Dylan Millermon 11 5-10 175
13 WR Tavier Lucas 12 5-10 190 5 CB Nathan Simmons 12 5-11 160
8 PK Ivan Garcia 12 5-5 145 83 P Parker Stevens 12 6-2 160
PERRY Defense CARROLL Offense
No. Pos. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. No. Pos. Name Yr. Ht. Wt.
83 DE Solomon Pierce 12 6-3 190 65 LT Chris Onken 12 6-3 210
72 DT Joe Olvera 12 6-2 270 55 LG Brett Snyder 12 6-2 235
67 DT Tyler Soll 11 6-0 265 70 C Brandon Denney 12 6-3 230
27 DE Eli Saemisch 12 6-0 190 66 RG Reese Fitzpatrick 11 6-2 320
26 OLB Nic Fellom 11 5-8 150 54 RT Jacob Norgaard 12 6-0 220
28 ILB Mark Campos 10 5-9 195 11 QB Kolby Molinske 11 6-2 185
35 OLB Adan Medina 11 6-1 185 34 FB Matt Pauk 12 6-0 180
22 CB Jacob Thompson 12 5-10 160 83 SE Parker Stevens 12 6-2 160
15 FS Brandon Juarez 11 5-9 155 1 SE Cooper Ross 10 5-7 130
2 SS Kade VanKirk 12 5-8 140 20 SL Dylan Millermon 11 5-10 175
8 CB Ivan Garcia 12 5-5 145 44 SL Dayton Ross 11 6-0 195
22 P Jacob Thompson 12 5-10 160 21 PK Peyton Raymond 11 5-11 150
DISTRICT 2
| District | Overall | Point Diff Avg |
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| Win | Loss | Tie | Win | Loss | Tie | ||
| Webster City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Carroll | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Boone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Humboldt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Algona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -3.00 |
| Greene County | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -7.00 |
| Perry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -13.00 |
Friday’s Games
Boone at Dallas Center-Grimes (ND)
Humboldt at Algona
Perry at Carroll
Webster City at Greene County
If Parker Stevens has 10 catches, Perry will win. Guaranteed! This kid is a baller, and Solomon Pierce is definitely a gamer. Use him at tight end. A little play action. Let Parker go deep. All you have to do is throw it up high to Solomon. He will go up and catch it over any defender. He can jump. Just a little tip, coach.
I totally agree with Noel. I think the players aren’t being maximized to their true abilities. Throw the ball more. It’s the coaches’ fault. You can tell when you watch the games the coaches look confused.