Story by Joe Randleman- Tri-County Times
GILBERT - Turnovers made the difference for the Ballard football team in its 28-14 victory over Carlisle Friday. In a game that was played at Gilbert High School due to the derecho damage done to Rich Strouse Field in Huxley, Ballard and Carlisle were as even as could be when it came to moving the football. Both teams finished with 366 yards of total offense. But Ballard forced three Wildcat turnovers and only committed one. That was enough to give the Bombers the edge and put them at 2-0 on the season.
"Carlisle is a good team and that was a great team win for us," Ballard co-head coach Corey Vespestad said.
Carlisle fell to 1-1 with the loss. Karson Dunn ran for 152 yards, including a 95-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, and he also threw for 128 yards for the Wildcats. Nic Goodhue added 53 yards and one touchdown rushing and two catches for 51 yards for Carlisle.
First Quarter
B - Connor Drew 7 run (Obi Soash kick).
C - Karson Dunn 95 run (Garrett Pienkowski kick)
Second Quarter
B - Sam Petersen 18 pass from Drew (Soash kick)
Third Quarter
C - Goodhue 8 run (Pienkowski kick).
B - Mason Murphy 18 pass from Drew (kick failed)
Fourth Quarter
B - Petersen 20 run (Petersen run)
Team statistics C B
Rushes-yards 33-238 40-187
Passing 9-18-1 12-18-1
Passing yards 128 179
Total yards 366 366
Fumbles lost 2 0
Punts-average 2-28.0 2-37.5
Individual Statistics
Rushing: C - Karson Dunn 14-152, Nic Goodhue 10-53, Archer Ogbourne 4-18, Jonathan Dunn 3-10, Tyson Guard 1-3, Carter Prenosil 1-2. B - Sam Petersen 15-118, Connor Drew 12-37, Wil Jennings 10-21, Mason Murphy 3-15
Passing: C - Dunn 9-18-1-128. Drew 12-18-1-179
Receiving: C - Goodhue 2-51, Jacob Imhoff 4-40, Cejay Whisler 2-30, Justin Neely 1-7. B - Murphy 4-93, Jacob Ihle 4-46, Petersen 2-21, Kyler Watson 1-17, Nolan Schonhorst 1-2
Tackles: C - Whistler 6.5, Goodhue 5.5, Ogbourne 5, J. Dunn 4.5, Prenosil 4. B - Kale Krogh 9, Nick Wacha 5.5, Connor Finch 5.5, Petersen 5, Logan Harmeyer 3.5
Fumble recoveries: B - Petersen, Finch
Interceptions: C - Whistler. B - Murphy