By Jon Lewis, Northern Illinois Sports Beat writer
ORANGEVILLE - In a game that featured two of the areas leading rushers Dakota�s Even Dornick and Orangeville�s Riley Kubatzke it was their teammates who made the majority of the big plays.
On the opening kickoff Kubatzke fumbled and Dakota�s Seth Rumage was there to pick it up. Dakota took advantage of the turnover with 10:19 left in the first quarter when Dornick took it in from two yards out. Austin Oberbruner then added the two-point conversion on a quarterback keeper to put Dakota up 8-0.
�It was an unexpected turnover but hey we get a fumble drive it down for a touchdown and shift the momentum into our favor,� Oberbruner said.
After having to punt it back to Dakota, Orangeville came up with a big four down stop. Then Trace Hanson hooked up with Austin Cramer for a sixty-four yard touchdown pass. Kubatzke then took the two-point conversion in to tie the score up at eight with 4:41 left in the first quarter.
�Give the kids the credit in the past after that opening fumble and score against a team this good the game would have been over,� Orangeville head coach Toby Golembiewski said.
Dakota would then answer back on the ensuing possession moving the ball down the field and converting on a couple fourth downs. Wade Dettman capped the drive with a one-yard touchdown run with 10:06 left in the second quarter. Tommy Bowers then ran in the two-point conversion to make to score 16-8 Dakota.
The Indians came out in the second half and took control of the game on the opening drive. By scoring and taking seven minutes off of the game clock. With five minutes remaining in the third quarter Dettman had another one-yard touchdown run. Oberbruner then found Dettman for the two-point conversion to give Dakota a commanding 24-8 lead.
�Give all of the credit to our line,� Dettman said. �They never get enough credit for the great job they do.�
Orangeville was not going to go away quietly as Hanson answered with a five-yard touchdown run. Kubatzke was then kept out on the two-point try leaving the score at 24-14 with twelve seconds remaining in the third quarter. |
