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The Sigourney-Keota Cobra football team has a chance to keep their strong season rolling and lock up a postseason bid when they travel to Colfax-Mingo Friday. SK is 5-1 on the year, winners of five straight, and an unbeaten 3-0 in district play, outscoring their opponents 135-28 in three district games, including a 42-21 win at Pella Christian a week ago. The Cobras outgained the Eagles 461-321, and put up more than 400 of their yards on the ground. Isaac Bruns had a 232 yard rushing night with three scores, Jacob Libe and Brady Clark had rushing touchdowns, and Braydon Wood threw a score to Bruns. On defense, Ashton Schwab and John Berg each had six tackles and Zach Guffey recovered a fumble. Sigourney-Keota enters this week ranked No. 8 in Class 1A in the latest poll from the Iowa High School Athletic Association. This year, SK is averaging 32 points per game and giving up 17, with 311 yards per night, 275 rushing. Individually, Wood is nine of 16 throwing for two scores and three picks. Bruns has caught three balls for 86 yards and a touchdown. Clark, Ayden Galindo and Hunter Sellers also have touchdown grabs. Bruns is the leader on the ground with 127 carries, 929 yards and state best 14 touchdowns. Ike Molyneux has added three rushing scores. Ashton Schwab has 26 tackles, five for loss. Owen Menke has seven for loss, the Cobras as a team have 34 TFLs. Clark, Bruns and Berg each have two takeaways. SK ranks in the top 10 of Class 1A in 15 different team and individual categories.
Colfax-Mingo is 1-5 this season, 1-2 in district. They were shut out by Pleasantville last week 48-0. The Tigerhawks were outgained 363-77 in the loss including 208-32 rushing. They lost the turnover battle 2-0. Shane Hostetter had 70 all-purpose yards including six of 16 passing for 45. Camden Cunningham led the defense with 11 tackles. This season the Hawks score 15 per game and give up 27, averaging 261 yards per night, 140 on the ground. Individually, Hostetter has 954 all-purpose yards, 677 passing on 46 of 104 with five touchdowns and seven interceptions. Camden Sykes has 644 all-purpose yards on 52 touches with six touchdowns. Cunningham leads the defense with 40 stops 10 tackles for loss. Hostetter has three interceptions defensively. This week, Cobra head coach Jared Jensen joined the KCII Radio Coaches Corner to talk about the keys for his team to continue their great play and get a win over Colfax-Mingo.
Jensen said, “We’ve started to see that cohesion across the offensive and defensive lines. We’ve found that physicality on both sides of the ball, every single play. When you win the line of scrimmage, you’re typically going to have a lot of success on offense and defense. We have to make sure that we’re keying our responsibilities. Clean that up a little bit and we’ll be just fine.”
Last year SK smoked the Tigerhawks 82-0, holding them to -52 total yards while six different Snakes scored touchdowns. Action starts Friday at 7p.m. at Colfax-Mingo High School.