Northwest Iowa — The Boyden Hull Rock Valley Nighthawks go after their second Class 2A State Football Title in three years Friday afternoon when they take the field against PCM Monroe. It’s a one versus two match up according to the final Radio Iowa Poll with the Nighthawks ranked second behind the Mustangs. PCM Monroe is unbeaten at 12-0 coming off a 27-0 semifinal win over West Liberty. The Nighthawks advanced with a 48-12 win over defending Champion Waukon.
JT Van’t Hul leads the offense with 2,850 yards of total offense including 894 rushing and 1,956 through the air. He’s rushed for 15 touchdowns and passed for 21. His leading receivers are Cody Post and Spencer Te Slaa with 8 touchdown catches each.
Brayton Van Kekerix is the leading tackler with 79.5 on the season including 20 for a loss. As a group the secondary has picked off 12 passes led by Trey Huyser with 4.
PCM Monroe features a 2,000 yard passer in Reed Worth and a 1,500 yard rusher in Wes Cummings. Worth has thrown for 2,126 with 27 touchdowns against just 4 interceptions on the year. Cummings has 1,583 yards averaging 7.9 yards per carry and has found the end zone 23 times. With another 465 yards receiving he’s over 2,000 yards of total offense. Cummings has another 6 touchdowns receiving.
Brycen Rogers is the leading tackler with 60.5 on the season including 49 solos and 9 tackles for a loss. Nick Dredge leads the secondary with 5 interceptions. As a group the Mustangs have 19 for the year.
When it comes to the PCM Monroe offense it’s like looking into a mirror for Nighthawks Head Coach Cory Brandt.
Brandt and the Nighthawks have a lot of respect for the Mustangs defense too.
Brandt also talked about the full team effort required to win a championship.
Mustangs Head Coach Greg Bonnett talks about how complete a team the Nighthawks are.
Bonnett offered these keys to the game.
The biggest key to winning the 2A Championship just may be in game adjustments.
Jon and Justin Hellinga continue our season long coverage of Boyden Hull Rock Valley football from the Dome with pregame at 1:30 for a scheduled 2:00 pm opening kick off. We’ll stream from the website at www.kiwaradio.com.
