Northwest Iowa — Iowa high school football playoffs open state wide on Friday November 1st. Our broadcast game will feature Western Christian at Treynor in a Class 1A first round matchup. We’ll bring you the coverage on KIWA FM 105.3 with Jon and Justin Hellinga. Pregame starts at 6:20 with opening kick off at 7:00. We’ll stream from the website at www.kiwaradio.com.
Western Christian enters the game at 8-1 on the season following a regular season loss to West Lyon. Treynor is unbeaten on the year at 9-0. Quarterback Tyson Boer has completed 97-of-201 passing attempts for 1,457 yards and 15 touchdowns against 9 interceptions. Jacob Verburg leads the receiving corps averaging 20.9 yards per reception. The Wolfpack ground game is led by Kobi Baccam with 358 yards and 4 touchdowns with a long of 74 yards.
On defense Tristan Mulder leads the team with 54.5 tackles including 7 solos for a loss and 4 sacks. Eli VanGinkel and Levi VandenBos are tied for the team sack lead with 6 each. As a team the Wolfpack have 11 interceptions and 5 fumble recoveries.
The Cardinals rely on a strong ground game led by quarterback Jake Fisher. He has 118 carries for 1,055 yards and 21 touchdowns with a long of 84 yards. Fisher averages 8.9 yards per carry. Fisher has also put together 625 yards passing completing 31-of-51 for 7 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. He’s averaging 20.2 yards per completion. His leading receiver is Jack Stogdill who has caught 10 balls for 244 yards and 4 touchdowns averaging 24.4 yards per catch.
On defense the leading tackler is Luke Mieska with 41 on the season. That includes 2 solos for a loss. As a team Treynor has picked off 5 passes and recovered 10 fumbles.
Western Head Coach Travis Kooima feels his team will not be intimidated by the roughly 2 hour 40 minute trip to Treynor for the ballgame.
The Cardinals are a power team of offense but Kooima sees them as much more that that.
The keys to a Wolfpack win come together this way.
We asked Treynor Head Coach Jeff Casey what he likes best about his team.
Casey has a great deal of respect for the Western program.
The biggest key to a win for Treynor will be Team Defense and good team discipline.
The winner will advance to the quarterfinal round against the winner of Underwood at West Sioux. That game will be hosted by the remaining high seed.
