The Howells-Dodge Football Team won 26-20 at home over East Butler Friday night.
The game was tied at 6 after one before the Jaguars outscored the Tigers 14-6 in the second quarter to lead 20-12 at halftime.
Neither team scored in the third quarter. East Butler won the fourth quarter 8-6.
Senior Quarterback Dax VanLengen was 13-20 passing for 177 yards and two touchdowns.
Luke Rocheford made 4 catches for 62 yards, and scored once. Jordan Brichacek hauled in 4 passes for 56 yards, and scored once. Jon Yosten caught 4 passes for 51 yards.
Dylan Horejsi carried the ball 23 times for 89 yards.
Kade Hegemann racked up a team-high 22 tackles while Yosten made 20. Brichacek and Lane Hegemann made 12 apiece while Connor Blum totaled 10.
Howells-Dodge amassed 286 yards of offense, including 177 passing.
East Butler registered 388 yards of total offense, 249 of them rushing.
This was a great, great win for the Jaguars. Howells-Dodge definitely got their season started off on the right foot.
The Jaguars (1-0) take on Osmond (0-1) on the road Friday night.
The Tigers lost 54-6 at Humphrey St. Francis this past Friday night.
I figured Osmond would be tougher than they were in their opener so this game doesn't appear to be as difficult or tricky as I first thought it would be for Howells-Dodge.
With that said, the Jaguars have to prepare for and treat this game the same way they did East Butler.
Every team deserves equal preparation and attention, and Howells-Dodge has to go into Osmond and take care of business.
The Jaguars have to go in there and put the Tigers away early, and give Osmond no chance whatsoever.
VanLengen needs to have another big game passing, and Horejsi needs to have a good game running the ball. Breaking the 100-yard plateau would be great progress for him in this young season.
Howells-Dodge shouldn't be challenged over the course of the next month plus, but the Jaguars need to play well to stay sharp.
Howells-Dodge's schedule reminds me a lot of GACC's in that it's not overwhelmingly challenging yet there are still a few challenging contests with opportunities to stay sharp every week.
The Bluejays made it to last year's D-1 title game winning a tough game at home by 6 points so perhaps the Jaguars can do what GACC did a season ago.
Howells-Dodge has a chance to have a special season, and the Jaguars have to continue to play well each and every week, and be on top of their game week in and week in out.
The Jaguars need to take care of business early these next four weeks to rest starters and get backups playing experience.
You want to play starters long enough for them to stay sharp though so only when it is necessary to put backups in should the starters be pulled.
If the starters play 2-3 quarters the next 4 weeks then that should allow Howells-Dodge to be healthy and well rested for the end of the regular season and their upcoming playoff run, assuming there is one.
The Jaguars have a lot of good things going for them right now so they just need to stay on course and continue to play good ball and they should be just fine.
A win over Osmond would be another big step in the right direction for Howells-Dodge.
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