Bobcats capitalize against Comets, 44-13
Press photos by John Burbridge Benton Community's Maurice Williams leaps into the end zone for the first of three TDs he would score against the Comets. Also pictured are Charles City defenders, from left, Alex Koehler, Jaden Foster and Josh Halligan.
Comet defensive back Tre Walker makes an open-field tackle on Bobcat receiver Koal Marshall.
Staff Report
VAN HORNE — With both teams coming into the game with 3-1 Class 3A, District 3 records with a playoff spot on the line, early on it looked like the Charles City Comets and the hosting Benton Community Bobcats were going to locked up in a defensive duel.
But the Bobcats took advantage of two blocked punts and a failed fake-punt attempt on consecutive Charles City possession to bust out to a commanding 21-0 lead on way to winning 44-13.
Maurice Williams rushed for three touchdowns, and quarterback Spencer Touro threw for two other scores for Benton Community (5-2, 4-1), which led by as many as 38 points to initiate a running clock late in the fourth quarter.
The Comets (3-4, 3-2) got things back to standard football time when Jaden Foster made a fine leaping 20-yard TD catch from a Drew Mitchell pass with 7:40 left in regulation.
The Comets struck again on their first play of their next possession when Tre Walker got behind the Bobcats secondary to haul in a 65-yard bomb from Mitchell.
The Comet would have likely had to beat the Bobcats and subsequent district foes Decorah (Oct. 14 at home) and Waverly-Shell Rock (Oct. 21 away) in closing out the regular season to have a chance of securing that second district playoff spot — top-ranked and undefeated Xavier currently has dibs on the first spot.
Nonetheless, Charles City isn’t mathematically eliminated.
BENTON COMMUNITY 44, CHARLES CITY 13
Scoring By Quarters
Charles City 0 0 0 13 — 13
Benton Community 7 17 14 6 — 44
Scoring Summary
BC — Maurice Williams 4 run (Vance Bartelt kick) 7-0, 3:33 1st
BC — Williams 25 run (Bartelt kick) 14-0, 11:00 2nd
BC — Kole Marshall 27 pass from Spencer Touro (Bartelt kick) 21-0, 8:39 2nd
BC — Bartelt 33 field goal 24-0, :27 2nd
BC — Williams 7 run (Bartelt kick) 31-0, 9:01 3rd
BC — Nick Thompson 8 pass from Touro (Bartelt kick) 38-0, :46 3rd
CC — Jaden Foster 20 pass from Drew Mitchell (Kick failed) 38-6, 7:40 4th
CC — Tre Walker 65 pass from Mitchell (Derek Milligan kick) 38-13, 4:47 4th
BC — Grant Franzenburg 5 run (Kick failed) 44-13, 3:26 4th
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