Cannon Falls Football Flexes Muscles Against Pine Island

Cannon Falls Head Football Coach Dan Meyers told KDHL on the Cannon Falls Coaches Show Saturday Pine Island has a good football team.

This after his Bombers defeated the Panthers 57-21 on the road Friday night.

Coach Meyers was happy to see his team execute their Triple-T option offense more efficiently in their third game.

The #3 rated Class 3A Cannon Falls team is replacing a lot of players from a squad that went undefeated last year but had no state playoffs to attempt a state title run.

Nine different Bombers running backs amassed 407 yards rushing led by Carson Hammel with 154 yards on 16 carries and 4 touchdowns. Colton Otto added 70 yards on 8 runs, Colton Loeschke scored twice with 57 yards on 10 carries, Riley Keenan had a score and 57 yards on 5 runs, Jon Banks 25 yards on 3 carries to pace the team.

Otto threw 3 passes, completed 2, for 33 yards.

The Bombers jumped out to a 15-0 lead with a 7 yard TD run by Loeschke, two point run was good by Hammel with 7:39 to go.

The other score was a Hammel 6 yard run followed by the extra point kick by Spencer Krinke with 4:09 to go.

Cannon Falls led 15-6 after the first quarter with Pine Island scoring on a 43 yard pass from senior Nick Grande to freshman Blake Schiltz. The extra point kick was no good.

The halftime score was 34-14.

Loeschke had a 4 yard TD with the two point conversion attempt failing at 9:19 mark.

Hammel scored on a 3 yard run with 3:45 to go and a 11 yard dart with 1:06 to go in the half. Krinke kick the extra point on the first TD and the next attempt was blocked.

The Panthers second quarter score was a Jarod White 26 yard run. He also converted the two point conversion on a run.

After 3 quarters it was 42-21.

Hammel raced 44 yards to the end zone with Loeschke converting the two points on a run with 4:41 to go in the quarter.

Pine Island's last score with 6:34 to go in the third quarter was a 4 yard run by White. The extra point kick was good.

Keenan ran 13 yards for a score with Krinke connecting the extra point kick with 9:12 to go in the game.

The final Cannon Falls score was a 3 yard run by Jackson Ekstrom with Krinke throwing a pass to Beau Zimmerman for a two point conversion.

Pine Island was held to 98 yards rushing, 182 yards passing on the night. 280 total yards.

Beau Zimmerman had 9 tackles, 2 for loss and a fumble recovery to lead the defense. Loeschke had 7 tackles, 1 for loss.

Jonathan Banks, Sam Shepersky finished the night with 6 tackles each. Kendrick Otto forced the fumble. Kalahan Anderson had a sack and 3 tackles for loss in the game.

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