The West Central Trojans football team had every aspect of their game working in a 34-0 victory over the Dell Rapids Quarriers on the Quarrier’s Homecoming night on Friday, October 16th.
The Trojans finished with a total of 391 yards of offense, all of those coming on the ground, while holding Dell Rapids to just 145 yards of total offense. The West Central defense also force two turnovers in the game.
Derek Eidsness got the scoring started on the Trojan’s opening drive of the game. Eidsness scored on a 41-yard carry with 9:24 to play in the opening quarter. Justin Zirpel also had a first quarter touchdown, scoring from 37 yards away with 4:10 to go. West Central led 14-0 after the first quarter.
Ryan Healy scored on a six-yard touchdown run with 7:23 to play in the first half to push the lead to 21-0. After a fumble recovery by the defense, Eidsness hit a 32-yard field goal with :11 in the first half to give West Central a 24-0 lead at halftime.
Eidsness made another field goal in the third quarter with 2:30 to go, this time from 38 yards away to make the score 27-0. The final touchdown came with 8:37 to go in the game on a 39-yard run by Zirpel.
West Central nearly had three players with 100 yards or more on the ground in the game. Zirpel finished with 11 carries for 140 yards and two touchdowns. Eidsness had six carries for 110 yards and a touchdown. Healy finished with 21 carries for 97 yards and a touchdown. Seth Gabbert had seven tackles in the game. Eric Bowden had six tackles, and Jacob Krempges had four tackles.
West Central (5-3) will travel to Canton to end the regular season on Friday, October 22nd.