too big

Clarkson just too big, too fast for H-TR-S
BY BRIAN ROSENTHAL
      Lincoln Journal Star

    HUMBOLDT-  Freshman running back Aric Schnacker came to the Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer sideline after the first quarter and offered a wide-eyed assessment of Clarkson.
    "They are big," Schnacker told a teammate, "and they are good."
    He spoke the truth.
    Clarkson was bigger, faster, stronger and just downright better in a 46-0 domination of previously unbeaten H-TR-S in the quarterfinals of the Class D-1 state football playoffs Monday night at Power Field.
    "We had no misconceptions about what we were running into," said coach Lin Volker, whose No. 5 Titans finish the season 10-1.  "We wished we would've played a little better, but the team lined up across us had a lot to do with that."
    Clarkson (9-2) bullied H-TR-S up front on both sides of the ball.  On defense, Steven Paprocki, Jonathan Bos, Nathan Urbanek, and Ty Wedekind helped hold the Titans to 60 rushing yards.  On offense, they led the way for six Red Devil backs who combined for 329 rushing yards.
    "We were pretty confident," Clarkson coach Jim Clarkson said.  "We watched film, and you don't get to be 10-0 by luck.  We knew they were a good football team.  But we thought we had a size advantage on them, and we thought we could manipulate that, take advantage of it."
    Senior running back Brandon Dinslage rushed 10 times for 104 yards.  He scored Clarkson's first touchdown when he took a pitch left, then cut back upfield and raced right 23 yards.
    Quarterback Eric Brabec ran for two touchdowns in the second quarter for a 24-0 halftime lead.  He scored two more touchdowns in the third quarter - one when he recovered a teammate's fumble at the goal line - and hit Corbin Hamernik for a 17-yard TD pass to finish the scoring.
    The only downer for Clarkson?  Eleven fumbles, only two of which were lost.
    Of the Titans' 28 rushing plays, 12 gained nothing or went for negative yardage.  Schnacker finished with 44 yards rushing, with runs of 18 and 20 yards to begin the second half.
    "We went 10-1 with a lot of young kids," Volker said.  "We're happy.  We thought we could be pretty decent, and we were."

Nathan Urbanek, Ty Wedekind, and Jonathan Bos prepare to dominate.