Falcons Down Heartland Lutheran For Homecoming Win

It was a first-half shootout as Elkhorn Valley defeated Heartland Lutheran on Friday for a homecoming victory.

The Falcons scored often early in the game but just as Elkhorn Valley seemed to have the momentum, Heartland Lutheran responded to stay within striking distance.

"It was a good game," said Falcons coach Rusty Rautenberg. "Heartland Lutheran has a good team, and they can score a lot of points, but our team persevered, came through and did a nice job."

Noah Rutjens rushed for 255 yards on just 16 carries while Tyler Rautenberg added another 182 yards on the ground off of 16 carries.

Defensively, Rautenberg had 14 solo tackles. Quin Smith and Rutjens each accounted for 10 total tackles. 

The Falcons (2-2) will travel to Palmer (1-3) on Friday.

First Quarter Summary
HL - Jacob Simonson to Devin Hueftle - 28 yd pass PAT Conv Failed
EV - Noah Rutjens - 27 yd run PAT Conv Tyler Rautenberg to Chris Petersen
EV - Rautenberg - 12 yd run PAT Kick failed
HL - Simonson to Jeremiah Reeser - 64 yd pass PAT Conv Simonson to Reeser
EV - Rutjens - 3 yd run PAT Kick Failed
EV - Rautenberg - 20 yd run PAT Conv Rautenberg to Tucker Hecht

Second Quarter Summary
HL - Simonson to Hueftle - 12 yd pass PAT Conv Simonson to Hueftle
EV - Rutjens - 39 yd run PAT Conv Rautenberg 
HL - Simonson to Chris Warneke - 6 yd pass PAT Conv Failed
EV - Rautenberg - 5 yd run PAT Conv Rutjens
EV - Rautenberg - 3 yd run PAT Kick failed
EV - Rujtens - 11 yd run PAT Conv Failed

Third Quarter Summary
EV - Rautenberg - 28 yd run PAT kick failed
EV - Rautenberg - 31 yd run PAT Kick failed
HL - Simonson to Warneke - 22 yd pass PAT Conv Failed

Fourth Quarter Summary
EV - Brayden Effle - 40 yd run PAT Conv Failed
HL - Ivan Messersmith to Braden Hueftle - 20 yd pass PAT Conv Failed