Amos Schmidt spurs Verndale

VERNDALE - Amos Schmidt carried 16 times for 217 yards and scored three touchdowns as top-seeded Verndale dismantled No. 8 Ashby 48-0 in the Section 4, Nine-Man quarterfinals Tuesday.

The 9-0 and third-ranked Pirates rushed for 339 yards while Colby Schmidt, Zack Meidinger, Cody Yungbauer and Dustin Motschenbacher each added touchdown runs for Verndale.

Ashby 0 0 0 0 - 0

Verndale 22 20 6 0 - 48

First quarter

V-Amos Schmidt 7 run (Zack Meidinger run) 8:36

V-A. Schmidt 3 run (Colby Schmidt run) 3:49

V-C. Schmidt 63 run (conversion failed) :29

Second quarter

V-Meidinger 37 run (conversion failed) 8:57

V-Cody Yungbauer 16 run (A. Schmidt run) 6:40

V-A. Schmidt 60 run (Meidinger run) 1:53

Third quarter

Dustin Motschenbacher 6 run (Conversion failed) 4:10

Team statistics

Rushes-yards: A 36-94, V 51-339

Pass comp-att-int-yards: A 8-14-4-47, V 2-8-0-41

Total offense: A 141, V 380

Individual statistics

Rushing: V A. Schmidt 16-217, C. Schmidt 4-70, Meidinger 6-57, Andrew Green 4-33, Yungbauer 4-28

Passing: A , V C. Schmidt 2-6-0-41

Receiving: A , V A. Schmidt 1-34, Meidinger 1-7

Overall: V 9-0. Next: No. 1 Verndale vs. No. 4 Isle in Section 4 Nine-Man semifinals 7 p.m. Saturday.