Schmidt leads Verndale romp

VERNDALE - Amos Schmidt continued his torrid postseason rushing pace, carrying 21 times for 294 yards and five touchdowns, to lead top-seeded Verndale past No. 4 Isle 46-16 Saturday in the Section 4 Nine-Man semifinals.

The Pirates, ranked third in the state, compiled 456 rushing yards on 58 carries.

Schmidt scored on runs of 78, 75, 55, 31 and 10 yards. Zack Meidinger added Verndale's other score with a 5-yard carry in the third quarter.

Isle 8 0 0 8 - 16

Verndale 24 14 8 0 - 46

First quarter

V-Amos Schmidt 55 run (Schmidt run)

I-Chris Blood 46 pass from Wesley Oswald (Neil Karg from Oswald)

V-Schmidt 31 run (Schmidt run)

V-Schmidt 75 run (Schmidt run)

Second quarter

V-Schmidt 78 run (Schmidt run)

V-Zack Meidinger 5 run (conversion failed)

Third quarter

V-Schmidt 10 run (Colby Schmidt run)

Fourth quarter

I-Cole Oswald 5 run (Dillion Whitney run)

Team statistics

Rushes-yards: V 58-456, I 27-107

Pass comp-att-int-yards: V 1-1-0-8, I 10-23-2-123

Total offense: V 464, I 230

Individual statistics

Rushing: V-A. Schmidt 21-294, Cody Yungbauer 5-63, Meidinger 5-33

Passing: V-C. Schmidt 1-1-0-8

Receiving: V-A. Schmidt 1-8

Overall: V 10-0. Next: Verndale vs. No. 2 Bertha-Hewitt in Section 4, Nine-Man final at Fargodome 12:30 p.m. Friday.