OELWEIN, Ia. — The Roland-Story Norsemen football team returned to the grid iron on Friday Night, as they made the trip to northeast Iowa to take on the Oelwein Huskies in Class 2A, District 4 action at Oelwein High School. Roland-Story entered Friday at 5-2 and ranked #10 in Class 2A, while Oelwein entered at 0-7.
Roland-Story started things fast, scoring on the 2nd play of the game on a 47-yard touchdown pass from Colin Willis to Luke Thoreson as the Norsemen took a 7-0 lead. An Oelwein punt led to a short touchdown pass from Willis to Luke Thoreson from 2 yards out to make it 14-0 Norsemen, before Fiston Carlson took a pitch off right edge for a 65-yard touchdown run as Roland-Story led 21-0. Fiston Carlson would add a 17-yard touchdown run to make it 28-0, as Colin Willis found Luke Thoreson for the 3rd touchdown connection of the night between the two, as Roland-Story lead 35-0 after the first quarter. Willis then went deep to Thoreson for the duo’s 4th touchdown combination of the night for 69 yards as the Norsemen led 42-0, which would hold through halftime.
Backups would play much of the 2nd half for Roland-Story, as the Norsemen got into the endzone again in the 4th quarter on a 7-yard touchdown pass from Tucker Hawkins to Myles McIlrath, as the Norsemen capped a 49-0 shutout victory over Oelwein.
Colin Willis would go 13-for-18 for 305 yards and 4 touchdowns, as Luke Thoreson caught 10 passes for a school-record 261 yards and 4 touchdowns. Fiston Carlson carried 6 times for 110 yards and 2 touchdowns, as Wyatt Ramus led the Norsemen defense with 6.5 tackles and 2 sacks.
Roland-Story football returns to action on Friday, as they host the Grand View Christian Thunder in the first round of the Class 2A Playoffs at Kerry Van Winkle Field, kicking off at 7 PM on 95.7 KQWC, online at kqradio.com and on the KQWC App.