Saturday Morning Footbal: Verona At Parker 'VR' Game

Saturday Morning, September 25, 2010



The Verona Varsity Reserves visited Parker for a Saturday morning game. The temperarture was cool reminding fans and players of what the weather will be like at the end of October. Sam Fischer [52] and Dom Fowler [23] combine to stop a Verona runner. Verona won the game.

Left: Justin Shelton [28] on a first half kickoff return. Above: Matt Higginbotham [48] on defense. Veteran official Jim Dilley is pictured. Dilley was a standout athlete at Janesville Craig. Dilley was the leading ground gainer for the Marshall Cardinals in 1968 where he was coached by a present Parker coach.

Above: First half action. Below left: Quarterback Mitch Treinen throwing a completion. Below right: Aaron Rohm comes up on a quarterback keeper for Verona


Above left: Sam Fischer [52] and Michael Heyerdahl [19] pursue to the ball. Above right: Renaldo Bautista on a stop. Below left: Cody Fosmoen [8] throws under pressure. Below right: Jacob Welch on a first half carry.

Above left: Eric Pomplun pressures the QB. . Above right: Center Max Huebner [72] prepares to snap to QB Cody Fosmoen. Below left: Punter Cullen Simonson. Below center: Colin Burkheimer. Below right: Connor Long [31].

Above left: Aaron Rohm has a 'moment of truth' as Verona approaches on its sweep play. Above right: Sam Fischer forms up as he prepares to tackle the ball carrier.

Facts you did not want to know: As fans watched action in the second quarter of the Saturday morning 'VR' game a Korean Airlines 747 passed over the campus of Parker High School. The plane was heading for O'Hare Airport about 74 miles from Janesville. Janesville is used as a landmark by planes from Denver, Portland, Seattle, and Asia as they begin descending for their landings in Chicago.