It was a tough task for the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn football team to figure out how to stop a Ballard Bomber’s team that put up 541 total yards of offense in week one’s game against Boone, but ADM ended up falling Friday night to Ballard 42-14.

Ballard (2-0) found itself up quickly 21-0 on the Tigers, scoring on their first three possessions of the game.  Senior quarterback for the Bombers, Quinton Erickson ran for two scores of five and 26-yards respectively and also threw for a touchdown on a three yard passing play to tight end Cole Wilson.  The only touchdown ADM had in the first half was off a 32-yard run from junior running back Blake Crannell that made the score 21-7.  Ballard added one more score that went 57-yards capped off by a 1-yard run from senior running back Isaiah Johnson right before halftime to put the Bombers up 28-7.

The second half started rough for the Tigers as Ballard scored on the opening possession with only two plays that went for 53-yards capped off by a 65-yard run from Erickson to put them up 35-7.  ADM’s junior quarterback Frank Weiland threw his one and only interception on the Tiger’s opening possession of the second half which quickly turned into a one-play scoring drive for Ballard with a 26-yard run from Johnson to make the score 42-7 in favor of the Bombers.

From the middle of the third quarter on, it was a continuous clock and ADM must only muster one more score from its backup quarterback in Sam McCartney who threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Kinnik Sutton for the final score of 42-14.

ADM’s Weiland was 13-of-24 passing with 95-yards and one interception while he rushed ten times for 11 yards on the ground.  Running back Crannell ran the ball 8 times for 73-yards and one touchdown and the leading receiver was Jake Sloss with 4 receptions for 86-yards.  ADM ended up with 249 total yards of offense.

Ballard was led by their quarterback Erickson who threw for 7-of-12 for 118-yards and one touchdown and ran 20 times for 143 yards and three touchdowns.  Running back Johnson had 21 carries for 132-yards and two touchdowns.  The leading receiver for the Bombers was Nathan Macki who had two receptions for 54-yards.  Ballard compiled 435 yards of total offense.

With the loss, ADM drops to 1-1 on the season and will return home to open district play against Dallas Center-Grimes next Friday.