Highlands secures a 35-0 win over Raceland

Ady Klosterman, Photo Assistant

September 25, 2024

Last Friday, the Birds beat the Raceland Rams 35-0, making a comeback win after last week’s loss to Ryle.

Offensively, Highlands rushed for 71 yards while allowing 84, and passed for 94 yards, giving up 156.

Quarterback Rio Litmer (11) completed 8 of 11 passes for 85 yards and threw 2 touchdowns. Backup QB Cale Harris (10) added 2 completions on 3 attempts for 9 yards.

On the ground, Adam Surrey (12) led the rushing attack with 34 yards on 4 carries, followed by Issac Niemann (11), who gained 20 yards on 4 attempts.

Jackson Arnold (12) led the receiving corps with 3 catches for 37 yards, while Surrey contributed 23 yards on 2 receptions.

Scoring was spread across the team: Niemann and Tayden Lorenzen (10) each ran for a touchdown, while Surrey and Arnold caught touchdown passes. Ethan Grimm (12) scored on a kickoff return, and Logan Nickelman (12) added 5 extra points.

Defensively, Peyton Klosterman (11) recovered a fumble. TJ Hicks led the team with 13 tackles (7 solo, 6 assisted), followed by Ryan Dunn with 7 tackles (2 solo, 5 assisted). The team totaled 66 tackles overall.

Gabe Williams (10) and Tyus McCarter (12) each had one interception.

Highlands is now 4-1 for the season and they’ll face Cooper at home this Friday at 7:00 pm.

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Ady Klosterman, Photo Assistant

Ady Klosterman is a freshman at Highlands High School. This is her first year of high school journalism, but her fourth year overall. She participated in journalism for two years at Johnson Elementary and again in her 8th grade year at the middle school. Ady used to write a lot of stories when she was younger. She would type them on a computer and print them. Even though they were just around 10 pages long, they were packed with details (and run-on sentences). While she enjoys writing, Ady's true interest is sports photography. She grew up in a household that loves sports, and you can guarantee the TV was turned on on game day. She spends a lot of her spare time at sporting events, most often on the sidelines taking pictures or yelling from the student section, and when she isn't at an event, she's usually catching up on something from the previous one or getting ready for the next one.

Andrea Suarez Espinoza