Football Recap: Iowa Skates Past Leesville with Ease

By Team Reports Oct 23, 2024, 6:54am

Football Recap: Iowa Yellowjackets vs. Leesville Wampus Cats

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Iowa entered their tilt with Leesville on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They claimed a resounding 62-28 win over the Leesville Wampus Cats at home. The result was nothing new for the Yellowjackets, who have now won three matches by 23 points or more so far this season.

J'Vien Adams had a dynamite game for Iowa, rushing for 182 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and also picking up 54 receiving yards and a touchdown. Those 182 rushing yards gave Adams a new career-high. Jonathan Walker Jr. was in the mix too, providing Iowa with three touchdowns.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Iowa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

Leesville's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Xavier Ford, who gained 143 total yards and two touchdowns, and Trel Broom, who threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns. Julius Brown was Broom's top target, picking up 96 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Iowa pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Leesville, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-2.

Iowa has already played their next contest, a 47-12 win against Washington-Marion on the 18th. As for Leesville, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 62-35 victory against DeRidder on the 18th.

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