It’s beginning to be a familiar theme.
Mount Vernon didn’t just win last Friday’s game over their opponents, but they steamrolled them.
The Mustangs, now 8-0, hosted the Central DeWitt Sabers on a chilly Friday night last week, and sent them home to think about a 47-0 loss.
Quarterback Joey Rhomberg, recently deemed KCRG’s Athlete of the Week, threw for 118 yards and one touchdown on the night, while Henry Ryan was responsible for the other four of the team’s six total.
Ryan scored his flashiest touchdown in the first quarter, with a 55-yard trip to the endzone with under two minutes played.
He struck again later in the same period, running for a four-yard touchdown with 4:38 to play in the quarter.
Clark Younggreen piled on the Sabers with a short one-yard poke into the endzone with 30 seconds remaining in the first.
Kicker Ben Crock capped the team’s first three touchdowns with three successful point-after attempts, and the quarter ended 21-0.
Ryan went on to score the next touchdown, with just under seven minutes remaining in the second quarter, and one more in the fourth quarter with runs for five and 16 yards.
The Rhomberg brothers were responsible for the team’s other two touchdowns, with Joey completing a six-yard pass to Evan Brase, and older brother Jackson sprinting for 65 yards into the endzone.
Ryan got things done on the other side of the ball as well, leading the team in tackles with eight.
The Mustangs can next be found in action Friday, Oct. 21 at 2-6 Vinton-Shellsburg.

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--Photo courtesy Jennifer Tischer

Mount Vernon’s Zatyk Holub (No. 2) advances the ball toward the endzone in play at home.