WEBSTER CITY – Ensconced in the shadows, Avery Fuhs has already done plenty of running into the light this season.

The No. 2 and sometimes even No. 3 option in Webster City’s three-pronged single-wing rushing attack, the senior spinback has become a consistent and dangerous weapon between the tackles. And if opposing teams want to continue to give him free reign as they stunt and overload to stop tailback Gavin Dinsdale, then, hey, it’s their funeral.

Does that sound about right Algona?

Picking up yards in chunks – 14 here, 13 there, 39 more over there – Fuhs gashed the Bulldogs for a game-high 160 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 10.7 yards per carry in Webster City’s 42-13 dismantling of Algona Friday night at Lynx Field.

Fuhs was pretty handy in the passing game as well where he completed 6 of 11 passes for 92 yards to give him 252 yards of total offense.

“Teams are figuring out that they can’t just stack up against me and (wingback) Payton (Kannuan),” Dinsdale, who still got his with 136 ground yards and four touchdowns, said of Fuhs’ emergence. “Each week we’re getting better and better.”

Fuhs was just happy to redeem himself during Homecoming festivities. He vividly remembers his two-interception performance in a 17-14 loss to Greene County a season ago.

“This was obviously a lot more fun than last year,” Fuhs said. “That might have been the worst game I’ve ever had (last year).

“I think we made a statement. The first half was a little shaky, but we took it to them in the second half and I was proud of the guys.”

Seventh-ranked WCHS (4-0, 2-0) took outright ownership of the Class 3A District 2 lead with the win. The Lynx out-gained previously unbeaten Algona (3-1, 1-1) 451-235, including a 243-117 edge in the second half when they outscored the visitors 28-6.

“That’s the best second half we’ve played,” WCHS head coach Bob Howard said after directing the Lynx to their fourth 4-0 start over the past six seasons. “The kids did the adjustments we talked about at halftime and turned it up a little bit.”

WCHS punted just once all night, owned an 18-7 edge in first downs and forced three turnovers. Algona began to show fatigue in the second half, which helped the Lynx find the end zone on their first four possessions after the break.

“It seemed like we kind of wore them down, but they played hard all night,” Howard said of the Bulldogs. “They’ve come a long way as a program in a year.”

Fuhs’ explosiveness on the first drive of the third quarter tipped the scales in the Lynx favor and it remained that way throughout the final 24 minutes of play. He zipped up the gut for 24 yards on the first play from scrimmage and then two plays later flew by the Bulldogs for a 39-yard touchdown to make it 21-7.

Fuhs’ first score – a 13-yard jaunt that left more than a few defenders diving at his ankles – put WCHS in front to stay midway through the second quarter.

“When you have holes as wide as we did (Friday night), anybody can do that,” Fuhs said.

It was the best outing of the season for a WCHS offensive line that asserted its will as the game went on.

“That was their best game yet and that’s what you would hope, that every week you get better and better with your line play,” Howard said. “Payton Kannuan did a tremendous job blocking too, which a lot of people never see. He’s the one setting the edge at 130 pounds.”

When Kannuan wasn’t blocking, he was helping to discombobulate the Bulldog defense. He ripped off 20 yards on the very first play of the game and finished with 69 yards on just nine totes.

Dinsdale – the 6-foot-1, 225-pound lug in the backfield – scored four touchdowns on jaunts of 5, 2, 1 and 7 yards. He accounted for three of the Lynx four scores in the second half.

Dinsdale pushed his career rushing total to 2,173 yards – good for 11th on the school’s all-time leaderboard and just one yard shy of cracking the top 10. He also sits 10th in school history with 36 rushing touchdowns.

Not that he cares. Not in the present anyway.

“Winning is all I care about,” Dinsdale said.

Diminutive tailback Noah Arrowood picked up 129 of Algona’s rushing yards, 106 of them coming in the first half. He consistently found seams on the perimeter early on and keyed the Bulldogs’ opening score with a 49-yard sprint into Lynx territory with under four minutes remaining in the first quarter. Grant Carroll scored on a 10-yard trap a few plays later to give Algona the early 7-0 lead.

But those openings quickly closed off in the second half and senior linebacker Victor Jergens was a big reason why. He harassed Arrowood and Carroll to the tune of 10 solo tackles – his second straight game in double digits – and 11 1/2 stops in all. Fellow linebacker Ryan Ferrari collected six tackles, and defensive tackle Cooper Lawson did a solid job clamping down inside with 5 1/2 stops.

“Intensity was the biggest thing (in the second half),” Jergens said. “We let them do off-tackle stuff all day (in the first half) because we were so worried about the trap. But we did a lot better in the second half.”

A bulk of Algona’s second-half yards came on one play – a 67-yard touchdown pass from Jackson Helmers to a wide open Arrowood in the slot early in the fourth quarter to cut the Lynx lead to 35-13.

“The touchdown pass was absolutely my fault because I had us in a blitz,” Howard said.

WCHS quickly answered though. Fuhs heaved a tight spiral that hit Jordan Moen in stride over the middle that resulted in a 45-yard completion on third-and-14, setting up Dinsdale’s fourth touchdown.

“It was a beautiful ball by Avery,” Moen, who doubled as the Homecoming king, said. “The line did a really good job of giving him time.”

Alec Fuhs reeled in four catches from his twin brother and finished with 49 receiving yards.

Following the Lynx lone turnover of the game with 3:41 remaining, Algona had one last chance to slice into the lead, but cornerback Landon Daniels jumped a route over the middle and intercepted a Helmers pass in the end zone.

“It’s just good to come out and win our Homecoming with all of our alumni back,” Dinsdale said. “I know it means a lot ot everybody.”