TV Wins Key TRC Game
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
AKRON -ÊIt may have been the weather. It may have been the pressure of the first conference game.
But one thing is for sure, the Tippecanoe Valley-Manchester football game couldn't possibly have been any closer.
In the first Three Rivers Conference matchup of the season, the Vikings defeated the Squires 13-12 on a hot, steamy night at Death Valley.
"It was a close one," said Valley coach Scott Bibler. "Too close for comfort."
Valley held a 13-12 lead late in the fourth quarter, and it looked as if the Vikings were going to hold on for the victory until they fumbled the ball on their 45-yard line. Manchester recovered the fumble with just 90 ticks left on the clock.
The Squires moved the ball to the Valley 7-yard line, but the Manchester squad could get no farther. With 25 seconds left in the game and fourth down and three to go, the Squires brought in Kory Rupley to try a field goal from 23 yards out.
Valley blocked Rupley's field goal and took over the ball on its own 13-yard line and downed the ball to end the game.
"We had several shots at scoring," said Manchester coach Al Bailey. "I was pretty sure we would score on a pass down there at the end, but it didn't happen. Their defense played great."
And that was pretty much how the game went for the Squires. Although Manchester dominated the statistics, Valley capitalized on Squire mistakes to pull out the win.
After receiving the opening kickoff on its 25-yard line, Manchester fumbled the ball on the first drive of the game. Valley recovered the ball on the Manchester 29, and seven plays later the Vikings hit paydirt. With 8:42 left in the first quarter, Josh Carter capped off the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.
After Chris Hurd's extra point sailed through the uprights, Valley held a 7-0 lead.
However, the Squires answered with a 63-yard touchdown drive of their own that was capped off by a 2-yard Josh Peden run. The extra-point kick failed, and Valley held the lead by the slimmest of margins, 7-6.
Things started looking up for the Squires in the third quarter when they took a 12-7 lead on a 5-yard Michael Sorg pass to Rupley for another touchdown. This time Manchester went for two, but the conversion failed and the Squire lead stood at five.
The Squires took possession of the ball on the first play of the fourth quarter, but on the third play of the drive, B.J. Cunningham intercepted the ball and returned it 22 yards for a Valley touchdown. The conversion attempt failed, and Valley held a 13-12 advantage.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Both coaches attributed some of the miscues to the uncomfortable weather conditions.
"The dew came on heavy," said Bailey. "It was almost as if there had been a shower during halftime. Then the ball started squirting around a bit."
"The conditions, as far as the heat and humidity are concerned," said Bibler, "did have an effect. The kids were tired. They were not as sharp as they normally are. But that's part of the game. You've got to fight through it and overcome the adversity."
Statistically, Manchester led Valley in almost every aspect of the game. Manchester earned 11 first downs to Valley's five. Although the teams both had 71 yards rushing, Manchester dominated the aerial attack with 170 yards to Valley's 28. Overall the Squires gained 241 yards to the Vikings' 97.
"I was very impressed with the Manchester kids," said Bibler. "They played well.
"But our defense really helped us out. They played exceptional football."
Valley's record is a perfect 3-0 and 1-0 in TRC play, while Manchester falls to 1-2 and 0-1 n the TRC.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 13
MANCHESTER 12
Manchester 6 0 6 0 - 12
Valley 7 0 0 6 - 13
V M
First downs 5 11
Rushes/yards 29-71 35-71
Passing yards 28 169
Comp.-Att.-Int. 4-8-0 13-30-3
Total offense 97 241
Fumbles/lost 4-4 3-2
Punts/avg. 3-33 2-22
Penalties/yards 5-23 8-50
First Quarter
V -ÊJosh Carter 1 run (Chris Hurd kick), 7-0 V, 8:42
M -ÊJosh Peden 2 run (kick failed) 7-6 V, 4:38
Third Quarter
M - Klint Rupley 6 pass from Michael Sorg (run failed), 12-7 M, 1:44
Fourth Quarter
V -ÊB.J. Cunningham 22 interception return (run failed) 13-12 V, 10:38
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - V:ÊWes Backus 5-10, Josh Carter 9-17, Casey Wise 5-19, Shawn Severns 2-10; M: Josh Peden 10-30, Dustin Westafer 5-30, Jon Gratz 12-47
Passing -ÊM: Michael Sorg 13-28-229, 2 int., 1 TD; Klay Bechtold 0-1-0, 1 int., 0 TD; V: Casey Wise 3-6-36, 0 int., 0 TD; Shawn Severns 1-2-5, 0 int., 0 TD
Receiving - M: Klint Rupley 2-27, Jon Gratz 2-12, Aaron Cassel 2-24, Klay Bechtold 4-64, Brent Westendorf 2-36, Dustin Westafer 1-2; V: Trey Eaton 1-20, B.J. Cunningham 2-8
Clay Catches TD In OT As Tigers Top Rockies
By Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Writer
PLYMOUTH - For the second week in a row, Warsaw junior wide receiver Chris Clay had his number called in overtime, only this time things came out in Warsaw's favor.
After catching what looked liked the winning touchdown in last week's overtime loss to fifth-ranked Homestead, only to come down out of bounds, Clay caught an 8-yard pass in overtime from senior quarterback Jared Scrafton on Friday, as the Tigers topped Northern Lakes Conference rival Plymouth 30-23.
"Chris and Josh (Buck) are both 6-4," Warsaw coach Phil Jensen said. "It (goal line offense) is designed to run, but two 6-4 receivers can put teams on the bend. Plymouth put two guys on them, it was just a quarterback and a receiver making an athletic play. This game wasn't pretty."
No, the football game wasn't pretty - the two teams combined for 11 fumbles, 16 punts, six interceptions and 12 penalties -Êbut the win improves Warsaw's overall record to 2-1 and gives the Tigers a 1-0 mark in the NLC. Plymouth falls to 1-2 and 0-1.
Plymouth leads the overall series 38-36. The teams have played to two ties.
On a hot, humid night that saw the umpiring crew call timeouts to get the players water, the Tigers made mistakes but came up with the big plays when they needed to.
After the Pilgrims moved the ball to the 7-yard line in their first two overtime plays, Buck, a senior receiver and linebacker, intercepted Ben Slein's pass. It was the third interception of the game for the Plymouth signal caller and the third turnover picked up by Buck.
With the Tigers punting, Buck recovered two Plymouth fumbles. The first gave Warsaw the ball on Plymouth's 13-yard line just under two minutes into the game.
On first down, junior tailback Brad Seiss took the ball to the 2-yard line, where Scrafton scampered in with 10:07 remaining in the first quarter.
The Tigers then got two points on a safety as sophomore lineman William Knepper tackled Slein in the end zone at the 3:18 mark of the opening stanza.
Seiss trotted in from two yards out at the 9:30 mark of the second quarter, giving the Tigers a 16-0 lead after Justin Plank's kick.
And then momentum's gate swung Plymouth's way.
On first-and-10 from Warsaw's 40, Slein found junior Kyle Davis for a 38-yard hook-up that set up a two-yard score from fullback Art Lawrence with 1:13 remaining in the half.
The Tigers led 16-6 at halftime, but Plymouth was starting to turn things around.
After Warsaw's defense dominated the line of scrimmage in the early going, junior running back Charley Craig brought the Rockies to life in the second half.
With 7:36 remaining in the third quarter, Craig broke off an 80-yard gallop to paydirt, cutting Warsaw's lead to 16-12. Warsaw's special teams blocked the extra point attempt.
Junior David Muta, playing fullback for senior Jarod Leasure, who was moved back to the offensive line, where he played last year, scored from 16 yards out with with 4:00 remaining in the third, but Craig rattled off a 63-yard scoring scamper that brought the Rockies within 23-20 after Slein found senior Zach Scott open for a two-point conversion reception.
Craig finished the game with 209 yards on 22 carries.
"He's a great football player," Jensen said of Craig. "All we wanted to do was contain him, we knew we couldn't stop him."
Craig tied the game with 6:28 remaining in regulation with a 36-yard field goal that soared through the uprights in a tight spiral.
Warsaw then took the ball on its own 26 and tallied seven yards on a rushing play by Scrafton and three more on a carry by Muta but was eventually forced to punt after Scrafton lost 20 yards on third-and-6.
The Rockies fumbled the ball on their next possession and were forced to punt, giving Warsaw the ball with 2:23 left in regulation. Warsaw gave the ball back to Plymouth with 52 ticks on the clock. Craig ran for a yard on first down, but Slein kneeled down on the next play, sending the game to overtime.
In all, Plymouth fumbled the ball eight times and threw three interceptions. Warsaw fumbled the ball three times and threw three interceptions as well.
"That was ugly, but I'm proud of them," Jensen said. "They stayed focused. It wasn't coaching that won this game, the kids won this football game."
The Tigers will host Gary Lew Wallace Friday at 7 p.m. before getting back to the NLC schedule Sept. 22 in a homecoming battle with Northridge.
WARSAW 30, PLYMOUTH 23 OT
Warsaw (2-1) 9 7 7 0 7 - 30
Plymouth (1-2) 0 6 14 3 0 - 21
W P
First Downs 9 11
Rushes-yards 42-179 33-225
Yards Passing 39 95
Comp.-Att.-Int. 7-21-3 6-16-3
Total offense 218 320
Fumbles-lost 3-2 8-4
Punts-Ave. 10-42.7 6-33.7
Pentalties-yards 8-77 4-20
First Quarter
W - Jared Scrafton 2 run (Justin Plank kick) 7-0, 10:07
W - Safety by William Knepper 9-0, 3:18
Second Quarter
W - Brad Seiss 2 run (Plank kick) 16-0, 9:30
P - Art Lawrence 2 run (conversion failed) 16-6, 1:13
Third Quarter
P - Charley Craig 80 run (kick blocked) 16-12, 7:36
W - David Muta 16 run (Craige Westover kick) 23-12, 4:00
P - Craig 63 run (Zach Scott 2 pt. conversion reception) 23-20, 2:28
Fourth Quarter
P - Craig 36 field goal 23-23, 6:28
Overtime
W - Chris Clay 8 catch from Jared Scrafton (Adam Sisson kick) 30-23
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing (att.-yards) - W: Brad Seiss 22-91, David Muta 9-32, Jared Scrafton 10-32, Kris Hueber 1-26. P: Charley Craig 22-209, Art Lawrence 7-15.
Receiving (catches-yards) - W: Adam Sisson 2-16, Josh Buck 2-15, Chris Clay 2-9. P: Kyle Davis 4-60, Craig 1-18.
Passing (att.-comp.-yards-int.) - W: Scrafton 7-21-39-3. P: Slein 6-16-95-3.
Triton's Win Streak Ends At 2 Games
By Craig Helfrich, Times-Union Sports Correspondent
BOURBON -ÊEntering Friday night's opening round of the Northern State Conference showdown between Culver and undefeated Triton, the Trojans would see exactly how good a football team they had.
The Trojans, who haven't started a season with a 2-0 record since 1974, when they jumped out to a 3-0 record, had to face a team that has owned them in the past. Culver defeated Triton 47-0 last year and is known to score a lot of points quickly.
After a promising start, the Trojans fell victim to smash-mouth football as the Cavaliers grounded Triton 41-14.
"We played really hard tonight,' Triton coach Rod Wildman said. "Culver is just a very good team."
Culver dominated the line of scrimmage from the opening drive. It took the Cavaliers only 1:35 to take a 6-0 lead. Ron Jelinek took it from 6 yards out as the Cavalier offensive line opened up a huge hole. Jim Brugh added the extra point to make it 7-0.
"They were just a lot stronger than us. They have a big offensive line who opened up a lot of holes for their runners,' Wildman said.
The Trojans fought right back. On a key fourth-and-8 play from the 33, Culver was hit with a key roughing the passer call. The Trojans then scored four plays later on an 18-yard pass play from quarterback Steve Boyer to Landon Grubbs. Jim Read's kick tied the score at seven with 4:37 left in the opening quarter.
"We really had a nice opening drive on them,' Wildman said. "Last year we would have hung our heads if the other team would have scored right away. That is the diffence this year, we don't do that.'
Culver continued to run the football right at the Trojans. Culver upped its lead to 13-7, thanks to a Michael Jackson 6-yard run. The extra point was short, still giving the Cavaliers a 13-7 lead.
The second quarter proved disastorous to the Trojans. On their first play of the quarter, Boyer fumbled, which then set up Culver's first play of the quarter, another touchdown, this time a 57-yard scamper from Brandon King. The Cavaliers went for the two-point conversion and cashed in, making the lead 21-7 with 11:38 left.
"We just had no answer for their offense tonight,' Wildman added. "We missed a lot of tackles, and they were tougher than we were."
Culver scored once more before the half on another Jelinek touchdown, this time a 2-yard run. The kick was good, and it gave Culver a big 28-7 halftime lead.
The first half was dominated by the Cavaliers. Culver accumulated 183 rushing yards, while Triton managed 61.
"We need to fix our mistakes,' Wildman admitted. "We are making strides, but there is a lot to work on.'
Triton scored first in the third quarter, thanks again to a Culver penalty. Joey Potter scored with 5:06 to play on a 21-yard touchdown run. The extra point was good, shaving the lead to 28-14. After the Trojan fans got back into the game, Culver silenced the home crowd with another quick strike of its own.
On their first play of the quarter, Jelinek scored the trifecta, scoring on a long 47-yard run. The kick failed, but the lead grew to 34-14.
The Cavaliers turned the lights out with 10:47 to go in the game when they scored their final touchdown on a Daniel Roberts touchdown. The extra point was good, giving the Cavaliers their 41st and final point.
"We need to work on our mental mistakes, we had too many tonight,' Wildman said.
Potter led the Trojans on the ground, rushing 16 times for 62 yards.
Triton (2-1, 0-1 NSC) hosts Bremen on Friday.
CULVER 41, TRITON 14
Culver 13 15 6 7 -Ê41
Triton 7 0 7 0 -Ê14
C T
First downs 9 11
Rushes/yards 37-293 46-132
Passing yards 0 102
Comp.-Att.-Int. 0-2-0 4-12-3
Total offense 293 234
Fumbles/lost 3-1 6-3
Punts/avg. 2-42 3-14
Penalties/yards 7-70 4-40
First Quarter
C -ÊRon Jelinek 6 run (Jim Brugh kick) 7-0 C, 10:35
T -ÊSteven Boyer 18 pass to Landon Grubbs (Jim Read kick) 7-7, 10:35
C - Michael Jackson 6 run (kick failed)13-7 C, 1:20
Second Quarter
C - Brandon King 57 run (Jelinek 2 run) 21-7 C, 11:38
C - Ron Jelinek 2 run (Brugh kick) 28-7 C, 7:51
Third Quarter
T - Joey Potter 21 run (Read kick) 28-14 C, 5:06
C -ÊRon Jelinek 47 run (kick failed) 34-14 C, 4:47
Fourth Quarter
C -ÊDaniel Roberts 4 run (Brugh kick) 41-14 C, 10:47
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - C - Ron Jelinek 8-90, Daniel Roberts 10-69, Michael Jackson 6-63, Brandon King 6-60, Chad Hooker 2-13, Chris Carlson 3-5, Dan Personette 1-0, Andrew Knapp 1-(-7). T -ÊJoey Potter 16-62, Steven Boyer 13-48, Bryan Watkins 8-35, Bryan Moriarty 2-8, Jake Burnett 4-5, Aric Hooley 1-0, Daniel Kuhn 2- (-26).
Passing - C - Chris Carlson 0-1-0. T - Steven Boyer 2-10-73, Joey Potter 1-1-10, Daniel Kuhn 1-1-19.
Receiving - T - Landon Grubbs 1-18, Steven Boyer 1-10, Jim Read 1-55, Bryan Moriarty 1-19.
Another Year, Another 2-1 Wawasee Start
By Rick Blue, Times-Union Sports Correspondent
Syracuse -ÊThe Wawasee Warriors find themselves in familiar territory after the first three games.
Friday night, Wawasee's football team shut out the Northridge Raiders 21-0 to raise its record to 2-1.
One year ago, the Warriors found themselves at the 2-1 mark after the first three games with wins over Whitko and Northridge while losing to Carroll, identical to the 2000 season.
Wawasee was led by the passing of Brent Doty and the rushing of Logan Lees en route to its first Northern Lakes Conference win of the season.
Doty completed an efficient 16 of 20 attempts for 199 yards and two touchdowns. Lees rushed for a team-high 130 yards on 17 attempts.
All scoring came in the second quarter after both teams moved the ball in the first quarter but failed to trip the scoreboard.
Wawasee marched 70 yards in six plays, culminated by a Doty to Bobby Likens 21-yard touchdown pass that gave the Warriors a 7-0 lead.
"We only made two bad passes in the first half," said Wawasee coach Joe Rietveld. "One of those was the touchdown to Likens."
Rietveld was referring to the underthrown pass by Doty, which Likens adjusted well to and the Northridge defender did not.
Lees, the other half of the Warrior standout pair, gave his team a 14-0 lead at the 3:56 mark of the second quarter with an open field romp into the end zone from 37 yards out. Lees took the pitch, headed to the right, then reversed his field to the left, where he was aided by a downfield block by Travis Klenke, freeing him for the score.
"All coaching," said Rietveld, with tongue planted firmly in cheek. "That was a great individual effort. A pretty good gain turned into a great gain."
Wawasee closed out the scoring with just six seconds left in the first half when Doty found Likens, who caught six passes for 110 yards, once again, this time from 53 yards out. Northridge inexplicably allowed Likens to wander deep into the secondary on a third down and 24 yards to go with precious time on the clock.
Defensively, Wawasee got solid help up front on the line and steady help from their linbacking corps in posting the shutout. The Warriors held Northridge to 0 for 4 in fourth-down conversion attempts. The secondary was mostly untested as a testament to Northridge attempting only eight passes. Travis Speicher intercepted one of those passes.
The Warriors turn their attention toward Dunlap and a date Friday with the Concord Minutemen. One season ago, Concord evened the Warrior record at 2-2 with a 49-21 defeat at Warrior Field. Rietveld hopes his Warriors stop the trend of a season removed.
"I've been looking forward to this game since the start of the season," Rietveld said. "It will be tough. They will be hungry and I want to be 3-1."
A 3-1 start would definitely put a halt to this season's trend. One season ago, the Concord loss was the start of a seven-game losing streak to end the season. At 2-1, Rietveld is pleased, but he would like to see this season's trend stop next week in Dunlap.
WAWASEE 21, NORTHRIDGE 0
Northridge 0 0 0 0 - 0
Wawasee 0 21 0 0 - 21
W N
First downs 15 11
Rushes/yards 33-170 45-173
Passing yards 207 25
Comp.-Att.-Int. 16-22-0 2-8-1
Total offense 377 198
Fumbles/lost 4-2 3-2
Punts/avg. 4-38.5 3-34.3
Penalties/yards 3-15 6-65
Second quarter
W - Doty 21 pass to Likens (Wooten kick) 7-0 W, 9:26
W -ÊLees 37 run (kick failed) 13-0 W, 3:56
W - Doty 53 pass to Likens (Doty pass to Klenke) 21-0 W, :06
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - W: Lees 17-130, Evans 6-13, Conley 5-11, Meyer 3-19, Doty 2- (-3). N: Harrell 23-138, Smith 7-7, Boomershine 7-6, Kidder 6-13, Weaver 2-9.
Passing - W: Doty 15-20-0 199, Siri 1-2-0 8. N: Smith 2-8-1 25.
Receiving - W: Likens 6-110, Klenke 3-31, Packer 2-20, Lees 2-17, Chang 1-12, Edgington 1-9, Hanlin 1-8. N: Babcock 1-19, Boomershine 1-6.
Knights Rule Whitko
Times-Union Staff Report
SOUTH WHITLEY - Southwood's football team rushed for 317 yards on 46 carries as the Knights smashed Whitko 28-6 on Friday.
Southwood's Shawn Zellers rushed for 116 yards on 15 carries (7.7 yards per carry), and teammate Mike Snyder rushed for 98 yards on 12 carries (8.2 yards per carry). Zellers scored three touchdowns, including a 63-yard run for a touchdown in the third quarter.
Southwood won despite fumbling five times, although the Knights recovered four of their fumbles. The Knights held Whitko to 79 rushing yards on 33 carries, an average of 2.4 yards per carry.
Whitko took a 6-0 first-quarter lead when quarterback Adam Wendel connected with Alex Frantz on a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Whitko dropped to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the Three Rivers Conference, while Southwood improved to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the TRC.
SOUTHWOOD 28
WHITKO 6
Southwood 0 14 7 7 - 28
Whitko 6 0 0 0 - 6
W S
First downs 10 18
Rushes/yards 33-79 46-317
Passing yards 99 63
Comp.-Att.-Int. 4-14-2 5-14-0
Total offense 178 380
Fumbles/lost 2-0 5-1
Punts/avg. 3-32 1-27
Penalties/yards 10-85 3-40
First Quarter
W -ÊAlex Frantz 24 pass from Adam Wendel (run failed), 6-0 W, 3:49
Second Quarter
S - Shawn Zellers 2 run (kick failed), 6-6, 6:24
S -ÊMike Snyder 6 run (2-point conversion), 14-6 S, 0:24
Third Quarter
S -ÊZellers 63 run (kick good), 21-6 S, 1:20
Fourth Quarter
S - Zellers 10 run (kick good), 28-6 S, 6:34
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - S: Zellers 15-116, Snyder 12-98, Doug Wiley 9-49, Jon Gidley 6-45, Troy Loe 3-12, Josh Schoeft 1- (-3). W: Wendel 7-35, Brent Goble 6-27, Dustin Boardman 9-16, Gabe Langohr 1-6, Burl Haywood 2-5, Kevin Feldman 3-1, Alan Robbins 2 (-2), Brad Walpole 3- (-9).
Passing - S: Wiley 5-14-0 63. W: Wendel 3-11-2 75, Walpole 1-3-0 24.
Receiving -ÊS: Gidley 3-49, Tyler Korft 1-10, Adam Baldwin 1-4. W: Robbins 1-31, Adam Hall 1-24, Frantz 1-24, Goble 1-20.
Panthers Rout Concord 42-21
Times-Union Staff Report
NAPPANEE - NorthWood's Jesse Fink rushed for 159 yards on 15 carries as the No. 10 Panthers blasted Concord 42-21 in a Friday football game.
Fink scored three touchdowns on runs of 36, two and four yards. He averaged 10.9 yards per carry.
NorthWood's offense tallied 290 rushing yards. Despite winning by 21 points, NorthWood allowed Concord to rack up 302 yards. NorthWood's offense finished with 366 yards.
Concord's Nick Matney rushed for 138 yards on 26 carries. NorthWood's Ben Lehman rushed for 98 yards on 15 carries and scored two touchdowns
NorthWood moves to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the NLC, while Concord drops to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the NLC.
No. 10 NORTHWOOD 42
CONCORD 21
Concord 7 0 7 7 -Ê21
NorthWood 7 14 14 7 - 42
C NW
First downs 15 17
Rushes/yards 32-180 38-290
Passing yards 122 76
Comp.-Att.-Int. 10-25-0 4-6-1
Total offense 302 366
Fumbles/lost 1-1 0-0
Punts/avg. 3-34 0-0
Penalties/yards 4-40 6-35
First Quarter
C -ÊBryan Kelly 5 pass from Ian Nelson (Jeremy Lugbill kick) 7-0 C
N - Jesse Fink 36 run (Casey Lehman kick) 7-7
Second Quarter
N -ÊBen Lehman 18 run (C. Lehman kick) 14-7 N
N - Fink 2 run (C. Lehman kick) 21-7 N
Third Quarter
C -ÊNick Matney 2 run (Lugbill kick) 21-14 N
N -ÊB. Lehman 3 run (C. Lehman kick) 28-14 N
N -ÊScott Hill 47 fumble return (C. Lehman kick) 35-14 N
Fourth Quarter
N - Fink 4 run (C. Lehman kick) 42-14 N
C -ÊMicah Staley 7 pass from Nelson (Lugbill kick) 42-21 N
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - C: Matney 26-138, Jason Cudd 4-32, Nelson 2-10. N: Fink 15-159, B. Lehman 15-98, Mike Blosser 8-33.
Passing - C: Nelson 11-25-0 122. N: Blosser 4-6-1 76.
Receiving -ÊC: Staley 7-93, Bryan Kelly 3-24, Tim Schmucker 1-5. NW: Ryan Mast 2-13, Willy Will 1-56, Jeremy Greenlee 1-7. [[In-content Ad]]
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AKRON -ÊIt may have been the weather. It may have been the pressure of the first conference game.
But one thing is for sure, the Tippecanoe Valley-Manchester football game couldn't possibly have been any closer.
In the first Three Rivers Conference matchup of the season, the Vikings defeated the Squires 13-12 on a hot, steamy night at Death Valley.
"It was a close one," said Valley coach Scott Bibler. "Too close for comfort."
Valley held a 13-12 lead late in the fourth quarter, and it looked as if the Vikings were going to hold on for the victory until they fumbled the ball on their 45-yard line. Manchester recovered the fumble with just 90 ticks left on the clock.
The Squires moved the ball to the Valley 7-yard line, but the Manchester squad could get no farther. With 25 seconds left in the game and fourth down and three to go, the Squires brought in Kory Rupley to try a field goal from 23 yards out.
Valley blocked Rupley's field goal and took over the ball on its own 13-yard line and downed the ball to end the game.
"We had several shots at scoring," said Manchester coach Al Bailey. "I was pretty sure we would score on a pass down there at the end, but it didn't happen. Their defense played great."
And that was pretty much how the game went for the Squires. Although Manchester dominated the statistics, Valley capitalized on Squire mistakes to pull out the win.
After receiving the opening kickoff on its 25-yard line, Manchester fumbled the ball on the first drive of the game. Valley recovered the ball on the Manchester 29, and seven plays later the Vikings hit paydirt. With 8:42 left in the first quarter, Josh Carter capped off the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.
After Chris Hurd's extra point sailed through the uprights, Valley held a 7-0 lead.
However, the Squires answered with a 63-yard touchdown drive of their own that was capped off by a 2-yard Josh Peden run. The extra-point kick failed, and Valley held the lead by the slimmest of margins, 7-6.
Things started looking up for the Squires in the third quarter when they took a 12-7 lead on a 5-yard Michael Sorg pass to Rupley for another touchdown. This time Manchester went for two, but the conversion failed and the Squire lead stood at five.
The Squires took possession of the ball on the first play of the fourth quarter, but on the third play of the drive, B.J. Cunningham intercepted the ball and returned it 22 yards for a Valley touchdown. The conversion attempt failed, and Valley held a 13-12 advantage.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Both coaches attributed some of the miscues to the uncomfortable weather conditions.
"The dew came on heavy," said Bailey. "It was almost as if there had been a shower during halftime. Then the ball started squirting around a bit."
"The conditions, as far as the heat and humidity are concerned," said Bibler, "did have an effect. The kids were tired. They were not as sharp as they normally are. But that's part of the game. You've got to fight through it and overcome the adversity."
Statistically, Manchester led Valley in almost every aspect of the game. Manchester earned 11 first downs to Valley's five. Although the teams both had 71 yards rushing, Manchester dominated the aerial attack with 170 yards to Valley's 28. Overall the Squires gained 241 yards to the Vikings' 97.
"I was very impressed with the Manchester kids," said Bibler. "They played well.
"But our defense really helped us out. They played exceptional football."
Valley's record is a perfect 3-0 and 1-0 in TRC play, while Manchester falls to 1-2 and 0-1 n the TRC.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 13
MANCHESTER 12
Manchester 6 0 6 0 - 12
Valley 7 0 0 6 - 13
V M
First downs 5 11
Rushes/yards 29-71 35-71
Passing yards 28 169
Comp.-Att.-Int. 4-8-0 13-30-3
Total offense 97 241
Fumbles/lost 4-4 3-2
Punts/avg. 3-33 2-22
Penalties/yards 5-23 8-50
First Quarter
V -ÊJosh Carter 1 run (Chris Hurd kick), 7-0 V, 8:42
M -ÊJosh Peden 2 run (kick failed) 7-6 V, 4:38
Third Quarter
M - Klint Rupley 6 pass from Michael Sorg (run failed), 12-7 M, 1:44
Fourth Quarter
V -ÊB.J. Cunningham 22 interception return (run failed) 13-12 V, 10:38
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - V:ÊWes Backus 5-10, Josh Carter 9-17, Casey Wise 5-19, Shawn Severns 2-10; M: Josh Peden 10-30, Dustin Westafer 5-30, Jon Gratz 12-47
Passing -ÊM: Michael Sorg 13-28-229, 2 int., 1 TD; Klay Bechtold 0-1-0, 1 int., 0 TD; V: Casey Wise 3-6-36, 0 int., 0 TD; Shawn Severns 1-2-5, 0 int., 0 TD
Receiving - M: Klint Rupley 2-27, Jon Gratz 2-12, Aaron Cassel 2-24, Klay Bechtold 4-64, Brent Westendorf 2-36, Dustin Westafer 1-2; V: Trey Eaton 1-20, B.J. Cunningham 2-8
Clay Catches TD In OT As Tigers Top Rockies
By Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Writer
PLYMOUTH - For the second week in a row, Warsaw junior wide receiver Chris Clay had his number called in overtime, only this time things came out in Warsaw's favor.
After catching what looked liked the winning touchdown in last week's overtime loss to fifth-ranked Homestead, only to come down out of bounds, Clay caught an 8-yard pass in overtime from senior quarterback Jared Scrafton on Friday, as the Tigers topped Northern Lakes Conference rival Plymouth 30-23.
"Chris and Josh (Buck) are both 6-4," Warsaw coach Phil Jensen said. "It (goal line offense) is designed to run, but two 6-4 receivers can put teams on the bend. Plymouth put two guys on them, it was just a quarterback and a receiver making an athletic play. This game wasn't pretty."
No, the football game wasn't pretty - the two teams combined for 11 fumbles, 16 punts, six interceptions and 12 penalties -Êbut the win improves Warsaw's overall record to 2-1 and gives the Tigers a 1-0 mark in the NLC. Plymouth falls to 1-2 and 0-1.
Plymouth leads the overall series 38-36. The teams have played to two ties.
On a hot, humid night that saw the umpiring crew call timeouts to get the players water, the Tigers made mistakes but came up with the big plays when they needed to.
After the Pilgrims moved the ball to the 7-yard line in their first two overtime plays, Buck, a senior receiver and linebacker, intercepted Ben Slein's pass. It was the third interception of the game for the Plymouth signal caller and the third turnover picked up by Buck.
With the Tigers punting, Buck recovered two Plymouth fumbles. The first gave Warsaw the ball on Plymouth's 13-yard line just under two minutes into the game.
On first down, junior tailback Brad Seiss took the ball to the 2-yard line, where Scrafton scampered in with 10:07 remaining in the first quarter.
The Tigers then got two points on a safety as sophomore lineman William Knepper tackled Slein in the end zone at the 3:18 mark of the opening stanza.
Seiss trotted in from two yards out at the 9:30 mark of the second quarter, giving the Tigers a 16-0 lead after Justin Plank's kick.
And then momentum's gate swung Plymouth's way.
On first-and-10 from Warsaw's 40, Slein found junior Kyle Davis for a 38-yard hook-up that set up a two-yard score from fullback Art Lawrence with 1:13 remaining in the half.
The Tigers led 16-6 at halftime, but Plymouth was starting to turn things around.
After Warsaw's defense dominated the line of scrimmage in the early going, junior running back Charley Craig brought the Rockies to life in the second half.
With 7:36 remaining in the third quarter, Craig broke off an 80-yard gallop to paydirt, cutting Warsaw's lead to 16-12. Warsaw's special teams blocked the extra point attempt.
Junior David Muta, playing fullback for senior Jarod Leasure, who was moved back to the offensive line, where he played last year, scored from 16 yards out with with 4:00 remaining in the third, but Craig rattled off a 63-yard scoring scamper that brought the Rockies within 23-20 after Slein found senior Zach Scott open for a two-point conversion reception.
Craig finished the game with 209 yards on 22 carries.
"He's a great football player," Jensen said of Craig. "All we wanted to do was contain him, we knew we couldn't stop him."
Craig tied the game with 6:28 remaining in regulation with a 36-yard field goal that soared through the uprights in a tight spiral.
Warsaw then took the ball on its own 26 and tallied seven yards on a rushing play by Scrafton and three more on a carry by Muta but was eventually forced to punt after Scrafton lost 20 yards on third-and-6.
The Rockies fumbled the ball on their next possession and were forced to punt, giving Warsaw the ball with 2:23 left in regulation. Warsaw gave the ball back to Plymouth with 52 ticks on the clock. Craig ran for a yard on first down, but Slein kneeled down on the next play, sending the game to overtime.
In all, Plymouth fumbled the ball eight times and threw three interceptions. Warsaw fumbled the ball three times and threw three interceptions as well.
"That was ugly, but I'm proud of them," Jensen said. "They stayed focused. It wasn't coaching that won this game, the kids won this football game."
The Tigers will host Gary Lew Wallace Friday at 7 p.m. before getting back to the NLC schedule Sept. 22 in a homecoming battle with Northridge.
WARSAW 30, PLYMOUTH 23 OT
Warsaw (2-1) 9 7 7 0 7 - 30
Plymouth (1-2) 0 6 14 3 0 - 21
W P
First Downs 9 11
Rushes-yards 42-179 33-225
Yards Passing 39 95
Comp.-Att.-Int. 7-21-3 6-16-3
Total offense 218 320
Fumbles-lost 3-2 8-4
Punts-Ave. 10-42.7 6-33.7
Pentalties-yards 8-77 4-20
First Quarter
W - Jared Scrafton 2 run (Justin Plank kick) 7-0, 10:07
W - Safety by William Knepper 9-0, 3:18
Second Quarter
W - Brad Seiss 2 run (Plank kick) 16-0, 9:30
P - Art Lawrence 2 run (conversion failed) 16-6, 1:13
Third Quarter
P - Charley Craig 80 run (kick blocked) 16-12, 7:36
W - David Muta 16 run (Craige Westover kick) 23-12, 4:00
P - Craig 63 run (Zach Scott 2 pt. conversion reception) 23-20, 2:28
Fourth Quarter
P - Craig 36 field goal 23-23, 6:28
Overtime
W - Chris Clay 8 catch from Jared Scrafton (Adam Sisson kick) 30-23
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing (att.-yards) - W: Brad Seiss 22-91, David Muta 9-32, Jared Scrafton 10-32, Kris Hueber 1-26. P: Charley Craig 22-209, Art Lawrence 7-15.
Receiving (catches-yards) - W: Adam Sisson 2-16, Josh Buck 2-15, Chris Clay 2-9. P: Kyle Davis 4-60, Craig 1-18.
Passing (att.-comp.-yards-int.) - W: Scrafton 7-21-39-3. P: Slein 6-16-95-3.
Triton's Win Streak Ends At 2 Games
By Craig Helfrich, Times-Union Sports Correspondent
BOURBON -ÊEntering Friday night's opening round of the Northern State Conference showdown between Culver and undefeated Triton, the Trojans would see exactly how good a football team they had.
The Trojans, who haven't started a season with a 2-0 record since 1974, when they jumped out to a 3-0 record, had to face a team that has owned them in the past. Culver defeated Triton 47-0 last year and is known to score a lot of points quickly.
After a promising start, the Trojans fell victim to smash-mouth football as the Cavaliers grounded Triton 41-14.
"We played really hard tonight,' Triton coach Rod Wildman said. "Culver is just a very good team."
Culver dominated the line of scrimmage from the opening drive. It took the Cavaliers only 1:35 to take a 6-0 lead. Ron Jelinek took it from 6 yards out as the Cavalier offensive line opened up a huge hole. Jim Brugh added the extra point to make it 7-0.
"They were just a lot stronger than us. They have a big offensive line who opened up a lot of holes for their runners,' Wildman said.
The Trojans fought right back. On a key fourth-and-8 play from the 33, Culver was hit with a key roughing the passer call. The Trojans then scored four plays later on an 18-yard pass play from quarterback Steve Boyer to Landon Grubbs. Jim Read's kick tied the score at seven with 4:37 left in the opening quarter.
"We really had a nice opening drive on them,' Wildman said. "Last year we would have hung our heads if the other team would have scored right away. That is the diffence this year, we don't do that.'
Culver continued to run the football right at the Trojans. Culver upped its lead to 13-7, thanks to a Michael Jackson 6-yard run. The extra point was short, still giving the Cavaliers a 13-7 lead.
The second quarter proved disastorous to the Trojans. On their first play of the quarter, Boyer fumbled, which then set up Culver's first play of the quarter, another touchdown, this time a 57-yard scamper from Brandon King. The Cavaliers went for the two-point conversion and cashed in, making the lead 21-7 with 11:38 left.
"We just had no answer for their offense tonight,' Wildman added. "We missed a lot of tackles, and they were tougher than we were."
Culver scored once more before the half on another Jelinek touchdown, this time a 2-yard run. The kick was good, and it gave Culver a big 28-7 halftime lead.
The first half was dominated by the Cavaliers. Culver accumulated 183 rushing yards, while Triton managed 61.
"We need to fix our mistakes,' Wildman admitted. "We are making strides, but there is a lot to work on.'
Triton scored first in the third quarter, thanks again to a Culver penalty. Joey Potter scored with 5:06 to play on a 21-yard touchdown run. The extra point was good, shaving the lead to 28-14. After the Trojan fans got back into the game, Culver silenced the home crowd with another quick strike of its own.
On their first play of the quarter, Jelinek scored the trifecta, scoring on a long 47-yard run. The kick failed, but the lead grew to 34-14.
The Cavaliers turned the lights out with 10:47 to go in the game when they scored their final touchdown on a Daniel Roberts touchdown. The extra point was good, giving the Cavaliers their 41st and final point.
"We need to work on our mental mistakes, we had too many tonight,' Wildman said.
Potter led the Trojans on the ground, rushing 16 times for 62 yards.
Triton (2-1, 0-1 NSC) hosts Bremen on Friday.
CULVER 41, TRITON 14
Culver 13 15 6 7 -Ê41
Triton 7 0 7 0 -Ê14
C T
First downs 9 11
Rushes/yards 37-293 46-132
Passing yards 0 102
Comp.-Att.-Int. 0-2-0 4-12-3
Total offense 293 234
Fumbles/lost 3-1 6-3
Punts/avg. 2-42 3-14
Penalties/yards 7-70 4-40
First Quarter
C -ÊRon Jelinek 6 run (Jim Brugh kick) 7-0 C, 10:35
T -ÊSteven Boyer 18 pass to Landon Grubbs (Jim Read kick) 7-7, 10:35
C - Michael Jackson 6 run (kick failed)13-7 C, 1:20
Second Quarter
C - Brandon King 57 run (Jelinek 2 run) 21-7 C, 11:38
C - Ron Jelinek 2 run (Brugh kick) 28-7 C, 7:51
Third Quarter
T - Joey Potter 21 run (Read kick) 28-14 C, 5:06
C -ÊRon Jelinek 47 run (kick failed) 34-14 C, 4:47
Fourth Quarter
C -ÊDaniel Roberts 4 run (Brugh kick) 41-14 C, 10:47
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - C - Ron Jelinek 8-90, Daniel Roberts 10-69, Michael Jackson 6-63, Brandon King 6-60, Chad Hooker 2-13, Chris Carlson 3-5, Dan Personette 1-0, Andrew Knapp 1-(-7). T -ÊJoey Potter 16-62, Steven Boyer 13-48, Bryan Watkins 8-35, Bryan Moriarty 2-8, Jake Burnett 4-5, Aric Hooley 1-0, Daniel Kuhn 2- (-26).
Passing - C - Chris Carlson 0-1-0. T - Steven Boyer 2-10-73, Joey Potter 1-1-10, Daniel Kuhn 1-1-19.
Receiving - T - Landon Grubbs 1-18, Steven Boyer 1-10, Jim Read 1-55, Bryan Moriarty 1-19.
Another Year, Another 2-1 Wawasee Start
By Rick Blue, Times-Union Sports Correspondent
Syracuse -ÊThe Wawasee Warriors find themselves in familiar territory after the first three games.
Friday night, Wawasee's football team shut out the Northridge Raiders 21-0 to raise its record to 2-1.
One year ago, the Warriors found themselves at the 2-1 mark after the first three games with wins over Whitko and Northridge while losing to Carroll, identical to the 2000 season.
Wawasee was led by the passing of Brent Doty and the rushing of Logan Lees en route to its first Northern Lakes Conference win of the season.
Doty completed an efficient 16 of 20 attempts for 199 yards and two touchdowns. Lees rushed for a team-high 130 yards on 17 attempts.
All scoring came in the second quarter after both teams moved the ball in the first quarter but failed to trip the scoreboard.
Wawasee marched 70 yards in six plays, culminated by a Doty to Bobby Likens 21-yard touchdown pass that gave the Warriors a 7-0 lead.
"We only made two bad passes in the first half," said Wawasee coach Joe Rietveld. "One of those was the touchdown to Likens."
Rietveld was referring to the underthrown pass by Doty, which Likens adjusted well to and the Northridge defender did not.
Lees, the other half of the Warrior standout pair, gave his team a 14-0 lead at the 3:56 mark of the second quarter with an open field romp into the end zone from 37 yards out. Lees took the pitch, headed to the right, then reversed his field to the left, where he was aided by a downfield block by Travis Klenke, freeing him for the score.
"All coaching," said Rietveld, with tongue planted firmly in cheek. "That was a great individual effort. A pretty good gain turned into a great gain."
Wawasee closed out the scoring with just six seconds left in the first half when Doty found Likens, who caught six passes for 110 yards, once again, this time from 53 yards out. Northridge inexplicably allowed Likens to wander deep into the secondary on a third down and 24 yards to go with precious time on the clock.
Defensively, Wawasee got solid help up front on the line and steady help from their linbacking corps in posting the shutout. The Warriors held Northridge to 0 for 4 in fourth-down conversion attempts. The secondary was mostly untested as a testament to Northridge attempting only eight passes. Travis Speicher intercepted one of those passes.
The Warriors turn their attention toward Dunlap and a date Friday with the Concord Minutemen. One season ago, Concord evened the Warrior record at 2-2 with a 49-21 defeat at Warrior Field. Rietveld hopes his Warriors stop the trend of a season removed.
"I've been looking forward to this game since the start of the season," Rietveld said. "It will be tough. They will be hungry and I want to be 3-1."
A 3-1 start would definitely put a halt to this season's trend. One season ago, the Concord loss was the start of a seven-game losing streak to end the season. At 2-1, Rietveld is pleased, but he would like to see this season's trend stop next week in Dunlap.
WAWASEE 21, NORTHRIDGE 0
Northridge 0 0 0 0 - 0
Wawasee 0 21 0 0 - 21
W N
First downs 15 11
Rushes/yards 33-170 45-173
Passing yards 207 25
Comp.-Att.-Int. 16-22-0 2-8-1
Total offense 377 198
Fumbles/lost 4-2 3-2
Punts/avg. 4-38.5 3-34.3
Penalties/yards 3-15 6-65
Second quarter
W - Doty 21 pass to Likens (Wooten kick) 7-0 W, 9:26
W -ÊLees 37 run (kick failed) 13-0 W, 3:56
W - Doty 53 pass to Likens (Doty pass to Klenke) 21-0 W, :06
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - W: Lees 17-130, Evans 6-13, Conley 5-11, Meyer 3-19, Doty 2- (-3). N: Harrell 23-138, Smith 7-7, Boomershine 7-6, Kidder 6-13, Weaver 2-9.
Passing - W: Doty 15-20-0 199, Siri 1-2-0 8. N: Smith 2-8-1 25.
Receiving - W: Likens 6-110, Klenke 3-31, Packer 2-20, Lees 2-17, Chang 1-12, Edgington 1-9, Hanlin 1-8. N: Babcock 1-19, Boomershine 1-6.
Knights Rule Whitko
Times-Union Staff Report
SOUTH WHITLEY - Southwood's football team rushed for 317 yards on 46 carries as the Knights smashed Whitko 28-6 on Friday.
Southwood's Shawn Zellers rushed for 116 yards on 15 carries (7.7 yards per carry), and teammate Mike Snyder rushed for 98 yards on 12 carries (8.2 yards per carry). Zellers scored three touchdowns, including a 63-yard run for a touchdown in the third quarter.
Southwood won despite fumbling five times, although the Knights recovered four of their fumbles. The Knights held Whitko to 79 rushing yards on 33 carries, an average of 2.4 yards per carry.
Whitko took a 6-0 first-quarter lead when quarterback Adam Wendel connected with Alex Frantz on a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Whitko dropped to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the Three Rivers Conference, while Southwood improved to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the TRC.
SOUTHWOOD 28
WHITKO 6
Southwood 0 14 7 7 - 28
Whitko 6 0 0 0 - 6
W S
First downs 10 18
Rushes/yards 33-79 46-317
Passing yards 99 63
Comp.-Att.-Int. 4-14-2 5-14-0
Total offense 178 380
Fumbles/lost 2-0 5-1
Punts/avg. 3-32 1-27
Penalties/yards 10-85 3-40
First Quarter
W -ÊAlex Frantz 24 pass from Adam Wendel (run failed), 6-0 W, 3:49
Second Quarter
S - Shawn Zellers 2 run (kick failed), 6-6, 6:24
S -ÊMike Snyder 6 run (2-point conversion), 14-6 S, 0:24
Third Quarter
S -ÊZellers 63 run (kick good), 21-6 S, 1:20
Fourth Quarter
S - Zellers 10 run (kick good), 28-6 S, 6:34
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - S: Zellers 15-116, Snyder 12-98, Doug Wiley 9-49, Jon Gidley 6-45, Troy Loe 3-12, Josh Schoeft 1- (-3). W: Wendel 7-35, Brent Goble 6-27, Dustin Boardman 9-16, Gabe Langohr 1-6, Burl Haywood 2-5, Kevin Feldman 3-1, Alan Robbins 2 (-2), Brad Walpole 3- (-9).
Passing - S: Wiley 5-14-0 63. W: Wendel 3-11-2 75, Walpole 1-3-0 24.
Receiving -ÊS: Gidley 3-49, Tyler Korft 1-10, Adam Baldwin 1-4. W: Robbins 1-31, Adam Hall 1-24, Frantz 1-24, Goble 1-20.
Panthers Rout Concord 42-21
Times-Union Staff Report
NAPPANEE - NorthWood's Jesse Fink rushed for 159 yards on 15 carries as the No. 10 Panthers blasted Concord 42-21 in a Friday football game.
Fink scored three touchdowns on runs of 36, two and four yards. He averaged 10.9 yards per carry.
NorthWood's offense tallied 290 rushing yards. Despite winning by 21 points, NorthWood allowed Concord to rack up 302 yards. NorthWood's offense finished with 366 yards.
Concord's Nick Matney rushed for 138 yards on 26 carries. NorthWood's Ben Lehman rushed for 98 yards on 15 carries and scored two touchdowns
NorthWood moves to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the NLC, while Concord drops to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the NLC.
No. 10 NORTHWOOD 42
CONCORD 21
Concord 7 0 7 7 -Ê21
NorthWood 7 14 14 7 - 42
C NW
First downs 15 17
Rushes/yards 32-180 38-290
Passing yards 122 76
Comp.-Att.-Int. 10-25-0 4-6-1
Total offense 302 366
Fumbles/lost 1-1 0-0
Punts/avg. 3-34 0-0
Penalties/yards 4-40 6-35
First Quarter
C -ÊBryan Kelly 5 pass from Ian Nelson (Jeremy Lugbill kick) 7-0 C
N - Jesse Fink 36 run (Casey Lehman kick) 7-7
Second Quarter
N -ÊBen Lehman 18 run (C. Lehman kick) 14-7 N
N - Fink 2 run (C. Lehman kick) 21-7 N
Third Quarter
C -ÊNick Matney 2 run (Lugbill kick) 21-14 N
N -ÊB. Lehman 3 run (C. Lehman kick) 28-14 N
N -ÊScott Hill 47 fumble return (C. Lehman kick) 35-14 N
Fourth Quarter
N - Fink 4 run (C. Lehman kick) 42-14 N
C -ÊMicah Staley 7 pass from Nelson (Lugbill kick) 42-21 N
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - C: Matney 26-138, Jason Cudd 4-32, Nelson 2-10. N: Fink 15-159, B. Lehman 15-98, Mike Blosser 8-33.
Passing - C: Nelson 11-25-0 122. N: Blosser 4-6-1 76.
Receiving -ÊC: Staley 7-93, Bryan Kelly 3-24, Tim Schmucker 1-5. NW: Ryan Mast 2-13, Willy Will 1-56, Jeremy Greenlee 1-7. [[In-content Ad]]