Concord Nips NorthWood

DUNLAP -ÊThe NorthWood Panthers dropped their first game of the season in a close game against Northern Lakes Conference opponent Concord, 35-28.

The Minutemen did not hold the lead in the contest until the fourth quarter, when they exploded for 21 points to overtake the Panthers in the final minutes of the game.

NorthWood earned the first points of the game in the first quarter when Chaz Scherer ran nine yards to score the first touchdown and put the Panthers up 7-0.

The Minutemen tied the score in the second, but Charlie Roeder connected with Brock Doty to give NorthWood a 14-7 lead going into halftime.

The Panthers are 2-1 and 0-1 in the NLC, while Concord improves to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the NLC.

Concord 35, NorthWood 28

Concord 0 7 7 21 - 35

NorthWood 7 7 7 7 - 28

N C

First downs 19 17

Rushing yards 107 352

Passing 343 24

Comp.-Att.-Int. 20-32-1 4-8-2 Total offense 450 243

Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-1

Punts-ave. 2-32 1-34

Penalties-yards 9-62 1-5

First Quarter

N -ÊChaz Scherer 9 run (Andy Mitschelen kick), 7-0 N

Second Quarter

C -ÊRickey McKenzie 50 run (Brant Fowler kick), 7-7

N -ÊBrock Doty 9 pass from Charlie Roeder (Mitschelen kick), 14-7

Third Quarter

N -ÊJason Brennaman 1 run (Mitschelen kick), 21-7 N

C -ÊMcKenzie 3 run (Fowler kick) 21-14 N

Fourth Quarter

C -ÊJosh Staley 15 run (Fowler kick), 21-21

N -ÊIan Reed 44 pass from Roeder (Mitschelen kick), 28-21 N

C -ÊMcKenzie 5 run (Fowler kick) 28-28

C -ÊMcKenzie 4 run (Fowler kick) 35-28 C

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing - NorthWood: Scherer 12-87, Brennaman 9-25; Concord: Rickey McKenzie 22-246, Josj Staley 11-83, Ian Nelson 3-12.

Receiving - NorthWood: Reed 4-107, Doty 6-86, Scherer 5-77, Mitschelen 4-73. Concord: McKenzie 2-16, Staley 1-9.

Passing -ÊNorthWood: Roeder 20-32-343, 1 INT; Fowler 3-4-15, 1 INT., Nelson 1-4-9, 1 INT.