Cook Kickstarts Wawasee In Win Over Goshen, Leading Football Roundup
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SYRACUSE — Starting with a 99-yard kickoff return by senior Clayton Cook, the Wawasee Warriors were off and running at home against Goshen Friday night. Cook’s 99-yard score on the opening play of the game propelled the Warriors to a 17-7 victory, ending the regular season at 7-3 and 4-3 in the Northern Lakes Conference. The victory is Wawasee’s third-straight, and fourth in five games, while Goshen has now lost 16-straight conference games, finishing the regular season at 0-9 and 0-7 in the NLC. Along with the big kickoff return, Cook also caught an eight-yard touchdown pass from senior Gage Reinhard later in the first quarter, and Lucas Garza put the game away with a 27-yard field goal in the final quarter. Reinhard completed 8 of 19 passes for 95 yards and the score, with Nic Wilson leading the rushing attack, picking up 38 yards on 12 attempts. Wawasee now prepares for its Class 4A Sectional 19 home game against Leo this Friday.
WAWASEE 17, GOSHEN 7 G 0 0 7 0 — 7 W 14 0 0 3 — 17
G W 1st downs 10 11 Rushing yds 140 73 Passing yds 30 95 Comp-Att-Int 5-14-0 8-19-0 Total yds 170 168 Fumbles/lost 1/0 0/0 Penalties/yds 7/50 4/25 Punts/avg 5/39 5/34 First Quarter W – Clayton Cook 99 kickoff return (Lucas Garza kick), 7-0. W – Gage Reinhard 8 pass to Cook (Garza kick), 14-0. Third Quarter G – Derek DeMeyer 1 run (kick good), 14-7 Fourth Quarter W – Garza 27 field goal, 17-7. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Wawasee, Nic Wilson 14-38, Cook 9-27, Reinhard 2-10, Mylon Betts 1-(-1), Nathan Katzer 5-(-1); Goshen, Jeff Stoll 23-96, DeMeyer 12-35, Chris Ubaldo 5-9. Passing — Wawasee, Reinhard 8-19-95, TD; Goshen, DeMeyer 5-14-30. Receiving — Wawasee, Betts 2-47, Cameron Krizman 2-18, Cook 3-18, Wilson 1-12; Goshen, Colton Potter 2-12, JT Plavchak 1-12, Adam Pearson 2-6.
Friday in Wabash
In their final game of the regular season Friday, the Manchester Squires fell 34-7 at Northfield. The victory leaves Northfield at 5-2 in the Three Rivers Conference, good for third place, while Manchester was 3-4, finishing fifth. Overall, the loss leaves Manchester at 4-5 going into its Class 2A Sectional 34 game at home against Wabash this Friday. NORTHFIELD 34, MANCHESTER 7 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records: Northfield 7-2 (5-2 TRC), Manchester 4-5 (3-4 TRC).
Friday in Baugo
Playing Jimtown for the final time in Northern State Conference play, the Triton Trojans were shutout 47-0 Friday night in Baugo Township. The loss leaves Triton at 2-7 going into sectionals next Friday, when it travels to South Central. JIMTOWN 47, TRITON 0 (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records: Jimtown 6-3 (6-1 NSC), Triton 2-7 (1-6 NSC).
