Minutemen Trip WarriorsSYRACUSE – Wawasee exceeded its point total of its previous two games, but fell 51-29 to 5A No. 3 Concord in Northern Lakes Conference football Friday.
Warrior quarterback Aaron Evans and receiver Dylan Hepler Fink connected for touchdown passes of 80 and 89 yards in the third quarter to keep Wawasee within striking distance. Evans had a 55-yard rushing touchdown that gave Wawasee an lead in the first quarter.
Jack Lietzan, who converted from quarterback to running back, scored four touchdowns for the 4-0 Minutemen.
Wawasee (1-3, 0-2 NLC) plays 4A No. 5 NorthWood in Nappanee Friday.
CONCORD 51, WAWASEE 29
C 10 21 14 6 – 51
W 6 8 15 0 – 29
First Quarter
W – Aaron Evans 55 run (kick failed), 7:23, 6-0
C – Ethan Cain 2 run (Josh Gorball kick), 4:53, 7-6
C – FG Gorball 44, 2:25, 10-6
Second Quarter
C – Cain 2 run (Gorball kick), 10:00, 17-6
W – Jacob Hand 11 pass from Evans (Dalton Pearish pass from Evans), 7:14, 17-14
C Lietzan 1 run (Gorball kick), 1:39, 24-14
C – Brady Reed 6 pass from Cain (Gorball kick), :02, 31-14
Third Quarter
C – Lietzan 13 run (Gorball kick), 7:37, 38-14.
W – Dylan Hepler Fink 80 pass from Evans (Brayden Johnson kick), 4:19, 38-21.
C - Lietzan 46 run (Gorball kick), 3:11, 45-21
W - Hepler Fink 89 pass from Evans (Hand pass from Evans), 2:00, 45-29.
