Panthers Rip Hornets 49-6

NAPPANEE - NorthWood's offense tallied 532 yards and its defense held Angola to five first downs as the Panthers cruised to a 49-6 second-round 3A sectional win over the Hornets.

NorthWood's football team, ranked No. 5 in the final 3A Associated Press poll, improved to 9-2. Angola ended its season 6-5.

The Panthers displayed a balanced offense as quarterback Mike Blosser completed 9 of 13 passes for 275 yards while the ground game delivered 257 rushing yards.

NorthWood running back Ben Lehman rushed for 138 yards on 15 carries (9.2 average) and scored three touchdowns. Jesse Fink added 80 rushing yards on yards on 16 carries and one touchdown.

Blosser completed four of his passes to Will Will for 172 yards.

NorthWood plays 6-5 Lakeland on Friday. Lakeland advanced by beating Whitko (3-8) 47-16.

No. 5 NORTHWOOD 49

ANGOLA 6

Angola 0 6 0 0 -6

NorthWood 6 22 21 0 -49

NW A

First downs 17 5

Rushes/yards 45-257 33-95

Passing yards 275 94

Comp.-Att.-Int. 9-13-0 6-18-2

Total offense 532 189

Fumbles/lost 0-0 1-0

Punts/avg. 2-36 3-31.3

Penalties/yards 3-20 2-15

First Quarter

NW - Ben Lehman 46 run (kick failed) 7:37, 6-0 NW

Second Quarter

NW - Jesse Fink 6 run (Willy Will pass from Mike Blosser) 11:15, 14-0 NW

A -ÊDwayne Thompson 34 pass from Rick Gessaman (run failed) 7:19, 14-6 NW

NW - Lehman 1 run (kick failed) 3:30, 20-6 NW

NW - Will 3 pass from Blosser (Lehman run) 1:14, 28-6 NWÊ

Third Quarter

NW - Jeremy Greenly 43 pass from Blosser (Casey Lehman kick) 11:05, 35-6 NW

NW -ÊLehman 4 run (Lehman kick) 9:03, 42-6 NW

NW - Fink 7 run (Anthony Sanders kick) 2:55, 49-6 NW

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - NW: Lehman 15-138, Fink 16-80, Rupp 4-13. A: Martin 18-78, Lunk 4-10.

Passing - NW: Blosser 9-13-0 275. A: Gessaman 5-16-2 61, Martin 1-1-0 33, Layb 0-1-0.

Receiving - NW: Will 4-172, Fink 2-43, Greenly 1-43. A: Darnell 6-94.