BLUFFTON — The Manchester football team’s defense struggled for the second-straight week Friday at Bluffton. After surrendering 57 points in a Week 1 loss to Mississinewa, the Manchester defense once again gave up a lot in a 55-19 defeat at Bluffton, Friday. The two teams actually played to a 0-0 tie after the first quarter, but Bluffton scored three touchdowns in the second quarter, as well as recording a safety, building a 22-6 halftime advantage, as Manchester quarterback Lucas Schilling scored on a 41-yard run. Bluffton scored another 19 points in the third, while Schilling scored once again for Manchester. The same story continued in the fourth, as the home team scored 14 points and Schilling once again scored. In all, Schilling rushed for 76 yards and three scores on 10 attempts, while Jacob Casper had 77 yards on 17 carries. Defensively, Thad Miller posted 9.5 tackles for Manchester and Nick Eubank had 5.5 tackles and two sacks. The 0-2 Squires begin Three Rivers Conference play Friday at home against Tippecanoe Valley. BLUFFTON 55, MANCHESTER 20 M 0 6 7 7 – 20 B 0 22 19 14 – 55
Second Quarter B – Michael Pearson 4 run (Devin Shannon kick), 7-0 B – Malcolm Marshall 19 pass to Cody Harris (Shannon kick), 14-0 B – 1 run (kick failed, 20-0 B – Safety, 22-0 M – Lucas Schilling 41 run (kick failed), 22-6 Third Quarter B – D’Wayne Eskridge 89 kick return (Shannon kick), 29-6 M – Schilling 1 run (Ross Messer kick), 29-13 B – Eskridge 80 run (kick failed), 35-13 B – Javon Morgan 13 run (kick failed), 41-13 Fourth Quarter B – Marshall 6 run (Shannon kick), 48-13 M – Schilling 9 run (Messer kick), 48-20 B – Jacob Wenger 8 run (Shannon kick) 55-20
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Passing — Manchester, Schilling 6-27, 60 yds, 3 INTs. Rushing — Manchester, Jacob Casper 17-77, Schilling 10-76, Keelan Norwood 1-8, Evan Milam 1-5, Phoenix Goad 1-2, Daniel Griese 1-(-2). Receiving — Brodi Carter 1-24, Daniel Griese 4-21, Nick Eubank 1-15.
