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Warriors' Loss To NorthWood Leads Football Roundup

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SYRACUSE – The Wawasee football team dug itself too deep of a hole Friday night at home against NorthWood.
Trailing 21-0 at the half, Wawasee got on the board in the third quarter, cutting the deficit to 21-7, but the NorthWood Panthers were too much in  35-21 Northern Lakes Conference action.
In the loss, Wawasee quarterback Gage Reinhard completed 14 of 22 pass attempts for 226 yards and two touchdown strikes to Clayton Cook, who caught eight passes for 144 yards.
On the ground, Gabe Rhodes had 78 yards and a touchdown in the loss, which dropped Wawasee to 2-3 on the year and 1-2 in the NLC.
Up next for Wawasee is Friday’s game at Plymouth.
NORTHWOOD 35, WAWASEE 21
N    7    14    14    0    –    35
W    0    0    6    15    –    21
    N    W
First downs    21    11
Rushing yds    172    92
Passing yds    144    226
Comp-Att-Int    12-17-0    14-22-1
Total offense    316    318
Fumbles/lost    0/0    1/1
Penalties/yds    4/35    4/40
Punts/avg    3/34    2/38
First Quarter
N – Will Kirkwood 12 run (Brendan Widner kick) 7-0
Second Quarter
N – Blake Cleveland 4 run (Widner kick) 14-0
N – Tanner Cleveland 11 run (Widner kick) 21-0
Third Quarter
W – Gabe Rhodes 6 run (kick failed) 21-6
N – T. Cleveland 31 run (Widner kick) 28-6
N – Luke Edwards 9 run (Widner kick) 35-6
Fourth Quarter
W – Gage Reinhard 45 pass to Clayton Cook (Rheinhard conversion pass to Rhodes) 35-14
W – Reinhard 39 pass to Cook (Jordan Acton kick) 35-21
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing – NW, T. Cleveland 16-60, Kirkwood 5-59, Dominic Miranda 8-29, B. Cleveland 8-18, Edwards 3-6, Connor Bunch 1-3; Wawasee, Rhodes 22-78, Nic Wilson 2-9, Reinhard 2-5.
Passing – NW, Kirkwood 12-17, 144 yds; Wawasee, Reinhard 14-22, 226 yds, 2 TDs, INT.
Receiving – NW, Tyler Minnich 2-30, T. Cleveland 2-28, B. Cleveland 1-14, Dustin Yoder 1-13, Miranda 1-5; Wawasee, Cook 8-144, Brandin McCulloch 2-57, Brett Ward 2-16, Brian Clark 1-8, Rhodes 1-1.

Friday in Denver
Despite tallying 329 total yards to North Miami’s 266 Friday in Denver, the Manchester football team fell 47-24 in Three Rivers Conference action. In the loss Jim Sainsbury run for a score and threw for another, connecting with Cody Harlan in the third quarter. Manchester also got scores from Jacob Casper and Lucas Schilling. The loss drops the Squires to 1-4 going into Friday’s home game against Rochester.
NORTH MIAMI 47, MANCHESTER 24
M    0    6    0    18    –    24
NM    7    14    14    12    –    47
    M    NM
First downs    16    15
Rushing yds    280    228
Passing yds    49    38
Comp-Att-Int    3-11-1    6-20-3
Total offense    329    266
Fumbles/lost    2/2    0/0
Penalties/yds    5/77    6/67
First Quarter
NM – 1 run (kick good) 2:38, 7-0
Second Quarter
NM – 5 run (kick good) 5:57, 14-0
NM – 1 run (kick good) 5:05, 21-0
M – Jim Sainsbury 1 run (conversion failed) 1:19, 21-6
Third Quarter
NM – 1 run (kick good) 4:58, 28-6
NM – 20 run (kick good) 4:36, 35-6
Fourth Quarter
M – Sainsbury 6 pass to Cody Harlan (conversion failed) 10:30, 35-12
NM – 39 punt return (kick failed) 6:19, 41-12
M – Jacob Casper 11 run (conversion failed) 4:12, 41-18
NM – 20 run (kick failed) 3:34, 47-18
M – Lucas Schilling 3 run (conversion failed) 2:05, 47-24

Friday in Walkerton
The Triton Trojans fell 39-7 Friday in Northern State Conference play at John Glenn. In the loss, Triton quarterback Bryson Mosier ran for 66 yards on 10 carries, while Cody Shively posted 11 tackles and scored Triton’s lone touchdown. The 0-5 Trojans host New Prairie Friday in another NSC contest.
JOHN GLENN 39, TRITON 7
T    0    0    0    7    –    7
G    7    12    13    7    –    39
    T    G
First downs    7    20
Rushing yds    99    299
Passing yds    30    104
Comp-Att-Int    4-18-0    10-18-1
Total offense    129    403
Fumbles/lost    3/2    1/1
Penalties/yds    5/40    8/63
Punts/avg    4/25    0/0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - Glenn, Zach Combs 17-110, Derek Hiler 21-89, Adam Dodson 11-59, Ethan Cook 2-16, Kyle Liedtky 3-14, Cameron Mester 1-10, Allin Walbert 3-2, Andrew Wensley 2-(-1); Triton, Bryson Mosier 10-66, Cody Shively  7-33, Cain Thorn 1-4, Tyler Milton 3-1, Cordale Keyser 1-(-5).
Passing – Glenn, Liedtky 10-17, 104 yds, 3 TDs, Mester 0-1, INT; Triton, Mosier 4-17, 30 yds, Shively 0-1.
Receiving – Glenn, Jake Strong 5-48, Hensley 1-27, Hiler 2-17, Combs 2-12; Triton, Shively 2-13, DJ Riffle 1-16, Thorn 1-1.