Whitko Evens Up Record

WABASH - Whitko ran Northfield into the ground, totalling 266 yards rushing as the Wildcats beat the Norsemen 35-21 Friday.

Seth Slater and Josh Gonzalez each had two touchdowns, and Trent Burelison recovered a fumble for a touchdown as the Wildcats racked up five scores.

Slater rushed for 113 yards and Gonzalez 92 in the win.

Northfield jumped out to a 7-0 lead after one quarter and led 14-6 with 9:39 left in the second. But Whitko scored 22 unanswered points to take control of the game.

Whitko (3-3, 2-2) will host North Miami Friday.

WHITKO 35

NORTHFIELD 21

Whitko 0 21 7 7 - 35

Northfield 7 7 0 7 - 21

W NF

First Downs 10 7

Rushes-Yards 50-266 30-37

Passing Yards 21 110

Comp-Att-Int 3-5-0 10-29-2

Total offense 287 147

Fumbles-Lost 3-2 4-3

Punts-Avg. 4-32 4-42

Penalties-Yards 5-32 7-54

First Quarter

NF - Nick Clifton 37 pass from Brian Hoffman (Chad McWhirt kick), 4:33, 7-0 Northfield

Second Quarter

W - Seth Slater 1 run (kick failed), 9:52, 7-6 Northfield

NF - Todd Mowery 75 kick-off return (McWhirt kick), 9:39, 14-6 Northfield

W - Slater 7 run (Slader pass from Ben Mohr), 8:02, 14-14 tie

W - Josh Gonzalez 4 run (Jeff Martin kick), 6:11, 21-14 Whitko

Third Quarter

W - Trent Burelison fumble recovery (Martin kick), 11:02, 28-14 Whitko

Fourth Quarter

NF - Clifton 11 pass from Hoffman (McWhirt kick), 6:10, 28-21 Whitko

W - Gonzalez 55 run (Martin kick), 2:31, 35-21 Whitko

Individual Leaders

Rushing - Whitko, Slater 23-113, Gonzalez 12-92, Mohr 8-40.

Passing - Whitko, Mohr 3-5-21-0. Northfield, Hoffman 9-26-2, Shawn Smith 1-3-0.