Stratford throws for over 400 yards in victory

By Casey Krautkramer

The Wisconsin Badgers football team hasn’t perfected running offensive coordinator Phil Longo’s air raid offense yet. Badgers redshirt senior starting defensive lineman Ben Barten’s high school alma mater, Stratford, meanwhile had a tremendous amount of success throwing the football in Friday’s 49-0 road win against Colby.

Stratford racked up 429 yards and six touchdowns through the air compared to only 59 yards on the ground against Colby. Tigers senior quarterback Jack Tubbs completed 14 of 17 passes for 403 yards and five touchdowns. Junior backup quarterback Brady Berg threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to senior Cayden Leonhardt with just over two minutes left in the game.

Tigers receivers feasted on the Hornet’s defensive scheme that is more designed to stop the run rather than the pass. Senior Alec Chapel caught two passes for 96 yards and two touchdowns. Senior Caleb Wrensch led the Tigers in receiving yards with two catches for 100 yards and a touchdown. Senior Jett Schoenherr grabbed five catches for 93 yards and a touchdown. Junior Coltan Breit caught three passes for 82 yards and a touchdown.

Stratford only scored seven points in the opening quarter on Tubbs’ 65-yard touchdown pass to Schoenherr and junior Mason Miller’s successful extra point kick. The Tigers then erupted to score 28 points within a span of almost nine minutes left in the second quarter. Tubbs threw a 75yard touchdown to Wrensch, ran for a sixyard touchdown and then threw two straight touchdown passes to Chapel of 76 and 20 yards. Mason Miller made all seven of his extra point kicks in the game.

The Tigers led, 35-0, at halftime. Surprisingly, neither team scored in the third quarter but there was a running clock during the entire second half. Tubbs threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Breit in the fourth quarter and then Berg hooked up with Leonhardt for a 26-yard passing touchdown.

Wrensch led Stratford’s defense with eight tackles while fellow seniors Walker Weis and Chapel had seven tackles apiece. Senior Xander Curtice recorded six tackles and a sack. Tubbs and juniors Drew Gage and Brooks Vanderhoof added five tackles each.

Stratford improves its record to 4-0 in the CWC-Large and 6-0 overall this season while Colby falls to 2-2 in the CWCLarge and 2-4 overall. Stratford will attempt to spoil Marathon’s homecoming football game at 7 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 4.

Wildcats dismantle Royals

Edgar’s varsity football team easily beat Wisconsin Rapids Assumption, 48-0, Friday on the road. Edgar keeps pace with Abbotsford as being the only undefeated teams in the Marawood/CWC this season with 4-0 records. Edgar improves its record to 5-1 overall while Assumption is still seeking its first win this year.

The Wildcats scored 35 points in the first quarter to have a running clock the rest of the game. Edgar junior quarterback Tucker Streit threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Leyton Schuett but the two-point conversion run faile. Senior Austin Schreiber ran for a 43-yard touchdown and junior Maverick Butt ran in the two-point conversion to give the Wildcats a 14-0 lead.

Edgar junior Gavin Mauer returned a punt 56 yards for a touchdown and German foreign exchange student Jarvis Kofent kicked the successful extra point. Senior Will Hackel ran for a 43-yard touchdown and Kofent made the extra point kick. Schuett rushed for a 20-yard touchdown and Kofent made the extra point to give the Wildcats a 35-0 lead after the first quarter.

Neither team scored points in the second quarter. Hackel ran for a 32-yard touchdown in the third quarter but Kofent’s extra point attempt failed this time. Sophomore Tyler Schmidt rushed for a nine-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter and Kofent kicked a successful extra point.

Tucker Streit led Edgar’s defense with eight tackles, a sack and two forced fumbles. Schreiber and junior Lucas Stahnke each forced a fumble. Hackel added six tackles and sophomore Carson Nowak had five.

Edgar High School will celebrate Jerry Sinz’s 50th season as the school’s varsity football head coach on Alumni Night at 7 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 4, against Iola-Scandinavia. The Edgar Football Alumni Club is sponsoring free admission to all fans at the game. There will be a social at Edgar Lanes after the game.

Raiders fall to Warhawks

Marathon’s varsity football squad lost, 36-6, to Weyauwega/Fremont on the road Friday. Senior Blake Kraft, who is the Red Raiders’ third string quarterback this season, had a solid game by completing seven of 14 passes for 67 yards and running for a short touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Junior Nathan Hoenisch led Marathon in rushing with 13 carries for 54 yards. Senior Logan Witberler paced the Red Raiders in receiving yards with two catches for 32 yards while sophomore Garrett Bracewell added four catches for 31 yards.

Junior Cale Quaintance paced Marathon’s defense with seven tackles. Junior Blake Underwood and sophomore Owen Chrouser added six tackles apiece. Juniors Chris Marcell and Hudson Voigt and sophomore Paxton Pietrowski had five tackles each. Junior Javier Pintor had an interception.

Marathon falls to 1-3 in the CWC-Large and 2-4 overall this season while Weyauwega/Fremont improves to 2-2 in the CWC-Large and 3-3 overall. Marathon’s homecoming football game is at 7 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 4 against undefeated Stratford.

Bluejays are shut out

The Athens variety eight-man football team lost, 32-0, to Chequamegon/Butternut/ Mercer in Friday’s road game. Bluejays junior quarterback Kamden Zarnke completed eight of 13 passes for 59 yards and two interceptions. He led the team in rushing with eight carries for 17 yards.

Senior Austin Dean led Athens in receiving with three catches for 30 yards while junior Evin Passehl had four catches for 23 yards. Sophomore Daxton Diethelm had an 18-yard punt return.

Diethelm led the Bluejays with two punt returns for 44 yards. Sophomore Garrett Frahm had two kick returns for 34 yards and Passehl added two punt returns for 24 yards. Passehl led Athens’ defense with nine tackles.

Athens falls to 0-5 this season while Chequamegon/Butternut/Mercer improves to 3-2. Athens has its homecoming football game at 7 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 4 against Phillips, who are 4-1 this year.

CLUTCH DEFENSIVE PLAY - Stratford senior Jett Schoenherr deflects a Colby pass intended for senior running back Gavin Voss during the Tigers 49-0 road win.

STAFF PHOTO/NATHANIEL UNDERWOOD