Mayville rebounds, whips Wautoma
Mayville rebounded well from a 41-21 lost to Ripon last week to beat Wautoma, 50-20, in an East Central Flyway Lakes Division game Friday in Wautoma.
Wautoma gave Ripon one of the best games the undefeated Tigers had all season, so Mayville certainly wasn’t going into the game taking the Hornets lightly.
It showed.
Mayville held the Hornets to 205 total yards, while piling up 492 of its own.
“We really kicked it into gear,” Mayville coach Steve Brickson said. “Nick Bloch did an outstanding job. He’s such a tough runner to stop. He made everything open up for us tonight.
“We ran inside, outside, and connected on short passes.”
Bloch broke the 1,000-yard barrier for the season with 273 yards on 26 carries.
The senior fullback also scored three touchdowns including the Cardinals’ first score on a 58-yard run.
The Cardinals (3-2, 5-2) had a 37-20 lead going into the fourth quarter and then got in the end zone for two scores. Bloch’s 3-yard run at 5:20 to ended the game’s scoring.
Quarterback Bryan Gentz threw a touchdown reception to Adam Haas, a 16-yarder at 9:47 in the fourth quarter, and scored two touchdowns himself in the second quarter on runs of 1- and 2-yards.
Gentz went 11 of 14 passing and tallied 133 yards through the air to complement Bloch’s ground game.
Kicker Adam Runge went 5-for-6 on extra-point kicks and nailed a 23-yard field goal midway through the first quarter.
With all of that offense for the Cardinals and Brickson wanted to make sure and point out the play of his defensive unit.
“I was really pleased with our secondary,” he said. “We were worried at the beginning of the year and Wautoma threw more than we thought.”
In other Lakes Division action...
Berlin 49, Waupun 6
The Indians scored three first-quarter touchdowns en route to the lopsided win in Berlin.
Berlin (5-0, 7-0) managed 449 total yards and held the Warriors (1-3, 1-6) to 142 total.
Kyle Vergin scored at 9:40 on a 7-yard run to get Berlin started in the first quarter. Matt Kobishop scored on a 6-yarder three minutes later and Adam Paugels caught a 55-yard Brad Stellmacher pass to make it 21-0 with 1:43 left in the opening 12 minutes.
Three Berlin backs chewed up yardage as the Indians rushed for 347 yards.
Vergin had 73 yards on 15 carries and two touchdowns. He added a 4-yard touchdown scamper during the 14-point Berlin second quarter.
Andrew Asleson ran for 91 yards on 11 carries and Brian Mattice led with 93 yards on seven carries and added a touchdown catch.
Stellmacher was 4-for-10 for 102 yards.
Waupun got in the end zone when quarterback Cody Mueller scored from a yard out. Adam Pulda led Waupun with 42 yards on 12 carries.
