Sports roundup: Manawa, Hortonville win, Waupaca’s game canceled
By Greg Seubert
Thunderstorms that rolled through the area affected several high school football games Aug. 27.
While a handful of games were played that night, others were rescheduled or postponed and resumed.
Little Chute at Waupaca
Lightning caused the game at Comet Field to be suspended midway through the first quarter with Little Chute leading 7-0.
The game was originally scheduled to resume Aug. 30, but ended up getting canceled.
Waupaca will open Bay Conference play at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at home against Fox Valley Lutheran.
Manawa 34, Green Bay West 0
Nearly 400 rushing yards added up to a win for the Manawa football team.
The Wolves used 382 yards on the ground – 323 of them from quarterback Tanner Nienhaus – Aug. 27 in a 34-0 nonconference win over Green Bay West.
Nienhaus opened the scoring with a 59-yard touchdown run and added a 41-yarder in the second quarter to give the Wolves a 14-0 lead. Grant Bristol returned a punt 61 yards before halftime to give the visitors a 20-0 lead at the break.
The Wolves added two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter on Nienhaus’ 13-yard run and Reed Meyer’s 4-yard carry.
Nienhaus completed two of six passes for six yards, while Green Bay West quarterback accounted for most of the Wildcats’ offense with 209 passing yards. Manawa held the home team to 20 rushing yards in 27 attempts.
Manawa will open Central Wisconsin Conference-Large play at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at Stratford. The Tigers will bring a 2-0 record into the game after a 9-8 win over Edgar.
Hortonville 32, West De Pere 29 (2 OT)
Hortonville’s second football game of the season came down to Drew Klein’s leg.
The senior kicker delivered, as his 42-yard field goal in the second overtime gave the Polar Bears a 32-29 nonconference win over West De Pere.
The teams had played to a 7-7 tie Aug. 27 before the game was suspended with just under three minutes remaining in the first half.
The game resumed the following day at Wolf River Community Bank Stadium.
West De Pere scored the only touchdown in the first quarter on Sam Aleknavicius’ 25-yard touchdown pass to Najeh Mitchell.
Hortonville tied the game in the second quarter on Hunter Strange’s 15-yard run and the Polar Bears took their first lead on Sam Dodd’s 8-yard touchdown pass to Brady Mashlan just before halftime.
Mitchell scored for the Phantoms on a 25-yard run in the third quarter, but the Polar Bears still led 14-13 after a missed extra-point attempt.
Strange gave the home team a 21-13 lead later in the quarter with a 2-yard touchdown run.
Aleknavicius and Mitchell teamed up for a 27-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and Langdon Nordgaard’s reception on the two-point conversion try tied the game at 21-21.
The Phantoms took a 29-21 lead on Mitchell’s 23-yard touchdown pass from Aleknavicius and another two-point conversion completion to Nordgaard.
The Polar Bears tied the game on Strange’s 2-yard touchdown run and Dodd’s quarterback keeper for the two-point conversion.
Strange had 121 rushing yards to go along with his three touchdowns, while Dodd completed 15 of 28 passes for 197 yards.
Hortonville improved to 2-0 on the season and will hit the road to open Valley Football Association play. The Polar Bears will face Marshfield at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3.
Oconto Falls 34, Clintonville 22
A 20-8 scoring advantage in the second half gave Oconto Falls a nonconference football win over Clintonville.
The game was rescheduled for Aug. 28 in Clintonville after being called off the previous night.
Both teams found the end zone twice in the first half.
Oconto Falls opened the scoring in the first quarter on Carter Hill’s 65-yard pass to Isaac Raddatz, but the Truckers answered later in the period on Braiden Behnke’s 2-yard pass to Brayden Branstrom.
Behnke gave Clintonville its first lead of the game with a 10-yard run in the second quarter, but Oconto Falls’ Dylan Thomson scored on a 65-yard run.
Behnke broke a 14-14 tie in the third quarter with a 10-yard pass to Sam Wegener, but Thomson scored from 14 yards out to tie the game at 22-22.
Hill gave the Panthers the lead for good later in the quarter with a 1-yard run and Thomson capped the scoring from a yard out in the fourth quarter.
Behnke completed 13 of 23 passes for 162 yards and also led the Truckers in rushing with 42 yards. Raddatz caught three passes for a game-high 111 yards.
Thomson led the Panthers with 191 rushing yards on 19 carries.
The Truckers fell to 1-1 on the season and will open Packerland Conference play at home against Mishicot Friday, Sept. 3. Kickoff for Parents’ Night is set for 7 p.m.
Denmark 31, New London 6
Denmark kept the New London football team out of the win column Aug. 27 with a 31-6 nonconference win over the Bulldogs.
The Vikings held New London scoreless until Payton Ludick’s 43-yard touchdown pass to Owen Batten with 3:45 remaining in the game.
Denmark took a 12-0 halftime lead with a rushing down and a returned blocked punt in the second quarter.
Hayden Konkol’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Lucas Miller gave Denmark an 18-0 lead in the third quarter and the Vikings added two more scoring passes in the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs fell to 0-2 on the season and will open their Bay Conference schedule at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, in Shawano.
Brillion 33, Weyauwega-Fremont 0
Finding the end zone was not a problem for Brillion’s Mason Behnke and Sam Galoff in the Lions’ nonconference game with Weyauwega-Fremont.
They combined for four rushing touchdowns Aug. 27 in a 33-0 win over the Warhawks.
Galoff scored from 6 yards out in the first quarter, while Behnke added quarterback keepers of 10 and 25 yards in the second quarter as the Lions built a 20-0 halftime lead.
Galoff capped his scoring with a 14-yard run in the third quarter and Behnke added a 10-yard pass to Garnett Stebane in the fourth quarter for the game’s final score.
Brillion outgained the Warhawks 304-58 on the ground, but the Warhawks had a 158-27 advantage through the air.
Quinn Dittmann completed 19 of 32 passes for 138 yards, including eight of them to Muluken Rucks for 81 yards.
The Warhawks will open Central Wisconsin Conference-Large play at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at Nekoosa.