Carter Moesch came up big for the Bonduel football team, as he scored four of his team’s five touchdowns Sept. 19 in a 35-6 Packerland Conference home win over Marinette.
In other games involving area teams, West De Pere handed Pulaski a 52-9 loss and Winneconne blanked Shawano 42-0.
Bonduel 35, Marinette 6
Moesch ran for 174 yards and three touchdowns, returned an interception for another score and blocked an extra point.
Besides Moesch’s big game, Marinette also helped the Bears with 11 penalties for 95 yards and three turnovers.
Bonduel ran only 16 offensive plays in the first half, but still led 14-0 at the break. Moesch opened the scoring midway through the first quarter with a 3-yard run. Quinn Wesenberg’s interception led to another touchdown in the second quarter, a 56-yard run from Malachi Gray, on the first play of the drive.
Kaiden Brown returned the second-half kickoff 99 yards for what turned out to be Marinette’s only score, but Moesch blocked the extra point and the Bears hung on to a 14-6 lead.
Moesch extended Bonduel’s lead to 21-6 late in the third quarter with a 21-yard run.
He then scored twice in the fourth quarter on a 20-yard interception return and a 43-yard run.
West De Pere 52, Pulaski 9
West De Pere stayed undefeated in Fox River Classic Conference-North play and overall by holding the Red Raiders to a touchdown and field goal in De Pere.
The Phantoms scored a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter and added two more in the second quarter to go up 28-0 before Pulaski’s Bohdan Schmidt scored on a 2-yard run with just over two minutes to go in the first half.
West De Pere then added two more scores in the final 1:31 of the half to take a 42-6 lead at the break.
The Phantoms added to their lead with another touchdown in the fourth quarter before Miles Wippel wrapped up Pulaski’s scoring with a 34-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.
Schmidt finished with 129 of the Red Raiders’ 186 rushing yards on 16 carries and the Phantoms held Pulaski to 12 passing yards on two completions.
Winneconne 42, Shawano 0
The Wolves improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the Bay Conference by shutting out Shawano on the Hawks’ home field.
The Wolves, ranked second in Division 4 in the latest Wisconsin Football Coaches Association poll, had three touchdowns from quarterback Brody Schaffer and rushing scores from Mason Mathe, Bryce Jones and Andon Lang.
Schaffer’s scores came on an 11-yard run, 6–yard pass to Koltyn Kachur and a 35-yard interception return.
Other scores
Sept. 19: Lena/STAA 46, Gillett 0; Suring 40, Niagara 8; Menominee Nation forfeited to Wild Rose.
Upcoming games
Sept. 26 (all games 7 p.m. except where indicated): Marion/Tigerton at Port Edwards, 4 p.m.; Oconto Falls at Coleman; Mishicot at Bonduel; Loyal/Greenwood at Wittenberg-Birnamwood; Pulaski at Ashwaubenon; Suring at Lena/STAA; Gillett at Gibraltar.
Sept. 27: Luxemburg-Casco at Shawano, 1 p.m.
Season cancelled
Menominee Nation High School’s football program has cancelled its remaining varsity 8-player games for the rest of the season. The Eagles forfeited recent games to Marion/Tigerton and Wild Rose after being outscored 168-0 in losses to Laona/Wabeno and Tri-County.
