Wins continue to add up for the Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy football team.
The Titans improved to 4-0 Sept. 12 in Lena with a 44-20 win over Sevastopol in an Across the Bay Conference matchup of undefeated 8-player teams.
Lena/STAA 44, Sevastopol 20
Lena/STAA found the end zone three times in the first quarter and added two more touchdowns before halftime to take a 38-14 lead over the Pioneers at the break.
The teams combined for 30 points in the first quarter alone.
Sevastopol opened the scoring with Logan Schuh’s 78-yard pass to Cash Kuehn, but the Titans’ Max Peterson answered that score with touchdown runs of 4 and 5 yards and a 40-yard interception return.
Schuh connected with Ray Peterson for a 28-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to cut the lead to one score, but Lena/STAA added to its lead with Peterson’s 3-yard run and a 2-yard score from Sam Peterson.
Each team added a touchdown in the second half. Luke Koslowsky scored on a 2-yard run for the Titans in the third quarter, and Schuh and Kuehn hooked up for a 15-yard pass with just under five minutes to go in the game.
Lena/STAA outgained the Pioneers 309-247, with all of the Titans’ yards coming on the ground.
Max Peterson finished with 101 yards on 15 carries, while quarterback Jake Farley added 81.
Pulaski 48, Green Bay Southwest 13
At the same time the Green Bay Packers were taking on the Washington Commanders, the Red Raiders took care of business Sept. 11 with a Fox River Classic Conference-North home win over the Trojans.
Five players had rushing touchdowns for Pulaski as the Red Raiders finished with 329 yards on the ground on 32 carries and didn’t have a 100-yard rusher.
Gavin Sikorski, Bohdan Schmidt and Anthony Ficcari scored on runs of 37, 55 and 12 yards, respectively, in the first quarter.
Brock Weideman added touchdown runs of 13 and 3 yards in the second quarter and Schmidt returned a punt 61 yards for another score as the Red Raiders built a 41-0 halftime lead.
The Trojans’ first touchdown came in the third quarter on a blocked punt and 42-yard return. Southwest also found the end zone in the fourth quarter on a 22-yard pass before Pulaski’s Drake Coppens capped the scoring with a 7-yard run.
Sikorski led the Red Raiders with 88 rushing yards in only three carries and Bruno Gajewski completed all four of his passes for 37 yards.
Kewaunee 14, Bonduel 7
Kewaunee snapped Bonduel’s streak of 11 straight Packerland Conference wins Sept. 12 in Kewaunee.
Kewaunee quarterback Brett Paulsen scored both of the Storm’s touchdowns in the first half.
Bonduel tied the game at 7-7 in the second quarter on Carter Moesch’s 12-yard run, but the Bears never scored again.
Bonduel fell to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play, while Kewaunee won its third straight game after dropping its season opener.
Other scores
Sept. 12: Oconto Falls 36, Crandon 8; Shawano 15, New London 12; Stratford 16, Wittenberg-Birnamwood 13 (OT); Menominee Nation forfeited to Marion/Tigerton.
Upcoming games
Sept. 19 (all games 7 p.m. except where indicated): Winneconne at Shawano; Marinette at Bonduel; Clintonville at Oconto Falls; Pulaski at West De Pere; Wittenberg-Birnamwood at Spencer/Columbus Catholic at Spencer; Wild Rose at Menominee Nation, 4 p.m.; Suring at Niagara; Newman Catholic at Marion/Tigerton at Marion; Lena/STAA at Gillett.
