Suring High School’s 8-player football team has dropped its last two games after starting the season 5-0.
On the other hand, the Eagles can add a conference championship to its list of accomplishments this season.
An 18-12 win over Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy in September clinched the Marinette & Oconto-8 Conference championship, but since then, the Eagles have dropped two nonconference games, including a 34-18 decision to Phillips on Oct. 2.
Meanwhile, Bonduel, Pulaski and Marion/Tigerton picked up wins over Oconto, Green Bay Southwest and Tri-County, respectively, Oct. 2.
Phillips 34, Suring 18
Phillips had more than 400 yards of offense in a nonconference win over the Eagles in Suring.
Kaden Borgen completed only two of six passes but finished with 142 passing yards for the Loggers in the Eagles’ homecoming game, while Wade Vetter added 129 rushing yards and a 92-yard touchdown reception.
It was the second straight loss for the Eagles, a team that started the season with five straight wins. However, Suring also had wrapped up the Marinette & Oconto-8 Conference championship two weeks earlier with an 18-12 win over Lena/STAA.
Bonduel 42, Oconto 21
The Bears improved to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the Packerland Conference with a homecoming win over the Blue Devils.
Carter Moesch scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter, but Oconto recovered a fumble on the Bonduel 30-yard line and tied the score at 7-7 on Dane Helnore’s 17-yard run.
Bonduel took the lead for good on its next drive, as Malachi Gray scored the first of his two touchdowns after catching a 14-yard pass from Quinn Wesenberg.
Moesch found the end zone for the second time with just under two minutes remaining in the first half with a 59-yard run on a fourth-and-12 play and the Bears led 21-7 at the break.
Bonduel added to its lead on its first drive of the second half, as Wesenberg connected with Andrew Kolaske for a 40-yard touchdown pass.
Mason Colvin picked off a Wesenberg pass early in the fourth quarter that set up Helmore’s 3-yard run that cut Bonduel’s lead to 28-13 after a missed extra point attempt.
Moesch’s 52-yard touchdown run on the first play of Bonduel’s next drive gave the Bears a 35-13 lead, but the Blue Devils answered with Tyson Brabant’s 26-yard touchdown pass to Colvin.
Bonduel recovered the onside kick attempt and Gray wrapped up the scoring with a 38-yard run with 4:53 to go in the game.
Pulaski 55, Green Bay Southwest 7
All eight of the Red Raiders’ touchdowns came in the first three quarters as Pulaski picked up a Fox River Classic Conference-North win over the Trojans.
Anthony Ficarri and Andre Burnett had touchdown runs of 13 and 91 yards, respectively, in the first quarter before the Red Raiders found the end zone four more times before halftime.
Bohdan Schmidt added to Pulaski’s lead with a 1-yard run and had touchdown passes of 4 yards to Burnett and 15 and 72 yards to Trentyn Linz.
Schmidt added a 65-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and Blake Magers capped the scoring with a 4-yard pass to Isaac Sonnegard.
Green Bay Southwest’s score came on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Schmidt completed all seven of his passes for 150 yards and added 87 rushing yards. Burnett led Pulaski’s rushers with 107 yards, and Linz caught three passes for a team-high 105 yards.
Marion/Tigerton 26, Tri-County 14
The Thundercatz defeated the Penguins in a matchup of Central Wisconsin Conference-8 8-player teams in Plainfield.
The teams headed to halftime tied at 6-6, but Marion/Tigerton outscored the home team 20-8 in the second half.
Maxwell Wilkening rushed for a game-high 163 yards on 20 carries and scored twice, while Landon Drews completed five of seven passes for 31 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Marinette 27, Oconto Falls 6
Marinette took a 27-0 lead into the fourth quarter during the Panthers’ homecoming game in Oconto Falls.
Quarterback Kanon Maye scored on runs of 1 yard in the first quarter and 22 yards in the third quarter and finished with 169 rushing yards for the Marines, while Conner Herring added scoring runs of 51 and 57 yards and had 160 yards on the ground.
Oconto Falls’ touchdown came on Nathaniel White’s 24-yard pass to JJ Pytleski in the fourth quarter.
White had 141 passing yards for Oconto Falls.
The Panthers fell to 3-4 overall and 2-3 in the Packerland Conference.
Iola-Scandinavia 26, Lena/STAA 16
Brody Peterman and Korz Loken combined for 277 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the Thunderbirds’ nonconference 8-player win over the Titans in Lena.
Jake Farley opened the scoring for Lena/STAA with a 9-yard run and Isaac Peterson added the 2-point conversion, but the Thunderbirds answered with touchdown runs of 78 yards from Peterson and 14 yards from Mason Kriesel to take a 12-8 lead into the second quarter.
Loken’s 89-yard run gave Iola-Scandinavia a 20-8 lead until Peterson scored from a yard out for the Titans and Farley caught a 2-point conversion pass that cut the lead to 20-16 in the final minute of the third quarter.
The Titans never scored again and the Thunderbirds added their final touchdown on Loken’s 4-yard run midway through the fourth quarter.
Luke Koslowsky led the Titans with 75 rushing yards, and Lucas Farley completed six of 18 passes for 82 yards.
The Thunderbirds outgained the Titans 375-228. Peterman and Loken finished with 145 and 132 rushing yards, respectively, while Kriesel completed seven of 12 passes for 92 yards.
Colby 28, Wittenberg-Birnamwood 6
The Hornets defeated the Chargers in Wittenberg. Wittenberg-Birnamwood fell to 2-5 overall and 1-4 in Central Wisconsin Conference-Large play.
Oct. 8 schedule (all games start at 7 p.m.): 11 player: Sturgeon Bay at Bonduel; Oconto Falls at Southern Door. 8-player: Lena/STAA at Niagara.
Oct. 9 schedule (all games start at 7 p.m.): 11-player: Xavier at Shawano; Marathon at Wittenberg-Birnamwood; Pulaski at De Pere. 8-player: Wild Rose vs. Marion/Tigerton at Marion; Suring at Iola-Scandinavia.
