Stratford football hammers Marathon to remain unbeaten

The Stratford football team's offensive line. (MarshfieldAreaSports.com file photo/Paul Lecker)

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MARATHON – Stratford jumped on Marathon early and never let up, rolling to a 49-0 win in a Central Wisconsin Conference Large Division football game Friday night at Marathon High School.

The Tigers scored three times in the opening quarter, led 29-0 at halftime and put away their seventh-straight win to start the 2024 season with a dominating second half as well.

Brooks Vanderhoof and Jett Schoenherr each scored a pair of touchdowns for Stratford (7-0, 5-0 CWC Large). Click here to view the Central Wisconsin Conference Large Division football standings

Quarterback Jack Tubbs threw touchdown passes of 8 yards to Schoenherr and 8 yards to Cayden Leonhardt, Reid Miller added a 36-yard TD run and Schoenherr also returned a punt 31 yards for a score as the Tigers had little trouble moving the ball, or stopping Marathon (2-5, 1-4 CWC Large).

Reid Miller finished with 130 rushing yards on just 13 carries as the Tigers racked up 270 yards on the ground and averaged 9.3 yards per carry.

Stratford will host Amherst (7-0, 5-0 CWC Large) for the conference title on Oct. 11 at Tiger Stadium. The Falcons pulled out a 25-21 win over Weyauwega-Fremont on Friday, scoring the winning touchdown on the final play of the game.

Tigers 49, Raiders 0
Stratford 21 8 6 14 – 49
Marathon 0 0 0 0 – 0
First Quarter

S – Brooks Vanderhoof 7 run (Mason Miller kick), 6:32.
S – Jett Schoenherr 31 punt return (M. Miller kick), 4:17.
S – Reid Miller 36 run (M. Miller kick), 2:31.
Second Quarter
S – Schoenherr 8 pass from Jack Tubbs (Schoenherr pass from M. Miller), 3:12.
Third Quarter
S – Vanderhoof 27 run (kick blocked), 6:03.
Fourth Quarter
S – Cayden Leonhardt 8 pass from Tubbs (kick missed), 9:35.
S – Xander Curtis 4 pass from Brady Berg (Ashton Bushman run), 2:26.
Individual Statistics
(Marathon statistics not reported)
Rushing:
S, Reid Miller 13-130, Brooks Vanderhoof 7-72, Jack Tubbs 4-40, Jett Schoenherr 1-9, Ashton Bushman 1-8, Brady Berg 1-7, Lucas Forrest 1-5.
Passing: S, Tubbs 13-20-151-0, Berg 1-1-4-0.
Receiving: S, Jett Schoenherr 6-79, Cayden Leonhardt 2-17, Coltan Breit 1-13, Mason Miller 1-9, Caleb Wrensch 1-8, Alec Chapel 1-5, Xander Curtice 1-4.
Interceptions (defense): S, Alec Chapel, R. Miller.
Records: Stratford 7-0, 5-0 Central Wisconsin Conference Large Division; Marathon 2-5, 1-4 Central Wisconsin Conference Large Division.