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BONDUEL – The Auburndale football team saw its season come to an end as turnovers proved to be the difference in a hard-fought 34-21 loss to Bonduel in a WIAA Division 6 Level 2 playoff game Friday night at Bonduel High School.
The No. 2 seed Bonduel (10-1) moves on to a Level 3 matchup with No. 1 seed Coleman (11-0) next Friday, Nov. 8, at Coleman. Coleman escaped its Level 2 game with a 7-6 win over No. 4 Abbotsford.
Auburndale, the third seed in its bracket, finishes its season at 9-2 as it has its seven-game winning streak snapped.
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The teams exchanged first-quarter touchdowns as Cade Johnson hit Sam Roberts for a 44-yard TD to open the scoring for the Bears, before Auburndale retaliated with a long drive that culminated in a 16-yard scoring run from Colton Weiler, tying the game at 7-7.
Auburndale set up Bonduel with good field position twice in the second quarter with turnovers as the Bears capitalized both times.
Carter Moesch had a 9-yard TD run, and after recovering a fumble with 50 seconds to go in the half, Colin Fischer smashed in from the 20 for the Bears, who took a 21-7 lead into halftime.
The Eagles’ third turnover of the game was a crusher. Quarterback Blake Raab was sacked in the end zone, lost the ball and it was landed on by Jackson Krause for a touchdown to gave Bonduel a 28-7 lead with just under six minutes to go in the third quarter.
Auburndale finished with five turnovers in all.
Auburndale put up two touchdowns on TD passes from Raab of 23 yards to Nathan Richardson and 16 yards to Peyton Weinfurter, but a Bonduel touchdown drive in between was enough to keep the Eagles at bay.
Raab finished with 142 yards passing for the Eagles.
Bears 34, Eagles 21
Auburndale 7 0 7 7 – 21
Bonduel 7 14 7 6 – 34
First Quarter
B – Sam Roberts 44 pass from Cade Johnson (Colin Fischer kick), 5:28.
A – Colton Weiler 16 run (Blake Raab kick), 2:14.
Second Quarter
B – Carter Moesch 9 run (kick blocked), 10:14.
B – Fischer 20 run (Fischer pass from Johnson), 0:37.
Third Quarter
B – Jackson Krause recovered fumble in end zone (Fischer kick), 5:57.
A – Nathan Richardson 23 pass from Raab (Raab kick), 3:48.
Fourth Quarter
B – Fischer 2 run (kick missed), 9:00.
A – Peyton Weinfurter 16 pass from Raab (Raab kick), 4:54.
Team Statistics
First downs: A 15; B 17.
Rushing (att-yards): A 32-104; B 42-165.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): A 11-20-142-2; B 7-9-192-0.
Total yards: A 246; B 358.
Fumbles (total-lost): A 3-2; B 0-0.
Penalties (no.-yards): A 1-5; B 3-20.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: A, Colton Weiler 16-49, Blake Raab 12-41, Nathan Van Wyhe 2-11, Keegan Empey 1-3, Trevor Trowbridge 1-0. B, Colin Fischer 17-68, Carter Moesch 12-54, Sam Roberts 1-22, Quinn Wesenberg 3-18, Dylan Hillsberg 3-9, Ryan Westrich 2-1, Cade Johnson 4-minus 7.
Passing: A, Raab 11-20-142-2. B, Johnson 7-9-192-0.
Receiving: A, Nathan Richardson 4-50, Peyton Weinfurter 3-46, Trowbridge 2-19, Weiler 1-14, Empey 1-13. B, Roberts 4-135, Quinn Wesenberg 2-27, Westrich 1-30.
Records: Auburndale 9-2; Bonduel 10-1.