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FOND DU LAC – The Marshfield football team took to the road for the first time this season and had little trouble, beating Fond du Lac 35-7 in a Valley Football Association South Division game Friday night at Fond du Lac High School.
The win improves the Tigers’ record to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the VFA South, while Fond du Lac falls to 1-2 and 0-2 in the conference.
Riley Geblein, who had been slowed by an injury during the first two games of the season, exploded for 126 yards of offense and scored three of Marshfield’s five touchdowns.
Gebelein grabbed a 25-yard touchdown pass from Bo Howard and ran one in from 2 yards to give the Tigers a 14-0 lead midway through the second quarter. After a turnover, Howard ran in a score from 14 yards away to put Marshfield up 21-0 at halftime.
Tanner Dennis-Brown snared a 51-yard scoring pass from Howard 3 minutes into the second half, and Gebelein had a 7-yard touchdown run to cap the scoring for the Tigers.
Fond du Lac posted its only touchdown with 3 minutes left in the game.
Howard completed 9 of 14 passes for 195 yards and added 17 yards rushing for the Tigers.
Marshfield plays at Neenah next Friday in another VFA South game. The game starts at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.
Tigers 35, Cardinals 7
Marshfield 0 21 14 0 – 35
Fond du Lac 0 0 0 7 – 7
Second Quarter
M – Riley Gebelein 25 pass from Bo Howard (Brad Krueger kick), 11:55.
M – Gebelein 2 run (Krueger kick), 6:09.
M – Howard 14 run (Krueger kick), 5:53.
Third Quarter
M – Tanner Dennis-Brown 51 pass from Howard (Nate Borchardt kick), 9:06.
M – Gebelein 7 run (Borchardt kick), 1:11.
Fourth Quarter
F – Alex Schueller 37 pass from Hunter Schmitz (Evan White kick), 3:15.
Team Statistics
First downs: Marshfield 15; Fond du Lac 13.
Rushing (att-yards): Marshfield 33-183; Fond du Lac 30-134.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): Marshfield 9-15-195; Fond du Lac 10-21-132-2.
Fumbles (total-lost): Marshfield 0-0; Fond du Lac 2-1.
Penalties (No.-yards): Marshfield 6-42; Fond du Lac 5-56.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: M, Riley Geblein 14-91, Keiron Howlett 6-35, Caleb Cline 2-26, Bo Howard 5-17. F, George Mcendroe 16-76, Mike Feilbach 4-28, Andy Matthews 8-27, John Gaskell 1-4.
Passing: M, Howard 9-14-195-0. F, Matthews 8-17-71-1, Hunter Schmitz 1-2-37-0.
Receiving: M, Isaac Accola 3-38, Ryan Trierweiler 2-67, Tanner Dennis-Brown 2-55, Gebelein 1-25, Howlett 1-10. F, Gaskell 6-38, Alex Schueller 1-37.
Interceptions (defense): M, Ross Zillman, Mack Scheppler.
Records: Marshfield 3-0, 2-0 Valley Football Association South; Fond du Lac 1-2, 0-2 VFA South.