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NEENAH – Marshfield senior running back Riley Gebelein missed most of the first two games because of a nagging leg injury suffered on the opening kickoff of the season.
On Friday night at Neenah, Gebelein made up for lost time rushing for a school record 267 yards and scoring four touchdowns to lead the Tigers to a 39-14 win in Valley Football Association South Division football action at Neenah High School.
Gebelein carried 24 times for 267 yards and scored on runs of 74 and 61 yards in the first half, and 5 and 2 yards in the second half. Gebelein broke the school record of 259 yards in a game set by Chad Fredrick in 1997.
Marshfield quarterback Bo Howard added 69 yards rushing and two touchdowns as the Tigers piled up 388 yards on the ground.
Gebelein had a 74-yard touchdown run on the Tigers’ first possession. Neenah tied the game shortly after, but from there the Tigers rolled.
Howard scored on a 15-yard run to put Marshfield up 13-7 after one quarter. Howard added a 50-yard touchdown run and Gebelein scored on a 61-yard jaunt in the second quarter.
Gebelein added a 5-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and a 2-yard TD in the fourth to put Marshfield up 39-7.
Marshfield hosts homecoming next Friday when they play Oshkosh West at 7 p.m. at Beell Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on WDLB-AM 1450 and online at wdlbwosq.com.
Tigers 39, Rockets 14
Marshfield 13 13 7 6 – 39
Neenah 7 0 0 7 – 14
First Quarter
M – Riley Gebelein 74 run (Brad Krueger kick), 10:47.
N – Nathan VanderMause 11 pass from Jake Cort (Rob Schmidt kick), 7:09.
M – Bo Howard 15 run (kick missed), 2:43.
Second Quarter
M – Howard 50 run (Krueger kick), 3:35.
M – Geblein 61 run (kick missed), 0:41.
Third Quarter
M – Gebelein 5 run (Krueger kick), 4:02.
Fourth Quarter
M – Gebelein 2 run (PAT failed), 10:08.
N – Cort 1 run (Schmidt kick).
Team Statistics
First downs: Marshfield 14;Neenah 15.
Rushing (att-yards): Marshfield 43-388; Neenah 31-97.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): Marshfield 7-20-74-1; Neenah 14-40-202-1.
Fumbles (total-lost): Marshfield 0-0; Neenah 1-1.
Penalties (No.-yards): Marshfield 16-134; Neenah 4-20.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: M, Riley Gebelein 24-267, Bo Howard 5-69, Keiron Howlett 3-24, Caleb Cline 5-18. N, VanderMause 22-98, Tyler Rupnow 3-7, Cort 5-minus 9.
Passing: M, Howard 7-20-74-1. N, Cort 14-40-202-1.
Receiving: M, Ryan Trierweiler 4-30, Gebelein 1-10, Jeff Allison 1-28, Kane Seubert 1-6. N, VanderMause 3-28, Tyler Smith 3-31, Taulvish McCray 3-19, Ryan Schoen 2-69, Cullen Hickey 1-18, Nick Malcone 1-11.
Interceptions: M, Daulton Varsho.
Records: Marshfield 4-0, 3-0 Valley Football Association South Division; Neenah 0-4, 0-3 VFA South.