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SPENCER – Colby scored three unanswered touchdowns in the second half and pulled out a 33-19 win over Spencer/Marshfield Columbus Catholic in a Cloverbelt Conference football game Friday night at Spencer High School.
The Rockets led 19-13 at halftime after scoring all of their points in the second quarter.
Calvin Lenz tossed touchdown passes of 25 and 51 yards to Derrick Green and Joe Meyers added an 11-yard touchdown run to give Spencer/Columbus a six-point lead at halftime.
Colby dominated the second half, however, as Cody Meyer had TD runs of 5 and 1 yards and Sam Lobacz ran 5 yards for a score to push the Hornets to the win.
Colby improves to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the Cloverbelt, while Spencer/Columbus drops to 1-2 overall and in the conference.
Lenz finished 9 of 16 passing for 166 yards and the two scores, but also threw two interceptions. Seven of Lenz’s completions went to Green, who racked up 153 yards receiving.
Meyers finished with 101 yards rushing on 17 carries for the Rockets.
Meyer, Colby’s quarterback, led the Hornets with 98 yards rushing and three touchdowns, and threw for 86 yards.
Spencer/Columbus returns to action next Saturday, Sept. 14, with a nonconference home game against Ashland at 1 p.m.
Hornets 33, Rockets 19
Colby 6 7 7 13 – 33
Spencer/Columbus 0 19 0 0 – 19
First Quarter
C – Sage Soppa 4 run (PAT missed).
Second Quarter
SC – Derrick Green 25 pass from Calvin Lenz (PAT missed).
SC – Joe Meyers 11 run (Alex Brostowitz kick).
C – Cody Meyer 5 run (Tanner Gaetz kick).
SC – Green 51 pass from Lenz (PAT missed).
Third Quarter
C – Meyer 5 run (PAT missed).
Fourth Quarter
C – Sam Lobacz 5 run (Gaetz kick).
C – Meyer 1 run (Gaetz kick).
Team Statistics
First downs: Colby 13; Spencer/Columbus 17.
Rushing (att-yards): Colby 44-209; Spencer/Columbus 44-168.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): Colby 6-11-86-0; Spencer/Columbus 9-16-166-2.
Penalties (no.-yards): Colby 4-30; Spencer/Columbus 5-25.
Fumbles (total-yards): Colby 1-1; Spencer/Columbus 0-0.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: C, Cody Meyer 14-98, Sage Soppa 17-64, Sam Lobacz 5-22, Cody Parker 4-15, Francisco Cruz 1-5, Andy Hogden 3-5. SC, Joe Meyers 17-101, Mitch Susa 8-38, Calvin Lenz 11-32, Tyler Voda 8-minus 3.
Passing: C, Meyer 6-11-86-0. SC, Lenz 9-16-166-2.
Receiving: C, Josh Rahm 5-84, Lobacz 1-2. SC, Green 7-153, Bryce DeSmet 2-13.
Fumble recoveries (defense): SC, Alex Brostowitz.
Interceptions (defense): SC, Soppa, Zack Meyer.
Punting (no.-avg.): C, Tanner Gaetz 4-33.8. SC, Brostowitz 3-34.7, Ryan Busse 2-9.0.
Records: Colby 3-0, 2-0 Cloverbelt Conference; Spencer/Columbus 1-2 overall and Cloverbelt.