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By Paul Lecker
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
SPENCER – For all but one play, the Spencer/Columbus Catholic football team completely dominated the line of scrimmage – and it led to a lopsided victory.
Spencer/Columbus scored on seven of its first nine possessions and rolled to a 50-12 nonconference win over Ashland on Saturday at Ted Fritsch Field at Spencer High School.
Tyler Voda ran for 110 yards and four touchdowns for the Rockets, who improve to 2-2 this season. Ashland falls to 0-4.
Voda capped the opening drive of the game for the Rockets with a 10-yard touchdown run and added a 1-yard plunge for a score with 1 seconds left in the first quarter to give Spencer/Columbus a 15-0 lead.
S/C then scored the first three times it had the ball in the second quarter, running just 14 plays to do so.
Joe Meyers had a 6-yard TD run and Voda ran in from 5 yards to put the Rockets up 29-0.
After Ashland running back Jake Nemec ran 81 yards for a touchdown, the Rockets quickly retaliated when Derrick Green hauled in a 44-yard touchdown pass from Calvin Lenz and S/C led 37-6 at halftime.
“I thought our guys up front did a nice job opening up some holes, the running backs ran the ball hard and we had a balanced attack and were spreading the ball around a bit,” Spencer/Columbus coach Jason Gorst said.
Spencer/Columbus pushed the lead to 50-6 with touchdown runs of 6 yards by Mitch Susa and 20 yards from Voda.
Ashland put together a 15-play, 76-yard drive for a score – a 3-yard TD run by Ben Cashman – bridging the final 3:48 of the third quarter and first 4:37 of the fourth quarter for the game’s final score.
Meyers added 67 yards and Susa 64 on the ground for the Rockets.
Spencer/Columbus travels to play at Eau Claire Regis next Saturday in a Cloverbelt Conference game. The game, which will start at 1 p.m. at Carson Park in Eau Claire, will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.
“We just have to be consistent with what we do,” Gorst said. “We have to work hard and make sure that every week we’re a better football team than we were the week before.”
Rockets 50, Oredockers 12
Ashland 0 6 0 6 – 12
Spencer/Columbus 15 22 13 0 – 50
First Quarter
SC – Tyler Voda 10 run (Joe Meyers pass from Calvin Lenz), 7:37.
SC – Voda 1 run (Alex Brostowitz kick), 0:01.
Second Quarter
SC – Meyers 6 run (Brostowitz kick), 8:06.
SC – Voda 5 run (Brostowitz kick), 4:24.
A – Jake Nemec 81 run (pass failed), 4:07.
SC – Derrick Green 44 pass from Lenz (Lenz run), 2:56.
Third Quarter
SC – Mitch Susa 6 run (kick missed), 9:09.
SC – Voda 20 run (Brostowitz kick), 3:48.
Fourth Quarter
A – Ben Cashman 3 run (run failed), 7:23.
Team Statistics
First downs: Ashland 12; Spencer/Columbus 12.
Rushing (att-yards): Ashland 48-304; Spencer/Columbus 41-291.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): Ashland 1-2-11-0; Spencer/Columbus 3-8-64-0.
Penalties (no.-yards): Ashland 7-48; Spencer/Columbus 1-15.
Fumbles (total-lost): Ashland 3-2; Spencer/Columbus 1-0.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: A, Jake Nemec 18-134, Ben Cashman 13-77, Terill Boltz 3-31, Dylan Barnes 6-23, Eric Yachinich 3-22, Jordan Coffland 2-11, Matt Draeger 2-6, Scott Michel 1-0. SC, Tyler Voda 13-110, Joe Meyers 9-67, Mitch Susa 8-64, Calvin Lenz 3-16, Matthias Gouin 1-15, Max Weber 2-10, Tim Bauer 1-8, Elijah Welsh 4-1.
Passing: A, Yachinich 1-2-11-0. SC, Lenz 3-8-64-0.
Receiving: A, Nemec 1-11. SC, Derrick Green 1-44, Meyers 1-11, Bryce DeSmet 1-9.
Fumble recoveries (defense): SC, Bauer, Travis Stelson.
Punting (no.-avg.): A, Yachinich 2-31.5. SC, Ryan Busse 3-25.0.
Records: Ashland 0-4; Spencer/Columbus 2-2.