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MARSHFIELD – The Spencer/Columbus football team ended a four-game losing streak and finished the season with a 21-13 win over Fall Creek at Columbus Catholic High School’s homecoming game at Beell Stadium.
The Rockets finish the season with a 3-6 record and a 2-5 mark in the Cloverbelt Conference. Fall Creek will move on to the WIAA playoffs with a 5-3 record and finish tied for third with a 4-3 record in the Cloverbelt.
Spencer/Columbus racked up 322 yards rushing, 232 by Mitch Susa, who also scored two touchdowns.
Spencer/Columbus answered both scores by Fall Creek in the first half as Susa ran for touchdowns of 75 and 20 yards, putting the Rockets up 14-13 at the break.
The Rockets held Fall Creek scoreless in the second half and Joe Meyers added an insurance touchdown with 5:57 to go in the fourth quarter, running in from 4 yards out.
Rockets 21, Crickets 13
Fall Creek 6 7 0 0 – 13
Spencer/Columbus 7 7 0 7 – 21
First Quarter
FC – Runge 70 pass from Eastenson (PAT failed).
SC – Mitch Susa 75 run (Alex Brostowitz kick), 5:08.
Second Quarter
FC – Stuttgen 10 run (Runge kick), 9:52.
SC – Susa 20 run (Brostowitz kick), 4:52.
Fourth Quarter
SC – Joe Meyers 4 run (Brostowitz kick), 5:57.
Team Statistics
First downs: Fall Creek 14; Spencer/Columbus 18.
Rushing (att-yards): Fall Creek 41-180; Spencer/Columbus 48-322.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): Fall Creek 6-11-135-1; Spencer/Columbus 6-13-99-2.
Penalties (total-yards): Fall Creek 5-30; Spencer/Columbus 10-70.
Fumbles (total-lost): Fall Creek 1-1; Spencer/Columbus 0-0.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: FC, Stuttgen 24-112, Wathke 9-45, Eastenson 7-17, Cline 1-6. SC, Mitch Susa 13-232, Tyler Voda 10-41, Calvin Lenz 13-39, Elijah Welsh 3-6, Joe Meyers 9-4.
Passing: FC, Eastenson 6-11-135-1. SC, Lenz 6-12-99-2, Meyers 0-1-0-0.
Receiving: FC, Runge 2-90, Hopkins 2-24, Rubeck 1-16, Folkers 1-5. SC, Bryce DeSmet 2-33, Meyers 2-20, Derrick Green 1-25, Voda 1-21.
Interceptions (defense): FC, Rubeck, Walloch. SC, Travis Stelson.
Records: Fall Creek 5-3, 4-3 Cloverbelt Conference; Spencer/Columbus 3-6, 2-5 Cloverbelt Conference.