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NEILLSVILLE – The Spencer/Columbus football team was dominating, allowing just 26 rushing yards and two first downs in a 24-0 victory over Neillsville in a Cloverbelt Conference game Friday at Neillsville High School.
The shutout is the Rockets’ first since 2009.
Spencer/Columbus (2-1 overall and Cloverbelt Conference) held Neillsville (1-2, 0-2 Cloverbelt) to 136 total yards, while piling up 376 of its own.
Seven different ball carriers ran for 235 total yards for the Rockets.
Quarterback Calvin Lenz ran for a pair of 4-yard touchdown runs and threw a 47-yard scoring strike to Hunter Hildebrandt.
Tyler Voda, who led the Rockets with 70 yards on the ground, added S/C’s other touchdown.
Spencer/Columbus plays at Colby (1-2, 1-1 Cloverbelt) at 7 p.m. Friday at Colby High School.
Rockets 24, Warriors 0
Spencer/Columbus 12 6 6 0 – 24
Neillsville 0 0 0 0 – 0
First Quarter
SC – Calvin Lenz 4 run (pass failed), 3:30.
SC – Hunter Hildebrandt 47 pass from Lenz (pass failed), 2:29.
Second Quarter
SC – Tyler Voda 1 run (run failed), 3:47.
Third Quarter
SC – Lenz 4 run (pass failed), 1:29.
Team Statistics
First downs: Spencer/Columbus 13; Neillsville 2.
Rushing (att-yards): Spencer/Columbus 47-235; Neillsville 20-26.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): Spencer/Columbus 10-15-141-0; Neillsville 10-20-110-1.
Penalties (no.-yards): Spencer/Columbus 5-40; Neillsville 2-10.
Fumbles (total-yards): Spencer/Columbus 0-0; Neillsville 1-1.
Punting (no.-avg.): Spencer/Columbus 3-36.0; Neillsville 5-42.2.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: SC, Tyler Voda 12-70, Calvin Lenz 11-42, Hunter Hildebrandt 6-35, Mitch Susa 9-30, Elijah Welsh 5-26, Hunter Luepke 2-17, Noah Zastrow 2-15. N, Jake Waltemate 12-27, Jake Kunze 3-14, Derek Krejci 1-1, Skylar Barth 2-0, Sam Neville 1-minus 5, Devon Opelt 1-minus 11.
Passing: SC, Lenz 9-14-132-0, Matthias Goiin 1-1-9-0. N, Kunze 8-16-96-1, Krejci 2-3-14-0, Barth 0-1-0-0.
Receiving: SC, Susa 4-42, Goiin 3-33, Hildebrandt 2-55, Ryan Busse 1-11. N, Opelt 6-55, Neville 3-55, Barth 1-0.
Interceptions (defense): SC, Tim Bauer.
Punting: SC, Busse 3-36.0. N, Opelt 3-37.7, Neville 2-49.0.
Records: Spencer/Columbus 2-1 overall and Cloverbelt Conference; Neillsville 1-2, 0-2 Cloverbelt.