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MARATHON – Marathon pulled away in the second half to top Stratford 33-14 in a Marawood Conference football game Friday night that pitted two undefeated squads against each other.
Marathon is now 3-0 and 2-0 in the Marawood, while Stratford falls to 2-1 and 0-1 in the conference.
Stratford scored first, on a 2-yard run by Taylor Krall with 5:01 to go in the second quarter, before the Raiders exploded.
Marathon scored three touchdowns in the final 4:05 of the first half and Alex Robbins closed out the scoring with two long TD runs in the fourth. Robbins finished with 153 yards rushing and three touchdowns.
Krall had 81 yards and Kam Bornbach added 70 on the ground for Stratford.
Stratford’s next game is Sept. 11 at Tomahawk (3-0, 2-0 Marawood).
Raiders 33, Tigers 14
Stratford 0 6 8 0 – 14
Marathon 0 20 0 13 – 33
Second Quarter
S – Taylor Krall 2 run (run failed), 5:01.
M – Nathan Stoffel 4 pass from Kellen Vetter (Ryan Gassner pass from Vetter), 4:05.
M – Noah Dirks 44 interception return (pass failed), 3:20.
M – Alex Robbins 3 run (pass failed), 2:16.
Third Quarter
S – Krall 9 run (Krall run), 8:07.
Fourth Quarter
M – Robbins 39 run (run failed), 3:43.
M – Robbins 49 run (Karter Underwood kick), 1:38.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: S, Taylor Krall 23-81, Kam Bornbach 15-70, Jesse Dickman 5-20, Cole Hoffman 9-10, David Marquardt 2-4, Wyatt Ehrike 3-minus 5. M, Alex Robbins 12-153, Ryan Gassner 10-25, Kellen Vetter 6-minus 4.
Passing: S, Hoffman 4-14-29-1. M, Vetter 3-9-21-0.
Receiving: S, Ehrike 2-5, Dickman 1-22, Marquardt 1-22. M, Nathan Stoffel 2-16, Gassner 1-5.
Records: Marathon 3-0, 2-0 Marawood Conference; Stratford 2-1, 0-1 Marawood Conference.