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EAU CLAIRE – The Spencer/Columbus football team keeps on rolling.
The Rockets shut out Eau Claire Regis in the first half and went on to a 23-8 victory in a Cloverbelt Conference game Thursday at Carson Park. The win is Spencer/Columbus’ fourth in a row and it improves to 6-1 overall and in Cloverbelt play. Regis drops to 5-2 overall and 4-2 in the conference.
“Regis was well-prepared and will be a good playoff team,” Spencer/Columbus coach Jason Gorst said. “I was happy with the way our guys played in some rough moments. Ethan’s (Meece) pick at the end of the half in the end zone was a huge momentum play. (Lineman) Logan (Zschernitz) had a great game on both sides of the ball. Hunter (Luepke) gave us a little extra and really created some yards after contact.”
Spencer/Columbus hosts Altoona in its Cloverbelt finale next Friday, Oct. 6, at Beell Stadium in Marshfield as part of the Columbus Catholic High School’s homecoming week. The Rockets finish the regular season Oct. 13 with a nonconference game at Glenwood City.
Hunter Luepke ran for 181 yards and scored all three Rockets’ touchdowns, and added a pair of two-point conversion runs in the win.
Luepke had TD runs of 5 and 2 yards in the first half, and scored conversions after each to put Spencer/Columbus up 16-0 at halftime.
After a scoreless third quarter, Regis cut it to a one-possession game when Andrew Root scored from the 3 just 31 seconds into the fourth.
The Rockets held from there and Luepke added a 6-yard TD run late to ice it for SC.
Rockets 23, Ramblers 8
Spencer/Columbus 8 8 0 7 – 23
Eau Claire Regis 0 0 0 8 – 8
First Quarter
SC – Hunter Luepke 5 run (Luepke run), 4:35.
Second Quarter
SC – Luepke 2 run (Luepke run), 4:13.
Fourth Quarter
ECR – Andrew Root 3 run (Cade Osborn pass from Isaac Michels), 11:29.
SC – Luepke 6 run (Evan Dieringer kick).
Team Statistics
First downs: Spencer/Columbus 21; Eau Claire Regis 12.
Rushing (att-yards): SC 51-267; ECR 33-69.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): SC 3-8-65-0; ECR 9-15-143-1.
Total yards: SC 332; ECR 212.
Fumbles (total-lost): SC none; ECR 1-1.
Penalties (no.-yards): SC 8-65; ECR 3-35.
Punting (no.-avg.): SC 4-28.0; ECR 4-33.5.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: SC, Hunter Luepke 25-181, Carson Hildebrandt 14-37, Jacob Miller 9-33, Jarred Mandel 2-12, Hayden Bauman 1-4. ECR, Andrew Root 14-62, Nati Raehl 2-11, Hayden Reinders 4-11, Cade Osborn 3-9, Calvin Diaz 6-2, Tristan Root 2-minus 2.
Passing: SC, Mandel 3-8-65-0. ECR, Isaac Michels 8-11-108-0, Osborn 1-3-35-1, Ben Boda 0-1-0-0.
Receiving: SC, Hildebrandt 2-29, Lukas Ellefson 1-36. ECR, Raehl 6-129, Root 2-12, Ryan Diresi 1-2.
Interceptions (defense): SC, Ethan Meece.
Punting: SC, Luepke 3-28.0, Austin Bacon 1-28.0. ECR, Raehl 4-33.5.
Records: Spencer/Columbus 6-1 overall and Cloverbelt Conference; Eau Claire Regis 5-2, 4-2 Cloverbelt Conference.