Stratford football blasts Tomahawk for third win in a row

Stratford running back Kade Ehrike scores on of his four touchdowns during the Tigers’ win at Tomahawk on Friday. (Photo by Katie Marten/For MarshfieldAreaSports.com)

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TOMAHAWK – The Stratford football team won its third-straight game and improves to 2-0 in the Marawood Conference with a 49-7 victory over Tomahawk on Friday night at Tomahawk High School.

The Tigers (3-1 overall) will hosts Marengo (Ill.) in a nonconference game at 6 p.m. Sept. 14 at Tiger Stadium. The game will be live-streamed at zaleskisportsshow.com.

Tomahawk drops to 2-2 overall and 0-2 in the Marawood with the loss.

Kade Ehrike rushed for 139 yards and four touchdowns, three coming in the first half as the Tigers built a 36-0 lead.

Chandler Schmidt added a 1-yard touchdown run and Vaughn Breit caught a TD pass from Max Schwabe as well for Stratford in the first half.

Derek Marten had the Tigers’ other score on a 32-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Schwabe finished 14-for-19 for 151 yards passing, connecting with Marten six times for 90 yards.

Tigers 49, Hatchets 7
Stratford 15 21 0 13 – 49
Tomahawk 0 0 0 7 – 7
First Quarter

S – Kade Ehrike 32 run (Curtis kick).
S – Ehrike 13 run (two-point conversion good).
Second Quarter
S – Ehrike 12 run (two-point conversion good).
S – Chandler Schmidt 1 run (Curtis kick).
S – Vaughn Breit pass from Max Schwabe (kick missed).
Fourth Quarter
S – Ehrike 6 run (Curtis kick).
S – Derek Marten 32 run (kick missed).
T – touchdown (no player name provided).
Individual Statistics (Tomahawk not provided)
Rushing:
S, Kade Ehrike 13-139, Derek Marten 5-53, Chase Flink 3-29, Matt Handrick 2-18, Max Schwabe 7-15, Devin Dennee 2-13, Justin Schoenherr 1-12, Chandler Schmidt 2-8, Beau Gross 2-4.
Passing: S, Schwabe 14-19-151-0, Schmidt 4-6-32-0, Flink 1-1-0-0.
Receiving: S, Marten 6-90, Vaughn Breit 4-33, Ehrike 3-32, Flink 2-18, Okley Wrensch 1-10.
Records: Stratford 3-1, 2-0 Marawood Conference; Tomahawk 2-2, 0-2 Marawood Conference.