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STRATFORD – The Stratford football team is moving on the WIAA playoffs after a dominating rout of Northland Pines on Friday night at Tiger Stadium.
The Tigers scored six first-half touchdowns, and held Pines to just 42 total yards and two first downs en route to a 41-0 whitewashing in a Division 5 Level 1 game.
Stratford (8-2) moves on to a Level 2 game against Colby (8-2) next Friday, Oct. 26, at Tiger Stadium.
Starting quarterback Max Schwabe tossed a touchdown pass and reserve Chandler Schmidt had two as the Tigers rolled out to a 41-0 lead by halftime. Okley Wrensch had TD receptions of 17 and 89 yards in the victory.
Kade Ehrike had a 22-yard touchdown run and junior back Chase Flink turned out to be the secret weapon for the Tigers, scoring three times. Flink caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Schmidt in the first quarter, and added a 50-yard punt return for a score and a 22-yard TD run in the second for Stratford.
Stratford racked up 199 yards on the ground, led by Ehrike’s 60 on just six carries.
Tigers 41, Eagles 0
Northland Pines 0 0 0 0 – 0
Stratford 21 20 0 0 – 41
First Quarter
S – Kade Ehrike 22 run (Reed Curtis kick).
S – Chase Flink 23 pass from Chandler Schmidt (PAT failed).
S – Okley Wrensch 17 pass from Max Schwabe (Ehrike run).
Second Quarter
S – Flink 50 punt return (Curtis kick).
S – Wrensch 89 pass from Schmidt (Curtis kick).
S – Flink 25 run (kick missed).
Team Statistics
First downs: NP 2; S 18.
Rushing (att-yards): NP 29-28; S 33-199.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): NP 2-2-14-0; S 8-10-224.
Total yards: NP 42; S 423.
Fumbles lost: NP 2; S 0.
Penalties (no.-yards): NP 1-5; S 2-28.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: NP, Blaedow 8-22, No. 34 3-12, Rhode 9-9, Hopkins 2-0, John 1-minus 2, No. 18 7-minus 13. S, Kade Ehrike 6-60, Matt Handrick 6-53, Chase Flink 3-39, Kale Weisenberger 4-12, Devin Dennee 2-11, Deyn Dahlke 3-7, Kainoa Gouvela 3-6, Justin Schoenherr 1-3, Eli Drexler 1-1, Beau Gross 1-1, Luke Gaulke 1-1, Chandler Schmidt 1-minus 4.
Passing: NP, John 2-2-14-0. S, Schmidt 2-2-112-0, Max Schwabe 5-7-90-0, Flink 1-1-22-0.
Receiving: NP, Blaedow 1-10, No. 18 1-4. S, Flink 3-54, Schwabe 1-22, Ehrike 1-6, Unaccounted 3-142.
Fumble recoveries (defense): S, Handrick, Barten.
Records: Northland Pines 5-5; Stratford 8-2.