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STRATFORD – Stratford scored five first-half touchdowns and racked up 422 yards on the ground in a dominating 55-6 win over Phillips in Marawood Conference football action Friday at Tiger Stadium.
Jamie Aschebrock had 104 yards rushing and two touchdowns, Austin Shelley added 121 yards on the ground and two scores, and Mark Marquardt scored once on the ground and once on a pass reception from Nick Viegut to lead the explosive Stratford offense.
The Tigers (3-0 overall and Marawood) outgained Phillips (0-3, 0-2) 590-125, controlling the game with 25 first downs.
Shelley scored on a 4-yard run and Aschebrock added a 19-touchdown run in a span of 2:43 late inthe first quarter to give the Tigers a 14-0 lead.
After Marquardt’s 6-yard touchdown pass reception, Phillips’ Kyle Kelley returned the kickoff 92 yards for a score. But the Tigers responded with a score – a 60-yard run by Shelley, and Marquardt added an 11-yard TD run before halftime to give Stratford a 35- lead at the break.
Stratford hosts Osseo-Fairchild in a nonconference game next Friday at Tiger Stadium.
Stratford 55, Phillips 6
Phillips 0 6 0 0 – 6
Stratford 14 21 12 8 – 55
First quarter
S – Austin Shelley 4 run (kick failed), 3:57.
S – Jamie Aschebrock 19 run (Shelley run), 2:13.
Second quarter
S – Mark Marquardt 6 pass from Nick Viegut (Shelley pass from Viegut), 8:58.
P – Kyle Kelly 92 kickoff return (run failed), 8:42.
S – Shelley 60 run (run failed), 7:28.
S – Marquardt 11 run (Doll kick), 2:31.
Third quarter
S – Aschebrock 10 run (kick failed), 8:07.
S – Josh Reif 75 run (kick failed), 5:21.
Fourth quarter
S – Derek Austin 5 run (Urlaub run), 6:20.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Phillips, Zach Lemke 22-82, Kyle Mareno 5-13, Kyle Kelly 3-12, R.J. Callow 5-7, Chris Smotak 2-4. Stratford, Austin Shelley 8-121, Jamie Aschebrock 11-104, Josh Reif 4-66, Mark Marquardt 8-55, Tyler Adams 3-32, Ben Syring 5-12, Derek Austin 4-12, Joe Franklin 1-9, Nick Viegut 1-3, Travis Urlaub 1-0.
Passing: Phillps, Zach Lemke 2-6-3-0. Stratford, Viegut 6-13-168-0.
Receiving: Marquardt 2-45, Connor Brock 1-33, Nolan Bargender 1-31, Shelley 1-46, Aschebrock 1-13.