This story is sponsored by Victory Apparel
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
STRATFORD – The Stratford football team remains unblemished on the season, and unscored upon defensively.
The Tigers, for the third-straight week to start the 2019 season, posted a shutout, rolling past Tomahawk 81-0 in their Marawood Conference opener Friday night at Tiger Stadium.
Stratford (3-0, 1-0 Marawood Conference) plays another nonconference game at Columbus next Friday, Sept. 13.
Stratford dominated basically every play of the game, forcing numerous negative plays for the Hatchets (0-3, 0-1 Marawood). In fact, Tomahawk was held to minus-97 yards as the Hatchets lost a total of 105 yards on 38 rushing plays. Stratford’s defense also had three safeties in the game.
Stratford racked up 410 total yards, 358 on the ground. Quarterback Max Schwabe attempted just five passes, completing four for 62 yards and three touchdowns to Vaughn Breit, Oscar Telschow and Devin Dennee.
Beau Gross had two rushing touchdowns, Chase Flink returned a free kick 71 yards for a touchdown, and Teddy Redman, Matt Handrick, Luke Gauke, Gavin Kirsch and Raife Smart each added rushing scores for the Tigers.
Tigers 81, Hatchets 0
Tomahawk 0 0 0 0 – 0
Stratford 38 28 13 2 – 81
First Quarter
S – Devin Dennee 19 pass from Max Schwabe (Beau Gross run).
S – Teddy Redman 1 run (Colten Schillinger kick).
S – Vaughn Breit 32 pass from Schwabe (Schillinger kick).
S – Gross 14 run (Schillinger kick).
S – Safety.
S – Chase Flink 71 kick return (Schillinger kick).
Second Quarter
S – Oscar Telschow 1 pass from Schwabe (Schillinger kick).
S – Gross 7 run (kick missed).
S – Safety.
S – Matt Handrick 13 run (Kale Weisenberger kick).
S – Luke Gaulke 7 run (kick missed).
Third Quarter
S – Gavin Kirsch 14 run (Weisenberger kick).
S – Raife Smart 64 run (kick missed).
Fourth Quarter
S – Saftey.
Team Statistics
First downs: Tomahawk 1; Stratford 19.
Rushing (att-yards): T 38-minus 105; S 37-358.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): T 1-2-8-0; S 4-5-62-0.
Total yards: T minus 97; S 420.
Fumbles lost: T 2; S 1.
Penalties (no.-yards): T 4-19; S 1-5.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: T, Stelling 3-9, Scheffler 1-4, Mielke 2-minus 12, Jones 1-minus 21, Bishop 12-minus 43, Bodee Imm 17-minus 50, Team 2-minus 2. S, Matt Handrick 7-107, Rafie Smart 3-69, Gavin Kirsch 5-61, Beau Gross 2-21, Dawson Moen 1-18, Chase Flink 2-16, Kainoa Gouveia 2-14, Kaden Griesmer 2-11, Kade Weisenberger 2-9, Kix Grabow 1-7, Chandler Schmidt 2-7, Luke Gaulke 1-7, Noah Barrett 1-6, Logan Gliniecki 1-2, Dillon Kirsch 3-2, Teddy Redman 1-1.
Passing: T, Imm 1-2-8-0. S, Max Schwabe 3-4-52-0.
Receiving: T, Jones 1-8. S, Vaughn Breit 1-32, Devin Dennee 1-19, Justin Gadke 1-10, Oscar Telschow 1-1.
Records: Tomahawk 0-3, 0-1 Marawood Conference; Stratford 3-0, 1-0 Marawood Conference.