After being shut out in the first half, the Marshfield Tigers would score 25 unanswered to lock up playoff eligablity and a chance to clinch thier third straight VFA West Title next week against DC Everest.
Wausau West would get the only score of the first half on a touchdown run by quarterback Garrett Richardt to take a 7-0 halftime lead.
Marshfied would open thier scoring on defense early in the second half, when they got a safety, cutting the West lead to 7-2. Marshfield would then get two rushing touchdowns in the last 3:00 of the third quarter, first on a 1 yard run by Sam Hinson, then on a 28 yard run by Will Nikolai.
With 7:01 left in the 4th Marshfield would tack on another touchdown on a 3 yard pass from Joey Goettl to Simon Slade, and for good measure with 1:36 left in the game Kyle Tremelling would hit a 32 yard field goal.
Marshfield will play thier final conference game of the year at home Friday, October 13th against DC Everest at 7:00 PM, you can watch that game live at onfocus.news/sports.
Team Stats | Team Leaders | ||||
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Stats | Mfld | WW | Marshfield | ||
1st Downs | Passing | Joey Goettl | 15-23 106 Yards 1 TD | ||
Rush Att. | 42 | 35 | Rushing | Joey Goettl | 17 Att. 101 Yards |
Rush Yards | 239 | 104 | Receiving | Wyatt LeMoine | 8 Rec. 47 Yards |
Pass Yards | 97 | 2 | Wausau West | ||
Pass Att | 5 | 1 | Passing | Garett Richardt | 8-16 86 Yards |
Pass Comp. | 9 | 6 | Rushing | Colton Geurink | 19 Att. 67 Yards |
Total Yards | 336 | 106 | Receiving | Marc Sippel | 5 Rec. 48 Yards |