The Medford Raiders took another huge step to a Great Northern Conference title with a 39-14 win over Rhinelander on the back of 222 yards rushing and 4 TDs by Ean Wilson.
Medford started the scoring early when Wilson ran in from 12 yards out. Wilson would get another TD with 5:25 left in the 1st on a 3 yard run. Just over a minute later Emett Grunwald would get on the board with an 11 yard TD run.
Just one score in the 2nd when Wilson would run it in from 8 yards out giving Medford a 27-0 lead at halftime.
Grunwald would get the next score on an 8 yard run early in the 3rd quarter.
Rhinelander would get the next two scores in the 4th, the first play of the 4th quarter Walker Hartman would get a 1 yard TD run. Then with just over 6 minutes left Peyton Erickson would get his own 1 yard run to cut the lead to 33-14. But Medford would respond with about a minute left on a Wilson 2 yard run.
Medford’s next game is a nonconference matchup at Wausau East Friday, September 27th at 7:00 PM.
| Team Stats | Team Leaders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stats | Medford | Rhinelander | Medford | ||
| 1st Downs | 20 | 9 | Passing | Nate Retterath | 1-8 9 Yards |
| Rush Att. | 62 | 28 | Rushing | Ean Wilson | 35 Att. 222 Yards 4 TD |
| Rush Yards | 346 | 81 | Rushing | Emett Grunwald | 15 Att. 89 Yards 2 TD |
| Pass Comp | 1 | 9 | Rhinelander | ||
| Pass Att | 8 | 21 | Passing | Quinn Lamers | 9-21 138 Yards |
| Pass Yards | 9 | 138 | Rushing | Peyton Erickson | 7 Att. 30 Yards 1 TD |
| Total Yards | 355 | 219 | Receiving | Jackson Labs | 3 Rec. 55 Yards |
