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FOOTBALL
Notre Dame 56, Neenah 53
NEENAH – Kingston Allen rushed for 464 yards and seven touchdowns, but it was Joey Massey’s 25-yard touchdown reception in overtime that proved to be the deciding score in the Tritons’ wild victory over the Rockets.
Ashton Van Beek had 26 carries for 265 yards on the ground and rushed for five touchdowns for Neenah. He also threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Rockets, who scored 28 consecutive points over the third and fourth quarters.
The Tritons (1-0) battled back from a 50-36 deficit to force overtime. Massey sacked Van Beek on a third-and-5 during Neenah’s first possession in overtime that forced a Rockets field goal.
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Notre Dame answered with its touchdown on the first play of overtime. A direct snap went to Allen, who pitched the ball to quarterback Jackson Bouthilet, who heaved the game-winning score to Massey.
Notre Dame 14 15 7 14 6 – 56
Neenah 14 8 21 7 3 – 53
SCORING PLAYS
First Quarter
ND – Kingston Allen 45 run (Michael Witczak kick)
N – Ashton Van Beek 59 run (Harry Gerdin kick)
ND – Allen 68 run (Witczak kick)
N – Cooper Sieck 27 pass from Van Beek (Witczak kick)
Second Quarter
N – Van Beek 15 run (Van Beek run)
ND – Allen 90 run (Witczak kick)
ND – Allen 6 run (Jonas Berndt run)
Third Quarter
ND – Allen 59 run (Witczak kick)
N – Van Beek 8 run (Gerdin kick)
N – Van Beek 3 run (Gerdin kick)
N – Elliot Devlin 23 pass from Van Beek (Gerdin kick)
Fourth Quarter
N – Van Beek 54 run (Gerdin kick)
ND – Allen 3 run (Witczak kick)
ND – Allen 17 run (Witczak kick)
Overtime
N – Gerdin 29 field goal
ND – Joey Massey 25 pass from Jackson Bouthilet
Plymouth 42, Menasha 41
APPLETON – The Bluejays saw a 21-point second-half lead disappear and may have suffered an even worse loss when quarterback Paul Schmolinske was hurt on a two-point conversion run with 57 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.
After the Bluejays had scored on a 17-yard Schmolinske to Shamir Senyange touchdown pass to cut the deficit to one, Menasha set up for a potential go-ahead two-point conversion. Schmolinske took the snap, rolled to his right and appeared to have daylight to the goal line but was tripped up by the Panthers’ Jaxon Goelzer. Schmolinske fell awkwardly and hit just short of the goal line, suffering what appeared to be a lower leg injury. After a long delay, he left the field on a stretcher.
Menasha attempted an onside kick but Plymouth recovered and was able to run out the clock.
Menasha had appeared to be in control early, as Schmolinske connected with Senyange for a pair of scores for a 14-0 lead. The Bluejays led 28-14 at intermission after a 25-yard touchdown run by Keonte Thigpen and a 54-yard scoring run by Logan Bivens.
Bivens opened the second half with an 80-yard TD run to give Menasha a 35-14 edge.
But the Panthers fought their way back behind quarterback Augie Eigenberger, who finished with three touchdown passes. A Cole Kuhn 1-yard run with 5:18 remaining gave Plymouth its first lead of the game at 42-35.
The Bluejays, however, answered in the final minute behind Schmolinske.
Plymouth 0 14 14 14 – 42
Menasha 7 21 7 6 – 41
SCORING PLAYS
First Quarter
M – Shamir Senyange 17 pass from Paul Schmolinske (Landon Albanil kick), 8:28.
Second Quarter
M – Senyange 57 pass from Schmolinske (Albanil kick), 10:38.
P – Cole Kuhn 47 run (Landyn Yurk kick), 4:46.
M – Keonte Thigpen 25 run (Albanil kick), 3:40.
P – Charlie Nass 9 pass from Augie Eigenberger (Yurk kick), 1:30.
M - Logan Bivens 54 run (Albanil kick), :58.
Third Quarter
M – Bivens 80 run (Albanil kick), 11:36.
P – Jaxon Goelzer 25 run (Yurk kick), 8:04.
P – Nass 5 pass from Eigenberger (Yurk kick), 1:59.
Fourth Quarter
P – Joshua Watkins 41 yard pass from Eigenberger (Yurk kick), 9:05.
P – Kuhn 1 run (Yurk kick), 5:18.
M – Senyange 17 pass from Schmolinske (run failed), 0:57.
Appleton West 40, Green Bay East 18
APPLETON – Charlie Blevins scored four touchdowns to help the Terrors get past visiting Green Bay East.
Blevins scored on an 88-yard kick return, had touchdown runs of 48 and 3 yards and also caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Connor Navis.
Navis also had a 24-yard touchdown run and an 82-yard touchdown toss on a fake punt for West.
Kaukauna 41, West Allis Hale 7
WEST ALLIS - Ghosts quarterback Ryan Carrel scored three rushing touchdowns, while backfield mate Muhammad Jobe scored twice to lead Kaukauna to the nonconference season-opening win.
Kaukauna senior Laythan Hurst kicked off the season with a bang by taking the game's opening kickoff back 90 yards to give the visitors a lightning-fast 7-0 advantage.
Freedom 40, Lake Mills 0
FREEDOM – Axzil Eggert rushed for 163 yards and three touchdowns and Owen Henkel completed 16-of-25 passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns in the Irish’s nonconference season-opening win over the L-Cats.
Henkel put Freedom up 7-0 in the first period with a 7-yard touchdown pass to Aiden Aerts with Eggert adding a pair of touchdowns on runs of 49 and 33 yards in the second period.
Tyler Wollin led Lake Mills with 68 yards rushing and 80 yards passing.
Lake Mills 0 0 0 0 – 0
Freedom 7 13 7 13 – 40
SCORING PLAYS
First Quarter
F – Aiden Aerts 7 pass from Owen Henkel (Cal Calhoon kick)
Second Quarter
F – Axzil Eggert 49 run (Calhoon kick)
F - Eggert 33 run (kick failed)
Third Quarter
F – Aerts 43 pass from Henkel (Calhoon kick)
Fourth Quarter
F - Eggert 13 run (pass failed)
F - Jayden Rueckl interception return (Calhoun kick)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing – Freedom: AxzilEggert 20-163, Owen Henkel 3-(-2), Calahan Fox 3-3, Cal Calhoon 1-26. Lake Mills : Jackson Roberts 1-(-3), Tyler Wollin 6-68, Habich 4-16, Mason Rosales-Gray 1-4, Jon Ebert 3-(-17).
Passing – Freedom : Henkel 16-25-0-195. Lake Mills : Wollin 13-33-2-80.
Receiving – Freedom : Jayden Rueckl 4-38, Luke Schmidt 2-26, Aerts 2-50, Eggert 2-40, Cayden ...
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