Ground game powers Broncos past Knights
(Justin St. Ours | Escanaba Daily Press photo) Norway’s Nathaniel Nanney (4) runs after intercepting a Bark River-Harris pass Friday at Bark River.
By John Vrancic
For The Daily News
HARRIS — The Bark River-Harris Broncos chewed up plenty of real estate here Friday in a 43-12 football triumph over the Norway Knights.
BR-H rushed for 326 of its 333 yards and all six of its touchdowns in this WestPAC Conference Iron Division match-up on Parents’ Night.
“Both of our fullbacks ran real well, and our line blocked well,” said BR-H coach Al Stenberg. “Right to left, we have all seniors on our line. We’re basically the same team as last year.”
Junior Trevor Lippens led the way with 151 yards on 17 carries, and senior Aiden Johnson added 98 in 13 attempts in the Broncos’ lone regular-season home appearance.
The Broncos, who improved to 1-2 overall after their Iron Division opener, needed just six plays to march 51 yards in their opening drive.
Lippens ended that drive on a 15-yard run through the middle for an 8-0 lead.
By halftime, the Broncos led 37-0.
“Tonight we had nine healthy varsity players and a lot of jayvee kids playing,” said Norway coach Scott Popp. “Our school is down to 190 students. Our numbers are really down, but the kids wanted to have fun. We had fun in the second half.”
The Knights (0-3 overall, 0-2 Iron) got on the board midway through the third stanza when senior QB Gannon Bray scored on a 12-yard keeper around left end.
Norway concluded its scoring with 3:14 left to play when senior Zachary Seat took a handoff from junior QB Nathaniel Nanney on dash 20 yards to his right on a reverse.
“Nate sees the field well,” said Popp. “He has a future, and our other quarterback (Bray) is a good runner. Our jayvee quarterback is also pretty good. Only, he got hurt last (Thursday) night.”
The Knights finished with 164 yards in total offense with Bray and Nanney combining on a 5-of-14 passing effort for 114. Junior Nolan Amundson recovered a fumble.
The Knights host Gwinn Friday.





