Badgers rout Rangers with big plays
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Niagara roared past Wausaukee 44-6 in Northeast Conference 8-player football Friday.
“Our kids came out and played fast, and they executed well for the most part,” said Niagara coach Ben Laarman. “We made a lot of big plays on both sides of the ball.”
The visiting Badgers raced to a 44-0 halftime lead.
Sawyer Rouse completed 4 of 6 passes for 175 yards, including an 84-yard scoring strike to Abain Patterson. Landon Sweig caught a 67-yard TD pass.
The rushing attack was led by Owen Dunkes, who had touchdown runs of 54 and 40 yards. Sweig added a 40-yard TD run and Jax Mott hit pay dirt from 31 yards.
Rouse scored two conversions, while Dunkes and Parker LaFave had one each.
Dunkes and Sweig were among the Badgers’ leading tacklers, joined by Mason Whaley and Myles Laarman.
Patterson snared an interception and LaFave recovered a fumble.
Niagara (5-4) hosts Lena-St. Thomas Aquinas (5-3) on Thursday to wrap up the regular season.
PREP SCORES
Friday Oct. 2
ELEVEN-PLAYER
Kingsford 35, Hancock 6
Iron Mountain 42, Gwinn 6
Menominee 43, Gladstone 6
Negaunee 36, Westwood 14
Bark River-Harris 46, L’Anse 18
Calumet 34, Houghton 13
Northland Pines 45, Clintonville 6
Crivitz 36, Crandon 0
EIGHT-PLAYER
Niagara 44, Wausaukee 6
Forest Park 34, Norway 26
Ontonagon 26, Ishpeming 22
Lake Linden-Hubbell 58, Rapid River 16
Rudyard 46, Brimley 6
North Dickinson 74, Stephenson 56
Indian River Inland Lakes 12, Newberry 6
Laona-Wabeno 58, Chequamegon 8
Portland St Patrick 28, Pickford 18
North Central 56, Ironwood 6
Saturday, Oct. 3
EIGHT-PLAYER
Bessemer 32, Munising 0
Calumet Copper Island Academy 44, Superior Central 26