
MELLETTE – Fatafehi Faonelua rushed for two scores and passed for two more as Northwestern defeated Estelline-Hendricks 36-20 in football action Friday night.
Faonelua finished with 130 yards rushing and 45 yards passing. He also added four tackles on defense.
Jude Ortmeier added 126 yards rushing for Northwestern, which racked up 269 yards on the ground.
Kade Stahl caught one of the TD passes and also returned an interception for a score.
Estelline-Hendricks 6 0 8 6 – 20
Northwestern 8 8 6 14 – 36
NW – Fatafehi Faonelua 1 run (PAT successful).
EH – Braxton Saathoff 15 pass from Mattix Hausmann.
NW – Faonelua 48 run (Jude Ortmeier run).
EH – Hausmann 52 run (run successful).
NW – Christopher Toennies 7 pass from Faonelua (PAT successful)
NW – Kade Stahl 13 pass from Faonelua.
NW – Stahl pass interception return.
EH – Saathoff 1 run.
OFFENSE: Estelline-Henricks rushing 23-177 (Hausmann 7-125), passing 10-17-2 for 64 (Hausmann 10-16-2 for 64), receiving (Saathoff 6-39, 82 3-32), 13 first downs; Northwestern rushing 37-269 (Faonelua 16-130, Ortmeier 14-126), passing (Faonelua 4-12 for 45), receiving (Toennies 2-26, Stahl 2-19), first downs 17.
DEFENSE: Northwestern, Stahl 5 tackles and 2 interceptions, Faonelua 4 tackles.
FAULKTON 36, POTTER COUNTY 18
Faulkton 8 14 6 8 – 36
Potter County 0 12 6 0 – 18
F – Simon Bowar 36 pass interception return (Ryan Beckler pass from Parker Geditz).
PC – Grant Luikens 1 run.
F – Geditz 1 run (Garrett Cramer run).
PC – Colt Wieseler 10 run.
F – Layne Cotton 36 pass interception return.
F – Cramer 50 run.
PC – Cooper Logan 1 run.
F – Hunter Niederbaumer 45 pass from Geditz (Bowar pass from Geditz).
OFFENSE: Faulkton rushing 40-305 (Cramer 18-215), passing (Geditz 5-11 for 58), receiving (Niedebaumer 2-55), first downs 8; Potter County rushing 39-150 (Luikens 19-66, Wieseler 8-49, Logan 11-31), passing (Luikens 4-14 for 20), receiving (Seth Sharp 1-9, Drake Bassett 1-9, Ryder Falkenhagen 1-9), first downs 8.
DEFENSE: Faulkton, team effort; Potter County, Logan 10 tackles and 8 assists, Alex Tanner 5 tackles and 6 assists, Luikens 6 tackles and 3 assists, Chase DeRouchey 5 tackles and 2 assists.
IPSWICH 50, LANGFORD AREA 8
Ipswich 24 14 6 6 – 50
Langford Area 0 8 0 0 – 8
I – Luke Peterson 3 run (Carter Geditz pass from Ian Byers).
I – Tyler Hettich 43 run (Peterson run).
I – Ty Kadlec 57 pass from Byers (Carson Gohl run).
I – Gohl run (Hettich run).
I – Hettich 8 run.
L – Jesse Keough 2 run (Kalen Godel pass from Ben Gustafson).
I – Gohl 35 run.
I – Chet Peterson 3 run.
OFFENSE: Ipswich rushing 40-358 (Gohl 5-94, Hettich 3-58), passing (Byers 1-1 for 57), receiving (Kadlec 1-57), first downs 8; Langford Area rushing 30-83 (Gustafson 16-50, Keough 9-31), passing (Gustafson 4-8 for 29), receiving (Godel 3-24), first downs 5.
DEFENSE: Ipswich, Geditz 9 tackles, Hettich 5 tackles; Langford Area, Aden Godel 7 tackles, K. Godel 7 tackles, Keough 7 tackles.
CASTLEWOOD 40, NORTH CENTRAL 7
Castlewood 13 13 14 0 – 40
North Central 0 0 0 7 – 7
C – Carson Kirwan 98 run (Jaron Tharaldsen kick).
C – Kirwan 40 run.
C – Kirwan 24 run.
C – Kirwan 27 run.
C – Kirwan 21 run (Tharaldsen kick).
C – Jeremiah Wiersma 1 run (Tharaldsen kick).
NC – Tanner Frickson 10 run (Pablo Diaz Fernandez kick).
OFFENSE: Castlewood rushing 34-346 (Kirwan 15-274, Tristan Nielson 4-34), passing (Nielson 5-9 for 36), receiving (Jackson Schofield 2-24), first downs 14; North Central rushing 5-30 (Frickson 14-32, Kason Hinton 7-17), passing (Raynor Sprague 5-9-2 for 11), receiving (Colton Mohr 2-6, Ashton Hartling 3-5), first downs 5.
DEFENSE: Castlewood, Wiersma 4 tackles; North Central, Frickson 8 tackles, Mohr 4 tackles, Landon Wolf 4 tackles.
HERREID-SELBY AREA 76, NEWELL 16
Herreid-Selby Area 32 44 – 76
Newell 0 16 – 16
HSA – Brenden Begeman 15 pass interception return (Tray Hettick run).
HSA – Begeman 44 punt return (Trevor Sayler pass from Hettick).
HSA – Trevor Gill 40 pass from Hettick (Hettick run).
HSA – Begeman 7 run (Hettick run).
HSA – Sayler 45 pass interception return (Sayler pass from Hettick).
HSA – Sayler 17 run (Hettick run).
HSA – Sayler 21 pass from Hettick (Begman pass from Hettick).
HSA – Sayler 10 run.
N – Nate Randolph 45 pass from Chase VanDerBoom.
HSA – Darion Barker 38 pass from Hettick (Hettick run).
N – Randolph 48 run (VanDerBoom run).
HSA – Gill 23 run.
DEUEL 28, WEBSTER 3
Webster 3 0 0 0 – 3
Deuel 14 8 0 6 – 28
W – Jacob Pereboom 26 field goal.
D – Trey Maaland 32 run.
D – Owen Quail 37 run (Maaland run).
D – Cooper Schiernbeck 7 pass from Maaland (Dalan Dahl pass from Maaland).
D – Maaland 2 run.
OFFENSE: Webster rushing 29-29 (Ethan Opitz 8-31), passing 3-14 for 29 (Pereboom 3-11 for 29), receiving (Jaydon Keller 2-20), first downs 4; Deuel rushing 43-259 (Quail 19-123, Maaland 17-118), passing (Maaland 8-13 for 30), receiving (Zane Bingham 2-11), first downs 15.
DEFENSE: Webster, Trey Dunse fumble recovery led team effort; Deuel, Dahl 8 tackles, Dominic Constant 5 tackles, Nate Lovre 4 tackles, Ty Lovre 4 tackles and fumble recovery, Ronnie Begalka 4 tackles.
HITCHCOCK-TULARE 55, WAVERLY-SOUTH SHORE 0
Hitchcock-Tulare 8 47 – 55
Waverly-South Shore 0 0 – 0
Scoring plays unavailable
OFFENSE: Hitchcock-Tulare rushing 127 (Erik Salmen 4-74 1 TD, Jack Boomsma 4-53 2 TDs), passing 123 (Carter Binger 6-9 for 123 3 TDs), receiving (Landon Puffer 4-78 3 TD, TJ Salmen 2-38).
DEFENSE: Hitchcock-Tulare, E. Salmen 6 tackles, 1 assist, 1 fumble recovery; Jacob Michlitsch 5 tackles, 3 sacks; Binger 1 interception; Puffer 1 interception.


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