Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 38, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 23 September 2010 — Page 6

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Advance News • Thursday, September 23, 2010

Panthers still winless in NLC: Wawasee prevails 23-14

By Steve Smun Correspondent SYRACUSE Despite a season-high 139 yards on the ground from workhorse junior running back Coy Brown, the North Wood Panthers could not overcome the heroics of Wawasee senior Trevor McKibben who rushed for 134 yards and two scores and added a TD reception as the Warriors defeated North Wood 23-14 in Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) action. The Panthers fell to 1-4 on the season, 0-3 in the NLC, and with unbeaten Plymouth and athletic Elkhart Memorial still on the schedule, are in serious danger of a losing season, which would be the first since 1972. The game looked to be a defensive struggle early on, as neither team could move the ball effectively or sustain a drive in the first quarter. The Warriors came the closest to scoring, getting to the Panther 19 on their second possession but a 36-yard field goal attempt by junior place kicker Kyle Clevenger was wide left. The Warriors got their first big play as the second quarter began, when a punt by North Wood's Brad Troyer was returned 25 yards to the Panther 22-yard line by fleet-footed Tommy Kehoe. Five plays later, McKibben bashed his way into the end zone from two yards out and the Warriors led 7-0 after Clevenger's PAT kick. North Wood answered promptly on the next series, driving 70 yards in just six plays, all of it on the sturdy legs of Brown who had runs of 20 and 32 yards in the drive before his final 15yard burst into the endzone. Brendan Widner's PAT kick tied the score at 7 all with 8:08 remaining in the half.

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DAT photo North Wood senior Jon Christofeno honors the memory of his mother Kim, who died of cancer in April, by wearing special eye-black patches for every game.

After an exchange of punts, Wawasee got another big return from Kehoe, this one good for 43 yards to the Panther 32 where Jon Christofeno made a TD-sav-ing tackle with 2:45 remaining before intermission. Six plays later, the Warriors were in the end zone on an 11-yard pass from Tyler Hare to McKibben with 25 seconds remaining and Wawasee took a 14-7 lead to the locker room. The Panthers failed to convert a fourth-and-one near midfield on their first possession of the third period and the Warriors capitalized, driving to the North Wood eight-yard line where the Black Crunch defense stymied the drive. Out trotted Clevenger to knock home a 25-yard field goal and Wawasee stretched the lead to 17-7. Again, the Panthers rallied, thanks to a huge 38yard kickoff return by speedy junior Tanner Roberts. A 15-yard late hit penalty on the Warriors placed the ball at the Wawasee 22-yard line and from there it was "what can Brown do for you?", as the

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junior running back picked up all but five of the yards to the end zone, finishing with a three-yard run to narrow the margin to 17-14 with three minutes remaining in the quarter. North Wood then forced a three-and-out and looked to be driving for a go-ahead score but a faise-start penalty and a fumbled lateral killed the rally and the Panthers punted the ball back to Wawasee with 8:21 left in the game. The Warriors then drove a final nail into the coffin, marching 59 yards in 11 plays and eating up five minutes off the clock, with McKibben taking it around the left side for the final six yards and his third score of the night. The PAT kick was blocked but the Warriors were in command at 23-14 with just over three minutes remaining. The Panthers had two final possessions but the first died on an incomplete pass on fourth-and-long and the second on a first-down interception by Warrior cornerback Camron Erb, and Wawasee ran out the clock to seal their second conference win.

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DAT photo North Wood running back Coy Brown (28) fights for extra yards against Wawasee defenders DJ Semon (24) and Justin Fick (34). Brown ran for 139 yards and two TDs and was the lone bright spot in the Panthers'23-14 loss to the Warriors.

North Wood finished with 143 yards on the ground, most of which came from the weary Brown whose 139 yards and two TDs were the lone Panther highlight. Coleman, who was nursing a sprained ankle, was 7 of 11 through the air for 48 yards. The Panther defense was paced, as usual, by Taylor Anglemyer, who recorded nine tackles. Thayne White, Nate Wagoner, and Lucio Chumas each had six stops while Brown, Roberts, and Troyer made five tackles apiece. McKibben was the hero for Wawasee, rushing for 134 yards on a whopping 35 carries and scoring all three Warrior TDs. Quarterback Tyler Hare was 6 of 10 passing for 38 yards and a touchdown. , The. Wanjor -defense. was led by a game-high 12 tackles from sophomore DJ Semon, while Austin Vuittonet added eight stops. North Wood (1-4, 0-3 NLC) returns home for the first game of a three-game

home stand at Andrews Field against the Northridge Raiders, 2-3 (1-2 NLC) after a 27-21 over winless Warsaw. Wawasee (3-2,2-1) travels to Plymouth to face the unbeaten Rockies, who have not lost an NLC game since 2007. JV Update The Panther JV football team put one in the win column for the first time this season, downing Wawasee 12-7. Tight end Sam Sittler caught a 10-yard pass from Will Kirkwood for the first North Wood score and Andrew Hahn had a oneyard TD ran late in the second period to give the Panthers a 12-0 lead at the half. The Warriors got on the board with less than two minutes remaining in the game on 4 2-yard TD run by quarterback Bauer Schmeltz, but North Wood's Tyler Resler recovered the onside kick to seal the win for the Panthers. BOX SCORE 1 WAWASEE 23, NW 14

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At Syracuse North Wood 0 7 7 0 - 14 Wawasee 0 14 3 6 - 23 W - Trevor McKibben 2 ran (Kyle Clevenger kick) N - Coy Brown 15 ran (Brendan Widner kick) W - McKibben 11 pass from Tyler Hare (Clevenger kick) W - Clevenger 25 yd FG N - Brown 3 ran (Widner kick) W - McKibben 6 ran (kick blocked) NW Wawasee First Downs 8 13 Yards Rushing 143 174 Yards Passing 48 38 Passing (Comp/Att/Int) 7-11-1 6-1 (W) Penalties (No/Yds.) 2-20 5-42 Punts (No7Avg.) 4-32 5-33 Fumbles (NoTLost) 4-1 1-0 Rushing - North Wood (Brown 26139, 2 TD; Coleman 6-6; D. Diemer 2-2; Anglemyer l-|-4]); Wawasee (McKibben 35-134, 2 TD; Hare 721; Kehoe 1-18; Semon 1-1) Passing - North Wood (Coleman 7-11-1,48 yds.); Wawasee (Hare 6-10-0. 38 yds., TD) Receiving - North Wood (Brown t-|-4); Killian 1-14; Rhoade 2-23; Snodgrais 1-5; Anglemyer 2-10): Wawasee (Kehoe 3-15; Hepler 1-4; Klaybor 1-8; McKibben 1-II.TD)