Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 135, Number 43, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 27 October 2016 — Page 10

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• Advance News • Thursday, October 27, 2016

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66 yards and a score on four catches, while Minnich had 62 yards receiving and a TD. The Black Crunch defense was paced by Evan Bonne with eight tackles. Columbia City managed just 62 yards on the ground, almost all of it on the final drive, with Bedwell's 41 yards leading the way. Three Eagle quarterbacks combined to go 4 for 10 passing for 104 yards, again virtually all of it in die last eight minutes of the game. The Eagle defense (such as it was) was led by five tackles each from Trefor Gatchell, Austin Bolt, and Dyson Redden. North Wood (10-0) will remain at home for the second round of the sectional, hosting Northridge (3-7), an upset 21-20 winner over Wawasee in their first tournament game. The Panthers defeated the Raiders 14-0 in the regular-season meeting. . NORTHWOOD 52, COLUMBIA CITY At Andrews Field, Nappanee Columbia City: 0 0 013 North Wood: 24 21 07 NW - Drew Minnich 34 pass from Trey Bilinski (Bronson Yoder run) NW - Brayton Yoder 59 run (Bronson Yoder run) NW - Bronson Yoder 89 pass from Bilinski (Payton Bear run) NW - Bear 5 run (Adler Chamberlain kick) NW - Landen Gessinger 18 pass

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, DAT photos North Wood's Drew Minnich (11) shakes a Columbia City tackier at the goal line after he hauled in a 34-yard pass from Trey Bilinski in the Panthers' 52-13 thrashing of the Eagles in the opening round of the sectional.

from Bilinski (Chamberlain kick) NW - Bear 4 run (Chamberlain kick) CC - Noah Judd 63 pass from Jacob Bolt (kick failed) NW - Gessinger 4 run (Chamberlain kick) CC - Max Bedwell 5 run (Chase Johnson kick) North Wood Col, City Yards Rushing: 330 62 Yards Passing:

324 104 Passing (Comp/Att/Int): 13-23-0 4-10-0 Penalties (No./Yds.): 8-85 2-13 Fumbles (No./Lost): 2-2 1-0 Punts (No./Avg.): 1-48 8-37 Rushing - North Wood (Brayton Yoder 9-114, TD; Bronson Yoder 6-41; Bilinski 3-12; Bear 8-56, 2 TD; Gessinger 6-68, TD; Chupp 3-8; Malone 3-11; Connor Yoder 2-[-l);

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Panthers running back Brayton Yoder turns the corner on his way to a 59-yard touchdown dash in North Wood's 52-13 rout of Columbia City.

Hauptli 2-26); Col. City (Bedwell 3-41, TD; Snouffer 10-11; Rider 9-16; Wigent 2-[-6]; Redden 1-0) Passing - North Wood (Bilinski 12-21-0, 309 yds., 3 TD; Gessinger 1-2, 15 yds.); Col. City (Snouffer 1-6-0,15 yds; Bedwell 2-3-0, 34 yds.; Bolt 1-2-0, 63 yds., TD) Receiving - North Wood (Bronson Yoder 2-124, TD; Minnich 2-62, TD; Gessinger 4-66, TD; Smart 3-30; Lone 1-28; Borkholder 1-15); Col. City (Judd 1-63, TD; Sievers 2-34; Rider 1-5).