Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 135, Number 41, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 12 October 2017 — Page 8

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» Advance News • Thursday, October 12,2017

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picked tip a first down on a roughine-the-passer penalty put finally, on fourth and eight near midfield, Gessinger was sacked on fourth down, setting off a rather bizarre celebration by the Tiger student body, for whom a regular-season win over a school two classes smaller is apparently reason enough to rush the field. North Wood finished with just 151 yards on the ground, led by 76 yards and two TDs on just eight carries from Brayton Voder. Through the air, Gessinger was an efficient 9 of 10 for 91 yards, with Smart hauling in four passes for 79 yards. The Black Crunch defense, on me field for 69 plays compared to just 35 for the Tiger D, was led by nine tackles each from Payton Bear and Smart. Bronson Yoder added eight tackles, Spencer Brubacher had seven stops, and Pratcher and Will Ingle made six tackles apiece. Warsaw rushed for 240 yards, led by 127 yards and a score cm 23 carries by Gamer. Larsh rushed 32 times for 115 yards and three touchdowns, and also completed 7 of 13 passes for 87 yards and the winning score. On defense, Warsaw was paced by six tackles each from Kendal Miller and John Culbertson. North Wood (5-3, 3-3 NLC) hosts Plymouth (6-2, 4-2 NLC) in the final regular-season game on Friday, Oct. 13. In addition to the annual Senior Night, the Red Regiment band will also be hosting their legendary chili supper before the game. The sectional draw was also finalized last week and the Panthers will host Dekalb in the opening round Oct. 20. Warsaw (5-3, 4-2 NLC) travels to Concord (7-1, 5-1 NLC) to battle the evil Minutemen in their final regular-season contest. • WARSAW 31, NORTHWOOD 28 At Fuller Field, Warn* North Wood 022 6 0 - 28 Memorial 010147 -31 W - Harrison Mevis 33 yd. FG

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Sports

DAT photo North Wood's Nic Bontrager bolts for the end zone after stripping Warsaw's Tristan Larsh of the football in the Panthers' 31-28 loss to the Tigers. NW - Brayton Yoder 55 ran (Bronson Yoder ran) NW - Nic Bontrager 37 yd. fumble recovery (Brayton Yoder run) W - Tristan Larsh 4 ran (Mevis kick) NW - Brayton Yoder 1 ran (Bronson Yoder ran) NW - Bronson Yoder 13 ran (ran failed) W - Larsh 7 ran (Mevis kick) W - Bryce Gamer 7 ran (Mevis kick) W - Zach Riley 24 pass from Larsh (Mevis kick) Rushing - North Wood (Brayton Yoder 8-76, 2 TD; Gessinger 14-41; Bronson Yoder 4-34, TD); Warsaw (Ganier 23-127, TD; Larsh 32-115,2 TD; Riley I+2]) Passing - North Wood (Gessinger 9-10-0,91 yds.); Warsaw (Larsh 7-13-1,87 yds., TD)

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Receiving - North Wood (Smart 4-79; Bronson Yoder 2-19; Braytoe Yoder 2+l]; Bear 14); Warsaw (Riley 6-76, TD; Owen 1+1]; Adamiec 1-11) North Wood Warsaw Yards Rushing 151 Yards Passing 91 87 Passing (Comp/Att/tot) 9-104) 743-1 Penalties (NoAds.) 10-85 f-45 Fumbles (No./Lost) 2-2 Punts (No/Avg.) 4-39 445 Briefs, from Page A 5

JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL North Wood beats John Young NAPANNEE - The North Wood seventh grade football team completed an undefeated season winning the Big 11 Championship over John Young by the score of 22-20. The Panther defense blocked an extra point with 3:29 left in the game and the offense ran out the clock, to secure the win. Ethan Evers had two touchdown runs of five and six yards while Kaden Lone added a 20 yard TD run. Chase Duerksen kicked two extra points. Evers rushed for 96 yards while Lone had 46, and Ben Fattorusso 40. Caleb Branam had an outstanding defensive game, leading with 9 hits. Ben Fattorusso had five tackles while Troy Cutter, CJ Kuhn, and Ethan Evers added 4 each. Camden Ransberger had a fumble recovery to help the defense. The Panthers finish the season with an 8-0 record and added the third Big 11 Championship in school history, the others being in 2011 and 2012.