The fourth-grade Monroe Blaze traveled to their first away game of the season and earned a tough 27-20 win over Wisconsin Heights on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Monroe received the opening kickoff and marched down the field to the Wisconsin Heights 20-yard line before a fumble stalled the drive. WI Heights took the ball and drove 80 yards for the first score of the game, putting them up 8-0. Upon getting the ball back, Alex Witt and Nick Bansley led Monroe on a scoring drive of 50-yards, to cut the lead to 8-6 at the end of the first quarter.
After a defensive stop, let by Witt and Connor Allen, Monroe took over and again drove the field, capping the drive with a Bansley touchdown run. Travis Edmunds added the two-point conversion to put Monroe up 14-8. With just over 4 minutes to play in the second quarter, Wisconsin Heights marched the football down the field for a score to tie the game 14-14 at halftime.
Monroe's defense stiffened in the third quarter, led by Bodie Minder's four tackles and an interception by Jacob Ferguson. Monroe drove down the field with Edmunds scoring a touchdown. Monroe went up 21-14 heading into the fourth quarter. Wisconsin Heights wasn't giving up and
scored on a long touchdown to cut Monroe's lead to 21-20. After a stalled Monroe drive, Wisconsin Heights' offense came back on the field, when the defense again stepped up. Payton Sawdey intercepted a pass and ran it back for a touchdown, increasing Monroe's lead to 27-20. In Wisconsin Heights' last drive of the game, Julian Gruber and Alex Witt came up with back to back tackles for a loss to end the game.
Monroe rushed for 284 yards, led by Bansley's 201 yards and Edmunds' 56 yards. Monroe (2-1) next hosts Waunakee Purple.
Fifth Grade White
The Blaze Fifth-Grade White lost a game to McFarland White 8-7 Saturday at McFarland's WIS Field because of mistakes and penalties. The Blaze opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 55-yard run by Jordan Montgomery. The extra point run by Nick Schumacher was good for a 7-0 lead.
Late in the fourth quarter, McFarland scored on a 3-yard run and kicked the extra point for the final score. The Blaze ended both the first half and the game inside the 10-yard line when time ran out. The Blaze rushed for 190 yards on 36 carries and lost one fumble. McFarland ran for 26 yards on 19 carries, completed 1 of 2 passes with an interception and lost one fumble. Mistakes and penalties were the difference in the game.
Fifth Grade Red
The Fifth-Grade Red Blaze team came from behind to beat New Glarus-Monticello 18-8. Monroe took the opening drive and marched down the field only to have a potential TD called back on a holding penalty.
The Blaze offense was not able to overcome the penalty and turned the ball over on downs. New Glarus-Monticello took their opening drive down the field to the Blaze 10-yard line. Monroe's defense was able to stiffen and took the ball over on downs. On the next play, Colby Argall ran the ball off-tackle for an 86-yard run to the New Glarus-Monticello 4-yard line. Argall finished the drive with a 4-yard TD run. Monroe's two-point attempt failed. New Glarus-Monticello took the lead 8-6 on their next possession with a 20-yard TD run and a successful kick.
Monroe answered on the next play from scrimmage with Argall scoring on a 66-yard TD run. The two-point attempt failed giving the Blaze a 12-6 halftime lead. The Blaze defense forced New Glarus-Monticello to punt on their first possession of the second half. Monroe's offense then marched the ball down the field for a 63-yard scoring drive. Argall finished the drive with a 4-yard TD run. The two-point attempt failed giving the Blaze an 18-8 lead. Argall ran for 279 yards and 3 TDs for the game.
A good job blocking was given by Monroe's offensive linemen as the team rushed for a total of 352 yards. The Blaze defense played much better in the second half by only giving up 54 yards to New Glarus-Monticello. For the game, New Glarus-Monticello rushed for 141 yards and threw for 76 yards. The defense was lead by Colby Argall, Evan Blumer, and Evan Thompson. All three players recorded 8 or more tackles. The fifth grade Red team improves to 2-1 with the win. Up next for the Red team is Wisconsin Heights Green at 1 p.m. at home.
Sixth Grade
The Blaze sixth-grade team had yet another shutout this week with a 30-0 win over Waunakee.
Quarterback, Dylan Scace, handed off to Brayden Zettle in the first play of the game for a 70-yard touchdown. Dempzy Foley added two points with a PAT. Then with 1 1/2 minutes left in the first quarter, it was a repeat play: handoff from Scace to Zettle for a 20-yard touchdown. Foley followed with the two-point PAT.
Halfway through the 4th quarter Blaze made several short runs and when it was down to the 5-yard line, Zettle ran it in for a touchdown. Foley followed with another successful two point PAT. The exciting play of the game came when Sam Kind made an interception and ran it in for a 25-yard touchdown ending the game 30-0. Fumble recoveries were made by Tyler Leutenegger and Scace.
Seventh Grade
The seventh-grade Blaze played a tough game but fell just short to Pec-Argyle 12-6. This was the first loss of the season for the seventh grade which brings their record to 2-1.
Eighth Grade
The Monroe Blaze eighth-grade hosted Pec-Argyle and came up short with a heartbreaking 12-11 loss.
The first half of the game was a defensive field position battle with no scoring but a few big plays. After Pec-Argyle returned Monroe's first punt to the Monroe 25-yard line, Garrett Gogin recovered a fumble to keep the game scoreless. Brent Edmunds was able to then break a 30-yard run to get the ball back to midfield before some dropped catches stalled the Monroe drive. For the remainder of the first half, each team struggled to move the ball.
To open the second half, Pec-Argyle went to the air and mounted their first sustained drive of the game with the help of 20-yards in Monroe penalties. Pec-Argyle scored on a 12-yard pass but the point after touchdown to give Pec-ARgyle a 6-0 lead. Monroe then followed suit with a great drive that included initial runs by Gogin for 13-yards and Edmunds for 16-yards before Gogin was able to connect through the air with Jared Amacher for 12-yards and Jacob Ellefson for a 22-yard gain. Edmunds scored the touchdown on a 6-yard run. McKenzy Foley kicked the PAT for an 8-6 Blaze lead.
Monroe held Pec-Argyle to a four and out and started the next offensive drive at midfield. The Blaze kept the ball on the ground and marched down to the 3 before Foley kicked a 20-yard field goal for an 11-6 lead with 1:45 remaining in the game. After playing a strong game, Monroe's defense was not able to come up with a big play and allowed Pec-Argyle to travel 73-yards and score a touchdown on a hook and ladder play on third-and-10 from 33-yards out.
Edmunds lead the offense with 143 yards on the ground over 18 carries. Defensive leaders included Cam Shaw and Gogin with eight tackles each followed by Edmunds with five and Traiten Gorr and Ben Latimer each with four. With the loss, the eighth-grade Blaze record now stands at 2-2 (2-1 in league play). The eighth graders host Wisconsin Heights at the YMCA at 10 a.m. on Saturday for week 4 of league play. This will be the second of five games played at the YMCA as part of the Blaze programs Brat Fest Fundraiser.
BRATFEST
The Bratfest fundraiser is Saturday at the YMCA. It will be a big day with five home games. WEKZ will be broadcasting the eighth grade game at 10 a.m. Also, there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication of the new press box. Prizes will be raffled off throughout the day. There will be a bounce house for the younger kids. There are still Press Box t-shirts on sale for $10. Proceeds go towards the new press box at the Green County YMCA.
Monroe received the opening kickoff and marched down the field to the Wisconsin Heights 20-yard line before a fumble stalled the drive. WI Heights took the ball and drove 80 yards for the first score of the game, putting them up 8-0. Upon getting the ball back, Alex Witt and Nick Bansley led Monroe on a scoring drive of 50-yards, to cut the lead to 8-6 at the end of the first quarter.
After a defensive stop, let by Witt and Connor Allen, Monroe took over and again drove the field, capping the drive with a Bansley touchdown run. Travis Edmunds added the two-point conversion to put Monroe up 14-8. With just over 4 minutes to play in the second quarter, Wisconsin Heights marched the football down the field for a score to tie the game 14-14 at halftime.
Monroe's defense stiffened in the third quarter, led by Bodie Minder's four tackles and an interception by Jacob Ferguson. Monroe drove down the field with Edmunds scoring a touchdown. Monroe went up 21-14 heading into the fourth quarter. Wisconsin Heights wasn't giving up and
scored on a long touchdown to cut Monroe's lead to 21-20. After a stalled Monroe drive, Wisconsin Heights' offense came back on the field, when the defense again stepped up. Payton Sawdey intercepted a pass and ran it back for a touchdown, increasing Monroe's lead to 27-20. In Wisconsin Heights' last drive of the game, Julian Gruber and Alex Witt came up with back to back tackles for a loss to end the game.
Monroe rushed for 284 yards, led by Bansley's 201 yards and Edmunds' 56 yards. Monroe (2-1) next hosts Waunakee Purple.
Fifth Grade White
The Blaze Fifth-Grade White lost a game to McFarland White 8-7 Saturday at McFarland's WIS Field because of mistakes and penalties. The Blaze opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 55-yard run by Jordan Montgomery. The extra point run by Nick Schumacher was good for a 7-0 lead.
Late in the fourth quarter, McFarland scored on a 3-yard run and kicked the extra point for the final score. The Blaze ended both the first half and the game inside the 10-yard line when time ran out. The Blaze rushed for 190 yards on 36 carries and lost one fumble. McFarland ran for 26 yards on 19 carries, completed 1 of 2 passes with an interception and lost one fumble. Mistakes and penalties were the difference in the game.
Fifth Grade Red
The Fifth-Grade Red Blaze team came from behind to beat New Glarus-Monticello 18-8. Monroe took the opening drive and marched down the field only to have a potential TD called back on a holding penalty.
The Blaze offense was not able to overcome the penalty and turned the ball over on downs. New Glarus-Monticello took their opening drive down the field to the Blaze 10-yard line. Monroe's defense was able to stiffen and took the ball over on downs. On the next play, Colby Argall ran the ball off-tackle for an 86-yard run to the New Glarus-Monticello 4-yard line. Argall finished the drive with a 4-yard TD run. Monroe's two-point attempt failed. New Glarus-Monticello took the lead 8-6 on their next possession with a 20-yard TD run and a successful kick.
Monroe answered on the next play from scrimmage with Argall scoring on a 66-yard TD run. The two-point attempt failed giving the Blaze a 12-6 halftime lead. The Blaze defense forced New Glarus-Monticello to punt on their first possession of the second half. Monroe's offense then marched the ball down the field for a 63-yard scoring drive. Argall finished the drive with a 4-yard TD run. The two-point attempt failed giving the Blaze an 18-8 lead. Argall ran for 279 yards and 3 TDs for the game.
A good job blocking was given by Monroe's offensive linemen as the team rushed for a total of 352 yards. The Blaze defense played much better in the second half by only giving up 54 yards to New Glarus-Monticello. For the game, New Glarus-Monticello rushed for 141 yards and threw for 76 yards. The defense was lead by Colby Argall, Evan Blumer, and Evan Thompson. All three players recorded 8 or more tackles. The fifth grade Red team improves to 2-1 with the win. Up next for the Red team is Wisconsin Heights Green at 1 p.m. at home.
Sixth Grade
The Blaze sixth-grade team had yet another shutout this week with a 30-0 win over Waunakee.
Quarterback, Dylan Scace, handed off to Brayden Zettle in the first play of the game for a 70-yard touchdown. Dempzy Foley added two points with a PAT. Then with 1 1/2 minutes left in the first quarter, it was a repeat play: handoff from Scace to Zettle for a 20-yard touchdown. Foley followed with the two-point PAT.
Halfway through the 4th quarter Blaze made several short runs and when it was down to the 5-yard line, Zettle ran it in for a touchdown. Foley followed with another successful two point PAT. The exciting play of the game came when Sam Kind made an interception and ran it in for a 25-yard touchdown ending the game 30-0. Fumble recoveries were made by Tyler Leutenegger and Scace.
Seventh Grade
The seventh-grade Blaze played a tough game but fell just short to Pec-Argyle 12-6. This was the first loss of the season for the seventh grade which brings their record to 2-1.
Eighth Grade
The Monroe Blaze eighth-grade hosted Pec-Argyle and came up short with a heartbreaking 12-11 loss.
The first half of the game was a defensive field position battle with no scoring but a few big plays. After Pec-Argyle returned Monroe's first punt to the Monroe 25-yard line, Garrett Gogin recovered a fumble to keep the game scoreless. Brent Edmunds was able to then break a 30-yard run to get the ball back to midfield before some dropped catches stalled the Monroe drive. For the remainder of the first half, each team struggled to move the ball.
To open the second half, Pec-Argyle went to the air and mounted their first sustained drive of the game with the help of 20-yards in Monroe penalties. Pec-Argyle scored on a 12-yard pass but the point after touchdown to give Pec-ARgyle a 6-0 lead. Monroe then followed suit with a great drive that included initial runs by Gogin for 13-yards and Edmunds for 16-yards before Gogin was able to connect through the air with Jared Amacher for 12-yards and Jacob Ellefson for a 22-yard gain. Edmunds scored the touchdown on a 6-yard run. McKenzy Foley kicked the PAT for an 8-6 Blaze lead.
Monroe held Pec-Argyle to a four and out and started the next offensive drive at midfield. The Blaze kept the ball on the ground and marched down to the 3 before Foley kicked a 20-yard field goal for an 11-6 lead with 1:45 remaining in the game. After playing a strong game, Monroe's defense was not able to come up with a big play and allowed Pec-Argyle to travel 73-yards and score a touchdown on a hook and ladder play on third-and-10 from 33-yards out.
Edmunds lead the offense with 143 yards on the ground over 18 carries. Defensive leaders included Cam Shaw and Gogin with eight tackles each followed by Edmunds with five and Traiten Gorr and Ben Latimer each with four. With the loss, the eighth-grade Blaze record now stands at 2-2 (2-1 in league play). The eighth graders host Wisconsin Heights at the YMCA at 10 a.m. on Saturday for week 4 of league play. This will be the second of five games played at the YMCA as part of the Blaze programs Brat Fest Fundraiser.
BRATFEST
The Bratfest fundraiser is Saturday at the YMCA. It will be a big day with five home games. WEKZ will be broadcasting the eighth grade game at 10 a.m. Also, there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication of the new press box. Prizes will be raffled off throughout the day. There will be a bounce house for the younger kids. There are still Press Box t-shirts on sale for $10. Proceeds go towards the new press box at the Green County YMCA.
