BRODHEAD — The unbeaten Cardinals (4-0) used a big second quarter and a dominant defensive performance to shut down Platteville in Week 4, winning 41-0.
Sean Huffman put Brodhead-Juda on the board with 2:19 left in the first quarter on a 2-yard rush. Less than four minutes later Isaac Saunders got in on the action to make it 14-0. With 6:49 left in the second, Blake Matthys erupted for a 77-yard TD run. Saunders scored again from 12-yards out three minutes later, and Huffman hit paydirt from 4-yards out before halftime, making it 35-0 and ensuring a running clock in the second half. Dakota Day had a 3-yard touchdown run in the fourth to cap the scoring.
Matthys finished the night with 180 yards on just eight carries. Saunders had 96 yards rushing. The Cardinals had 15 first downs to Platteville’s 5. The Hillmen were 6-for-15 (40%) passing for 33 yards and an interception. Platteville also gained just 16 yards rushing. Brodhead-Juda out-gained the Hillmen on offense 380-49.
The Cardinals travel to River Valley (0-4) in Week 5.
Edgewood 43, NG-Monticello 19
NEW GLARUS — For three quarters, the winless Glarner Knights stayed within a single score of the fourth-ranked Edgewood Crusaders. However, two fourth quarter touchdowns with 2-point conversions turned a near upset into a runaway contest.
New Glarus-Monticello struck first, as Max Marty connected with AC Strok for a 50-yard touchdown pass less than three minutes into the game to put the Knights up 7-0. Edgewood tied it less than a minute into the second quarter on a touchdown run, but NGM took the lead with 4:28 to go to halftime when Marty muscled his way in from a yard out.
However, the ensuing kickoff went for a 99-yard touchdown, and the extra point gave Edgewood a 14-13 advantage. The wild second quarter wasn’t over, however, and Marty and Strok connected for a second score, this time from 61-yards out with 3:41 to go in the stanza, giving NGM a 19-14 lead. The Crusaders scored one final time before half on a 26-yard run with 1:56 left on the clock.
Just 60 seconds into the third quarter, Edgewood’s Mason Folkers scored on a 35-yard run to make it 27-19. The Knights didn’t score the rest of the way, and Folkers added a 2-yard TD run and a 6-yard TD pass in the fourth to put the game away.
Marty finished the night 13 of 21 passing for 209 yards. Ethan Friedrich had 53 yards rushing and 93 yards receiving on five catches. Edgewood out-gained NGM on offense 419-291.
The schedule doesn’t get any easier for the Knights (0-4), who host Lakeside Lutheran (3-1) in Week 5. The Capitol currently has four teams ranked in the Top 10 in Division 4 (Columbus 2, Edgewood 4, Lake Mills 8, Lodi 9). Lakeside Lutheran was ranked a week ago prior to a Week 3 defeat against Lodi.
Darlington 72, Pec-Argyle 0
DARLINGTON — The Redbirds were dominant in a contest pitting a state contender against a program in full rebuild. Darlington (3-1), ranked fifth in D6, led 24-0 after the first quarter and 56-0 at halftime. Talan Crist and the offensive reserves scored twice more in the second half.
Quarterback Cadyn Burbach finished with 100 yards rushing and two scores on nine carries, while Ross Crist had nine totes for 109 yards. Breylin Goeble scored twice and amassed 78 yards on just four rushing attempts. Connor Larson had 52 yards rushing, and Isaac Crist had 45 yards. Larson, Ross and Tye Crist each had a touchdown. Burbach attempted a single pass in the game, a 21-yard completion to Carver Fitzsimons. Roger Volkening III intercepted two passes, and Parker Shager and Eli Crist led Darlington with nine tackles apiece.
Max Godfrey had 57 yards through the air for Pec-Argyle on 8 of 19 passing. He also had 11 yards rushing on six carries, and threw a pair of interceptions. Talen Havens had two catches for 14 yards.
Darlington faces another team in the rebuilding process, Parkview-Albany (0-4) in Week 5, while Pecatonica-Argyle is at River Ridge (4-0, No. 9 in D7).
BH-Warren 48, Cuba City 14
CUBA CITY — After an embarrassing loss to Darlington in Week 3, the Warriors got back to their winning ways in Week 4.
The host Cubans scored the first TD of the game with 4:44 left in the first quarter, but Black Hawk-Warren would rattle off six straight scores before Cuba City would answer back.
With 1:23 left in the first, Warriors QB Reed McNutt hit Lucas Milz for a touchdown. McNutt would score on a 16-yard run earlier in the second to make it a 9-point game, and Milz plunged in from a yard out 52 seconds before halftime to make it 24-7.
In the third quarter, Milz scored again, this time from six yards away, and McNutt hit Seth Dunleavy on a 7-yard pass with one second left in the period to make it 40-7. Landen Mahoney scored on a 9-yard rush with 6:19 left in the fourth to cap BHW’s scoring. Cuba City’s second and final TD came at the 5:11 mark in the fourth on a 49-yard run by Darrien Cummings, who had 8 carries for just 3 yards the rest of the night.
Milz had 19 carries for 229 yards in the game. Mahoney had 107 yards rushing, and McNutt 72. The Warriors ran for 453 yards, and had 490 yards of total offense. The Cubans only mustered 200 yards of offense (144 passing) against the BHW defense.
The Warriors, 3-1 overall and ranked sixth in D7, host Southwestern/East Dubuque (3-1) in Week 5.
