NEW GLARUS — Have a game, Darris Schuett.
The senior quarterback helped lead the Glarner Knights to a 34-7 thumping of Poynette April 1. Schuett finished with 407 passing yards, completing 25 of 44 attempts and finishing with 4 passing TDs and another rushing TD in the win, as well as a converted 2-point conversion.
Schuett’s main target in the game was senior wideout Nathan Streiff, who had 12 catches for 187 yards and 2 TDs. Streiff is the first player in program history to grab 100 catches in his varsity career. Senior wideout Peter Gustafson had 111 yards on 4 catches with a score, and seven total Knights caught passes in the game.
New Glarus-Monticello scored almost immediately to open the game, as Schuett connected with Streiff on a 29-yard pass just 1:22 into the contest, but the Knights failed to convert a 2-point conversion pass. Later in the first quarter, Schuett hit Gustafson for a 36-yard TD. Senior Jaylynn Benson connected on her first PAT of the season to make it 13-0.
In the second quarter, Schuett and Streiff connected again for a 10-yard score, with Schuett running in the 2-point try to make it 21-0. With just 41 seconds left before halftime, Schuett plunged into the end zone from two yards out and Benson’s PAT made it 28-0 at halftime. In the third quarter, Schuett hit Streiff for a 31-yard score.
Poynette’s only points came on a touchdown pass with 1:21 remaining in the fourth quarter.
NGM outgained Poynette 493-186 in yards and gained 18 first downs to the Pumas 5.
Parkview-Albany 32, Deerfield 16
DEERFIELD — The Vikings outscored Deerfield 32-0 through three quarters en route to a thrilling ground-and-pound victory April 1.
Parkview-Albany combined to rush for 341 yards against Deerfield.
Korben Brown had 18 yards rushing on 17 carries — an 11.1 yards per carry average — and 3 touchdowns. Justyce Crecelius added 95 yards rushing on 13 attempts, and Charlie Vogt had 58 yards and a TD on 18 totes.
Brown made it 6-0 in the first quarter on a 6-yard TD run. In the second, Vogt (5 yards) and Brown (34 yards) both scored rushing TDs to make it 18-0 at halftime. In the third, Brown scored another TD via a 6-yard run, and then Gauge Pomplun returned an interception for a score to make it 32-0.
With game in hand, the Vikings gave up two fourth quarter TDs through the air, as Tommy Lees hit Collin Klade for a pair of short-yardage scores. Lees was 17 of 28 for 254 yards passing with 3 INTs.
In other Week 2 games Brodhead-Juda’s contest against Montello-Princeton-Green Lake was forfeited by MPGL.
In Week 3 on April 9, Parkview-Albany hosts New Glarus-Monticello, Belleville travels to Black Hawk-Warren, Brodhead-Juda will be at Poynette, and Monroe hosts Jefferson.
