ATHENS 8-MAN FOOTBALL ROUGHS UP GILLETT

Zaleski Sports

GILLETT – The Athens 8-man football team improved to 7-0 this season with a 60-14 rout of Gillett on Friday night.

Cooper Diedrich had touchdown runs of 55 and 57 yards on his only two carries of the game and Caleb Borchardt had 102 yards rushing on just four attempts and 16 and 57 yards touchdowns for the Bluejays.

Diedrich also returned the second-half kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown, ran a punt back 70 yards for a score, and threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Aiden Janke.

Kyler Ellenbecker added a 43-yard touchdown for Athens.

Athens will finish its season at Thorp on Friday, Oct. 15.

Bluejays 60, Tigers 14

Athens 24 22 8 6 - 60

Gillett 0 0 0 14 - 14

First Quarter

A – Caleb Borchardt 16 run (Kyler Ellenbecker pass from Cooper Diedrich).

A – Diedrich 55 run (Aiden Janke pass from Diedrich).

A – Diedrich 70 punt return (Borchardt run).

Second Quarter

A – Diedrich 57 run (Borchardt run).

A – Borchardt 63 run (pass failed).

A – Janke 2 pas from Diedrich (Kody Lepak pass from Diedrich).

Third Quarter

A – Diedrich 85 kick return (Borchardt run).

Fourth Quarter

G – Ben Matczek 22 pass from Jesse DeBauch (kick missed).

A – Ellenbecker 43 run (run failed).

G – Thayne Bjelland 5 pass from DeBauch (DeBauch run).

Individual Statistics

Rushing: A, Cooper Diedrich 2-112, Caleb Borchardt 4-102, Kyler Ellenbecker 4-61, Jakob Annala 7-21, William Perez 5-13. G, Noah Anker 7-50 Jesse DeBauch 9-4, Colten Strum 5-6, Nathan Rowell 2-minus 1.

Passing: A, Diedrich 1-2-26-0. G, DeBauch 6-12-50-1.

Receiving: A, Aiden Janke 1-26. G, Ben Matczek 3-31, Thayne Bjelland 2-14, Devin Warrenka 1-5.

Records: Athens 7-0; Gillett 1-7.