GREENWOOD FOOTBALL RIPS PORT EDWARDS

Zaleski Sports

PORT EDWARDS – Greenwood scored early and often, wrecking Port Edwards 80-18 in a Central Wisconsin Conference East Division 8-man football matchup Friday at Port Edwards High School.

Greenwood put up 46 points in the first half with seven touchdowns and a safety as it cruised to its first win of the season (1-2, 1-1 CWC East).

Sully Whitford ran for a 29-yard touchdown, caught a 40-yard pass for a score, and returned the second half kickoff 88 yards for another TD to lead the way for the Indians.

Quarterback Cooper Bredlau had a pair of touchdown runs, threw for another, and returned a punt 39 yards for a score in the third quarter.

Greenwood outgained Port Edwards (2-1 overall and CWC East) 371-131, holding the Blackhawks to minus-14 yards rushing as the defense harassed PE quarterback Carson Parks to minus-55 yards with a number of sacks, while also forcing three interceptions.

Greenwood returns to action Friday, Oct. 16, at Marion/Tigerton (1-1 overall and CWC East).

Indians 80, Blackhawks 18

Greenwood 18 28 20 14 - 80

Port Edwards 0 6 6 6 - 18

First Quarter

G – Sully Whitford 29 run (Whitford pass from Cooper Bredlau), 9:15.

G – Safety, 5:11.

G – C. Bredlau 14 run (Dakota Clark pass from Whitford), 1:43.

Second Quarter

G – Xander Hinker 10 run (Rogan Travis pass from C. Bredlau), 8:37.

G – C. Bredlau 24 run (C. Bredlau run), 7:36.

G – Hinker 10 run (PAT failed), 4:26.

PE – Alex Hernandez 65 pass from Carson Parks (PAT failed), 3:05.

G – Whitford 40 pass from C. Bredlau (PAT failed), 0:40.

Third Quarter

G – Whitford 88 kickoff return (Whitford pass from C. Bredlau), 11:47.

G – Hinker 24 run (PAT failed), 8:20.

G – C. Bredlau 39 punt return (PAT failed), 4:40.

PE – Austin Diggles 51 run (PAT failed), 3:22.

Fourth Quarter

PE – Erik Mock 57 pass from Parks (PAT failed), 11:40.

G – Christian Thomas 1 run (Thomas run), 6:30.

G – Kody Johnson 30 run (PAT failed), 0:20.

Team Statistics

First downs: Greenwood 14; Port Edwards 4.

Rushing (att-yards): G 35-285; PE 24-minus 14.

Passing (comp-att-yards-int): G 4-11-86-0; PE 7-24-145-3.

Total yards: G 371; PE 131.

Fumbles (total-lost): G 4-2; PE 5-1.

Penalties (no.-yards): G 6-45; PE 7-60.

Punting (no.-avg.): G 2-35.5; PE 6-23.5.

Individual Statistics

Rushing: G, Xander Hinker 7-75, Sully Whitford 5-70, Kody Johnson 7-67, Cooper Bredlau 9-64, Fletcher Bredlau 4-23, Christian Thomas 3-6. PE, Austin Diggles 3-52, Jesse Maher 3-minus 5, Alex Hernandez 5-minus 6, Carson Parks 13-minus 55.

Passing: G, C. Bredlau 4-10-86-0, Whitford 0-1-0-0. PE, Parks 7-24-145-3.

Receiving: G, Westen Schmitz 2-40, Whitford 1-40, Hinker 1-6. PE, Hernandez 4-75, David Gibbs 2-13, Erik Mock 1-57.

Records: Greenwood 1-2, 1-1 Central Wisconsin Conference East; Port Edwards 2-1 overall and CWC East.