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.