By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER – The Spencer/Columbus Catholic football team took another big step toward a WIAA postseason berth with a 60-14 pounding of Cadott in a Cloverbelt Conference matchup Friday night at Spencer High School.

Mitch Susa rushed for 181 yards and four first-half touchdowns to lead the Rockets in the rout.

Spencer/Columbus is now 4-1 overall and in the Cloverbelt Conference, and needs to win just one of its final three conference games to qualify for the WIAA playoffs. Cadott is now 1-4 overall and in the conference.

Tyler Voda added 112 yards on the ground for Spencer/Columbus, which had 467 yards rushing and only threw the ball twice the entire game as it was gaining 12.6 yards per rush attempt.

Freshman Hunter Luepke had 80 yards on just four carries, including a 59-yard touchdown run late, and Noah Zastrow returned an interception for a touchdown for the second straight week. Austin Post also returned an interception for a score for the Rockets.

Spencer/Columbus will play Eau Claire Regis (4-1, 3-1 Cloverbelt) on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Beell Stadium in Marshfield at 1 p.m. for Columbus Catholic High School’s homecoming game.

Rockets 60, Hornets 14
Cadott 0 0 0 14 – 14
Spencer/Columbus 24 16 14 6 – 60
First Quarter
SC – Mitch Susa 48 run (Susa run), 9:09.
SC – Susa 30 run (Susa run), 5:42.
SC – Susa 31 run (Calvin Lenz run), 2:54.
Second Quarter
SC – Susa 6 run (Lenz run), 8:03.
SC – Lenz 12 run (Ryan Busse pass from Lenz), 4:02.
Third Quarter
SC – Noah Zastrow 79 interception return (Busse pass from Lenz), 11:46.
SC – Austin Post interception return (Hunter Luepke kick), 4:02.
Fourth Quarter
C – Brett McChensey 7 run (pass failed), 11:03.
SC – Luepke 59 run (kick failed), 8:34.
C – Dominick Grimm 4 run (Brady Ryan pass from Grimm), 2:27.
Team Statistics
First downs: Cadott 5; Spencer/Columbus 17.
Rushing (att-yards): Cadott 26-93; Spencer/Columbus 37-467.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): Cadott 13-21-96-3; Spencer/Columbus 1-2-26-0.
Penalties (no.-yards): Cadott 3-25; Spencer/Columbus 5-60.
Fumbles (total-lost): Cadott 0-0; Spencer/Columbus 0-0.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: C, No. 21 (no name provided) 11-37, Brett McChensey 3-27, Shawn Sedlaeck 2-12, Dominick Grimm 5-11, Quinn Sikora 2-7, Matt Drilling 1-1, W. Henry 1-0, No. 2 (no name provided) 1-minus 2. SC, Mitch Susa 8-181, Tyler Voda 8-112, Hunter Luepke 4-80, Noah Zastrow 2-49, Hunter Hildebrandt 4-15, Calvin Lenz 5-13, No. 36 (no name provided) 5-11, Nate Nuemann 1-6.
Passing: C, Grimm 7-8-77-1, Brady Ryan 6-13-19-2. SC, Lenz 1-2-26-0.
Receiving: C, McChensey 6-23, Sedlaeck 4-40, No. 24 (no name provided) 1-20, Ezra Michael 1-15, Jake Holum 1-minus 2. SC, Matthias Goiin 1-26.
Interceptions (defense): SC, Dan Wilke, Zastrow, Austin Post.
Punting: C, Grimm 4-33.8. SC, none.
Records: Cadott 1-4 overall and Cloverbelt East. Spencer/Columbus 4-1 overall and Cloverbelt East.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of  MarshfieldAreaSports.com).