Rockets snap Orioles’ 16-game Cloverbelt Conference win streak

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STANLEY — The Spencer/Columbus Catholic football team snapped Stanley-Boyd’s 16-game Cloverbelt Conference winning streak with a resounding 36-8 victory on Friday night at Stanley-Boyd High School.

Noah Zastrow ran for 139 yards, and Hunter Luepke added 128 yards and scored four touchdowns for the Rockets, who dominated the two-time defending Cloverbelt champions.

“That is one of the best team efforts I have seen,” Spencer/Columbus coach Jason Gorst said. “Our guys up front controlled the line of scrimmage both ways.”

The outcome was never in doubt as the Rockets pulled out to a 20-0 lead by halftime.

Luepke scored from 15 yards out with 6:18 to go in the first quarter, Jonny Tomke returned an interception for a score less than a minute later, and Luepke had a 4-yard TD run late in the second quarter to give Spencer/Columbus a commanding lead

Luepke added scoring runs of 5 and 44 yards in the second half as the Rockets built a 36-0 lead.

Spencer/Columbus (2-0 overall and Cloverbelt) outgained Stanley-Boyd (1-1 overall and Cloverbelt) 361-315. The Orioles had just 65 yards rushing on 27 carries.

The Rockets hosts Neillsville on Sept. 4.

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

Rockets 36, Orioles 8

Spencer/Columbus 14 6 8 8 – 36

Stanley-Boyd 0 0 0 8 – 8

First Quarter

SC – Hunter Luepke 15 run (Noah Zastrow run), 6:18.
SC – Jonny Tomke interception return (run failed), 5:34.

Second Quarter

SC – Luepke 4 run (run failed), 0:29.

Third Quarter

SC – Luepke 5 run (Luepke run), 5:40.

Fourth Quarter

SC – Luepke 44 run (Luepke run), 5:46.
SB – Sam Burzynski 25 pass from Seth Hause (Zach Turner pass from Brandon Herrick), 3:51.

Team Statistics

First downs: S/C 18; S-B 9.

Rushing (att-yards): S/C 56-339; S-B 27-65.

Passing (comp-att-yards-int): S/C 1-3-11-0; S-B 7-21-125-1.

Penalties (no.-yards): S/C 3-30; S-B 1-5.

Punting (no.-yards): S/C 3-25.0; S-B 4-31.5.

Individual Statistics

Rushing: S/C, Noah Zastrow 16-139, Hunter Luepke 17-128, Hunter Hildebrandt 9-45, Jonny Tomke 3-12, Calvin Lenz 8-11, Adam Walter 2-4, Bubba Post 1-0. S-B, Ben Goettl 7-25, Seth Hause 6-13, Aaron Schneider 3-9, Braxton Thompson 2-7. Luke Spaeth 2-6, Zach Turner 4-5, Steve Spaeth 1-2, Sam Burzynski 2-minus 2.

Passing: S/C, Lenz 1-3-11-0. S-B, Hause 6-19-118-1, Brandon Herrick 1-2-7-0.

Receiving: S/C, Hildebrandt 1-11. S-B, Turner 3-79, Burzynski 2-34, Collin Meyer 1-7, Goettl 1-5.

Interceptions (defense): S/C, Tomke.

Punting: S/C, Zastrow 3-25.0. S-B, S. Spaeth 4-31.5.

Records: Spencer/Columbus 2-0 overall and Cloverbelt Conference; Stanley-Boyd 1-1 overall and Cloverbelt Conference.