Apaches give up just one first down, force five turnovers in shutout win

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

AUBURNDALE — The Auburndale football team scored four first-half touchdowns and thoroughly dominated Phillips, winning 39-0 in a Marawood Conference football game Friday night at Auburndale High School.

The Apaches (2-3, 2-2 Marawood) held Phillips (0-5 overall and Marawood) to just 12 total yards and one first down while racking up 337 rushing yards.

Aaron Willfahrt ran 21 times for 143 yards, and quarterback Ryan Isaacson ran for two touchdowns and threw two others to Cam Ertl. Brandon Yahnke and Jake Peplinski also added a touchdown runs for Auburndale.

Phillips ended up with minus-18 yards rushing on 15 carries and ran only 29 plays in all as Auburndale’s defense was on top of its game, forcing five turnovers.

The Apaches play at Pittsville (2-3, 2-2 Marawood) next Friday at 7 p.m.

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

Apaches 39, Loggers 0

Phillips 0 0 0 0 – 0

Auburndale 14 13 6 6 – 39

Note: Scoring plays not provided in order

A – Ryan Isaacson 1 run
A – Isaacson 7 run
A – Cam Ertl 23 pass from Isaacson
A – Ertl 27 pass from Isaacson
A – Jake Peplinski 2 run
A – Brandon Yahnke 12 run (Luke Olsen 3 extra point kicks)

Team Statistics

First downs: Phillips 1; Auburndale 25.

Rushing (att-yards): P 15-minus 18; A 57-337.

Passing (comp-att-yards-int): P 3-14-30-2; A 6-15-99-1.

Penalties (no.-yards): P 5-45; A 7-55.

Punting (no.-avg.): P 3-22.6; A none.

Fumbles (total-lost): P 4-3; A 0-0.

Individual Statistics

Rushing: P, Dakota Olsen 1-4, Dakota Haberman 5-3, Brandon Huettl 3-minus 1, Tanner Riley 2-minus 1, Derek Petruzalek 4-minus 23. A, Aaron Willfahrt 21-143, Jake Peplinski 10-58, Isaiah Hasenohrl 10-52, Collin Hawkins 8-45, Brandon Yahnke 6-41, Ryan Isaacson 2-8.

Passing: P, Petruzalek 3-13-30-1, Dillon Geboy 0-1-0-1. A, Isaacson 5-14-80-1, Aaron Marth 1-1-19-0.

Receiving: P, Huettl 2-minus 3, Jacob Giannani 1-30. A, Cam Ertl 2-50, Cale Jacoby 2-19, Kyle Peterson 1-23, Willfahrt 1-11.

Interceptions (defense): P, Huettl. A, Ertl, Willfahrt.

Punting: P, Olson 3-22.6.

Records: Phillips 0-5 overall and Marawood Conference; Auburndale 2-3, 2-2 Marawood Conference.