Raiders pile up more than 400 yards on the ground

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

AUBURNDALE — The Auburndale football team dropped its homecoming game to Marathon 46-7 on Friday night at Auburndale High School.

Marathon ran for 409 yards and outgained the Apaches 494-246 overall.

Marathon improves to 7-1 overall and 6-1 in the Marawood Conference, and Auburndale drops to 3-5 and 3-4 in the conference. The Apaches must win at Tomahawk (2-6, 2-5 Marawood) in their season finale next Friday to qualify for consideration for the WIAA playoffs.

Ryan Isaacson threw for 169 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown to Cale Jacoby for the Apaches’ lone score. Jacoby finished with four catches for 111 yards.

Mitchell Putnam ran for 214 yards and three touchdowns, quarterback Donavon Free added 69 yards on the ground and 85 more through the air, and Zach Anklam had two touchdown runs for the Raiders.

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

Raiders 46, Apaches 7

Marathon 6 12 21 7 – 46

Auburndale 0 7 0 0 – 7

Scoring plays not reported.

Team Statistics

First downs: M 12; A 20.

Rushing (att-yards): M 41-409; A 35-77.

Passing (comp-att-yards-int): M 10-13-85-0; A 7-23-169-1.

Penalties (no.-yards): M 5-55; A 2-10.

Fumbles (total-lost): M 1-1; A 4-1.

Punting (no.-avg.): M 2-31.0; A 4-30.3.

Individual Statistics

Rushing: M, Mitchell Putnam 18-214, Donavon Free 7-69, Zach Anklam 2-55, Richie Seubert 7-43, Dylan Seehafer 3-13, Mitch Kurtz 1-10, Carter Hanke 1-4, Riley Rhyner 1-1, Bryce Mathwich 1-0. A, Collin Hawkins 13-50, Aaron Willfahrt 13-11, Ryan Isaacson 2-11, Isaiah Hasenohrl 2-5, Brandon Yanke 2-1, Jake Peplinski 1-0, Carter Wilcott 2-minus 1.

Receiving: M, Rhyner 2-24, Nathan Stoffel 2-23, Anklam 2-13, Putnam 2-minus 6, Hunter Baumann 1-24, Justin Lemke 1-7. A, Cale Jacoby 4-111, Cam Ertl 2-44, Willfahrt 1-14.

Punting: M, Jordan Schneeberger 2-31.0. A, Hawkins 4-30.3.

Records: Marathon 7-1, 6-1 Marawood Conference; Auburndale 3-5, 3-4 Marawood Conference.