Rockets head into playoffs at 7-2

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

RIB LAKE — Sophomore quarterback Jarred Mandel threw for 177 yards and three touchdowns to help the Spencer/Columbus Catholic football team to a 43-8 rout of Rib Lake/Prentice on Friday night at Rib Lake High School.

Mandel threw TD passes of 26 and 81 yards to Ethan Meece and one for 11 yards to Karak Bushman for the Rockets, who finish the regular season with a 7-2 record.

Meece finished with four catches for 119 yards, and Noah Zastrow rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns for Spencer/Columbus.

Spencer scored five touchdowns in the first half, including two from Zastrow and Mandel’s three TD throws, to take a 31-0 lead at intermission.

Zastrow and Leonardo Rodriguez added touchdown runs in the second half.

Colt Logan had a 68-yard touchdown run for the Hawks’ only score. The run accounted for one-third of Rib Lake/Prentice’s offense for the night as Spencer/Columbus outgained the Hawks 407-210.

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

Rockets 43, Hawks 8

Spencer/Columbus 12 19 6 6 – 43

Rib Lake/Prentice 0 0 0 8 – 8

First Quarter

SC – Ethan Meece 26 pass from Jarred Mandel (run failed), 8:04.
SC – Karak Bushman 11 pass from Mandel (pass failed), 2:06.

Second Quarter

SC – Noah Zastrow 36 run (run failed), 11:52.
SC – Meece 81 pass from Mandel (pass failed), 8:43.
SC – Zastrow 35 run (Caden Schillinger kick), 6:56.

Third Quarter

SC – Zastrow 16 run (kick failed), 7:21.

Fourth Quarter

RLP – Colt Logan 68 run (Kai Vedder kick), 7:28.
SC – Leonardo Rodriguez 5 run (kick blocked), 1:07.

Team Statistics

First downs: SC 22; RLP 9.

Rushing (att-yards): SC 35-239; RLP 38-167.

Passing (comp-att-yards-int): SC 8-21-168-2; RLP 4-16-43-0.

Penalties (no.-yards): SC 3-25; RLP 5-35.

Fumbles (total-lost): SC 0-0; RLP 3-3.

Punting (no.-avg.): SC none; RLP 3-6.0.

Individual Statistics

Rushing: SC, Noah Zastrow 14-125, Andres Rodriguez 3-33, Carson Hildebrandt 8-28, Shane Hamm 2-21, Austin Bacon 2-14, Jacob Miller 5-13, Leonardo Rodriguez 1-5. RLP, Colt Logan 4-76, Hunter Swan 12-46, Taylor Brayton 10-27, Kai Vedder 8-16, Drew Rohde 3-3, No. 35 (no name provided) 1-minus 1.

Passing: SC, Jarred Mandel 7-20-177-2, Zastrow 1-1-minus 9-0. RLP, Ta. Brayton 4-16-43-0.

Receiving: SC, Ethan Meece 4-119, Karak Bushman 2-21, Hildebrandt 1-17, Miller 1-11. RLP, Trace Brayton 2-17, Rohde 1-21, Swan 1-5.

Records: Spencer/Columbus Catholic 7-2; Rib Lake/Prentice 6-3.