Apaches return two interceptions for touchdowns in home win

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

AUBURNDALE — The Auburndale football team evened its record at 1-1 this season with a come-from-behind 34-13 nonconference victory over Manawa on Friday night at Auburndale High School.

Manawa led 7-0 at halftime before the Apaches exploded for five second-half touchdowns, including a 20-point third quarter.

Aaron Marth and Trayton Weister each returned inceptions for touchdowns, Marth’s covering 50 yards and Weister’s going 87 yards.

Jacob Peplinski rushed for 131 yards and a score, and Weister added 99 yards and two touchdowns as Auburndale racked up 293 yards on the ground.

Cale Jacoby caught four passes for 70 yards as well for the Apaches.

Auburndale plays at Rib Lake/Prentice at Prentice High School next Friday, Sept. 1, in a Marawood Conference contest.

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

Apaches 34, Wolves 13

Manawa 0 7 6 0 – 13

Auburndale 0 0 20 14 – 34

Scoring plays not provided.

Team Statistics

First downs: Manawa 11; Auburndale 16.

Rushing (att-yards): M, 39-297; A, 41-248.

Passing (comp-att-yards-int): M, 7-20-143-2; A 7-17-102-0.

Total yards: M 440; A 350.

Penalties (no.-yards): M 14-105; A 8-75.

Fumbles (total-lost): M 2-0; A 4-1.

Punting (no.-avg.): M 6-33.0; A 4-31.0.

Individual Statistics

Rushing: M, Bryce Schulke 10-124, Garrett Bristol 20-97, Seth Forbes 8-82, Brett Fisher 1-minus 6. A, Jacob Peplinski 20-131, Trayton Weister 10-99, Carter Wilcott 5-28, Ryan Isaacson 6-minus 10.

Passing: M, Schulke 6-13-98-1, Forbes 1-7-15-1. A, Isaacson 7-17-102-0.

Receiving: M, Isaac Ratliff 2-66, Austin Kitowski 2-34, Hunter Westphal 2-31, No. 15 (name not provided) 1-11. A, Cale Jacoby 4-70, Cameron Ertl 2-23, Wilcott 1-9.

Records: Manawa 1-1; Auburndale 1-1.