Apaches drop to 2-2 in Marawood

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARATHON — Marathon quarterback Donavon Free threw for 179 yards and ran for 177 yards and two touchdowns as the Raiders topped Auburndale 35-13 in a Marawood Conference football game Friday night at Marathon High School.

Marathon remains unbeaten in the Marawood Conference at 3-0 and improves to 5-1 overall. Auburndale is now 3-3 and 2-2 in conference play.

Free had touchdown runs of 28 and 8 yards, and Dyllan Seehafer added a 4-yard TD run to give Marathon a 21-0 lead with 4:11 to go in the second quarter.

Auburndale responded with a 45-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Isaacson to Colton Yeske, but Marathon added two more third-quarter touchdowns to pull away.

Marathon outgained the Apaches 493-268 in the victory.

Auburndale hosts Stratford next Friday, Sept. 29.

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

Raiders 35, Apaches 13

Auburndale 0 7 0 6 – 13

Marathon 0 21 14 0 – 35

Second Quarter

M – Donavon Free 28 run (PAT failed), 10:45.
M – Free 8 run (Rhein pass from Free), 8:02.
M – Dyllan Seehafer 4 run (Jordan Schneeberger kick), 4:11.
A – Colton Yeske 45 pass from Ryan Isaacson (Keller Wolfe kick), 2:14.

Third Quarter

M – Seehafer 25 run (Schneeberger kick), 9:42.
M – Nathan Stoffel 10 pass from Free (Schneeberger kick), 5:58.

Fourth Quarter

A – Isaacson 1 run (Wolfe kick), 11:54.

Team Statistics

First downs: Auburndale 13; Marathon 24.

Rushing (att-yards): A 32-104; M 46-314.

Passing (comp-att-yards-int): A 10-21-164-2; M 11-21-179-0.

Total yards: A 268; M 493.

Penalties (no.-avg.): A 2-15; M 8-60.

Fumbles (total-lost): A 1-1; M 2-1.

Punting: A 5-22.2; M 2-29.5.

Individual Statistics

Rushing: A, Jacob Peplinski 15-55, Trayton Weister 9-38, Carter Wilcott 3-4, Ryan Isaacson 3-4, Cody Trowbridge 1-2, Dylan Paun 1-1. M, Donavon Free 19-177, Dylan Seehafer 15-104, Kyle Rhein 7-20, Bryce Mathwich 3-17. Kolby Koeller 1-4, Shawn Williams 1-0.

Passing: A, Isaacson 10-21-164-2. M, Free 11-21-179-0.

Receiving: A, Cameron Ertl 3-63, Weister 3-21, Colten Yeske 1-45, Cooper Weinfurter 1-13, Peplinski 1-2. M, Nathan Stoffel 7-103, Mathwich 2-50, Seehafer 2-26.

Punting: A, Keller Wolfe 3-25.3, Peplinski 2-17.5. M, Carter Hanke 2-29.5.

Records: Auburndale 3-3, 2-2 Marawood Conference; Marathon 5-1, 3-0 Marawood Conference.