Badger rolls over Wilmot; Elkhorn, Delavan-Darien fall
Southern Lakes football
League Season
W L W L
Waterford 2 0 4 0
Burlington 1 1 2 2
LG Badger 1 1 3 1
Westosha Central 1 1 3 1
Delavan-Darien 1 1 2 2
Union Grove 1 1 2 2
Elkhorn 1 1 1 3
Wilmot 0 2 2 2
RESULTS FRIDAY
Badger 40, Wilmot 14
Westosha 24, Elkhorn 7
Union Grove 38, Delavan-Darien 36
Waterford 23, Burlington 7
GAMES NEXT FRIDAY
Burlington at Elkhorn
Waterford at Delavan-Darien
Union Grove at Wilmot
GAME NEXT SATURDAY
Badger vs. Westosha, at Wilmot, 1 p.m.
Lake Geneva Badger’s football team bounced back in a big way Friday night.
Badger High (3-1) rushed for 406 yards en route to a 40-14 win over visiting Wilmot, boosting the Badgers to 1-1 in the Southern Lakes Confrerence.
After losing to Delavan-Darien a week ago, the Badgers rolled to a 19-0 lead behind a pair of touchdown runs by Justin Bowers. Badger’s Trevor York started the scoring with an 89-yard scamper in the first quarter.
York finished with a game-high 206 yards rushing on only 15 carries.
Wilmot’s Chris Nelson threw for 141 yards.
BADGER 40, WILMOT 14
Wilmot 0 6 8 0—14
Lake Geneva Badger 13 14 7 6—40
Scoring summary: LGB—Trevor York, 89 run (Nick Stilp kick). LGB—Justin Bower, 10 run (kick failed). LGB—Bowers, 27 pass from Max Fanning (run failed). W—Chris Nelson, 1 run (run failed). LGB—Kyle Poplar, 1 run (Schiller run). LGB—Bowers, 3 run (Stilp kick). W—Nelson, 12 run (Cates run). LGB—Peer Krien, 7 fumble recovery (kick blocked).
Statistics: First downs—W 16, LGB 31. Rushes—W 17-41, LGB 53-406. Yards passing—W 166, LGB 90. Passes—W 27-12-0, LGB 6-5-0. Fumbles—W 0-0, LGB 5-1. Penalties—W 1-15, LGB 5-37.
n Westosha 24, Elkhorn 7—Westosha Central used a 244-yard ground game and a pair of touchdown passes for a Southern Lakes win at Elkhorn.
After the Falcons (3-1, 1-1) led 12-0 at halftime, Elkhorn (1-3, 1-1) struck in the first minute of the third quarter. Seth Koepnick’s 62-yard touchdown pass to Skyler O’Laughlin pulled the Elks with 12-6, but Central got back in control with an 88-yard touchdown drive.
Austin Damaschke made it 18-7 with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Dustin Milz with 11:47 left in the game. The Falcons put it out a reach on Jason Castona’s 23-yard touchdown reception.
WESTOSHA 24, ELKHORN 7
Westosha Central 0 12 0 12—24
Elkhorn 0 0 7 0—7
Scoring summary: WC—Jared Zirbelo, 3 run (run failed). WC—Zirbel, 1 run (run failed). E—Skyler O’Laughlin, 62 pass from Seth Koepnick (Bryant Meinel kick). WC—Dustin Milz, 29 pass from Austin Damaschke (run failed). WC—Jason Castona, 23 pass from Damaschke (run failed).
Statistics: First downs—WC 17, E 7. Rushing—WC 58-244, E 17-21. Yards passing—WC 65, E 123. Passes—WC 10-3-0, E 22-9-3. Fumbles—WC 3-0, E 2-2. Penalties—WC 11-106, E 5-45.
n Union Grove 38, Delavan-Darien 36—Brett Epping kicked a 43-yard field goal with three seconds remaining to lift the Broncos over the Comets in a Southern Lakes thriller at Union Grove.
Dan Vyvyan gained 247 yards on 39 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead Union Grove (2-2, 1-1). Austin Fritzinger passed for 163 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another to lead Delavan-Darien (2-2, 1-1).
UNION GROVE 38, DELAVAN-DARIEN 36
Delavan-Darien 7 14 0 15—36
Union Grove 7 7 14 10—38
Scoring summary: DD—Zachary Neiger, 31 pass from Austin Fritzinger (Connor Kolanda kick). UG—Dan Vyvyan, 9 run (Brett Epping kick). DD—Neiger, 8 run (kick failed). UG—Cody McClelland, 7 run (Epping kick). DD—Justin Fowlkes, 3 pass from Fritzinger (Fritzinger run). UG—Guy Keeku, 1 run (Epping kick). UG—Vyvyan, 13 run (Epping kick). DD—Fowlkes, 55 pass from Fritzinger (Kolanda kick). UG—Keeku, 3 run (kick failed). DD—Fritzinger, 1 run (Fowlkes pass from Fritzinger). UG—FG, Epping, 43.
Statistics: First downs—DD 16, UG 22. Rushing—DD 29-146, UG 62-350. Yards passing—DD 163, UG 85. Passes—DD 23-11-1, UG 11-6-1. Fumbles—DD 1-0, UG 3-1. Penalties—DD 3-20, UG 4-40.
n Waterford 23, Burlington 7—The unbeaten Wolverines (4-0, 2-0) scored twice in the fourth quarter to sting the host Demons (2-2, 1-1) in a key Southern Lakes game.
The victory gave defending co-champion Waterford the undisputed conference lead over six 1-1 teams.
WATERFORD 23, BURLINGTON 7
Waterford 6 3 0 14—23
Burlington 0 0 7 0—7
Scoring summary: W—Fisher, 12 run (kick failed). W—FG, Schulyer, 23. B—Ehlen, 5 run (kick failed). W—Desart, 22 run (Schuyler kick). W—Christopherson, 3 run (Schuyler kick).
Statistics: First downs—W 17, B 12. Rushing—W 38-165, B 40-177. Yards passing—W 118, B 39. Passes—W 15-8-0, B 16-6-1. Fumbles—W 0-0, B 1-1. Penalties—W 4-25, B 2-20.

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