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Waterford rushes past Delavan-Darien; Burlington blanks Elkhorn

Southern Lakes football

League Season

W L W L

Waterford 3 0 5 0

Burlington 2 1 3 2

LG Badger 1 1 3 1

Westosha Central 1 1 3 1

Delavan-Darien 1 2 2 3

Union Grove 1 2 2 3

Wilmot 1 2 3 2

Elkhorn 1 2 1 4

RESULTS FRIDAY

Burlington 28, Elkhorn 0

Waterford 36, Delavan-Darien 14

Wilmot 21, Union Grove 7

GAME TODAY

Badger vs. Westosha, at Wilmot, 1 p.m.

GAMES NEXT FRIDAY

Elkhorn at Lake Geneva Badger

Delavan-Darien at Burlington

Wilmot at Waterford

Westosha Central at Union Grove

Waterford High’s defending co-champions continued to show their strength in Southern Lakes football Friday night.

The visiting Wolverines rushed 54 times for 374 yards and rolled over Delavan-Darien, 36-14, to go 3-0 in the conference and 5-0 for the season.

Waterford build a 24-0 lead through three quarters before Zachery Neiger got the Comets (2-3, 1-2) on the board with a 72-yard touchdown run. Neiger also scored on an 83-yard kickoff return after the Wolverines had grabbed a 30-7 lead.

Zach Fischer scored Waterford’s first touchdown on a 4-yard run, then threw 46 yards to Beau Steffens for the second score. Steffens also scored on 79- and 1-yard runs, and he finished 142 yards in 14 rushing attempts.

Neiger had 90 yards in 12 carries.

WATERFORD 36, DELAVAN-DARIEN 14

Waterford 0 17 7 12—36

Delavan-Darien 0 0 0 14—14

Scoring summary: W—Zach Fischer, 4 run (Nick Wirsching kick). W—Beau Steffens, 46 pass from Fischer (Wirsching kick). W—FG, Wirsching, 20. W—Steffens, 79 run (Wirsching kick). DD—Zachery Neiger, 72 run (Connor Kolanda kick). W—Luke Christopherson, 1 run (kick failed). DD—Neiger, 83 kickoff return (Kolanda kick). W—Steffens, 1 run (kick failed).

Statistics: First downs—W 21, DD 6. Rushing—W 54-374, DD 18-95. Yards passing—W 143, DD 129. Passes—W 13-8-0, DD 26-8-0. Fumbles—W 3-1, DD 1-0. Penalties—W 4-30, DD 12-65.

Burlington 28, Elkhorn 0—The visiting Demons (3-2, 2-1) pushed across a touchdown in each quarter to overpower Elkhorn (1-4, 1-2) in a Southern Lakes game.

Kevin Caufield raced 71 yards for a touchdown on the third play of the game to put Burlington ahead for good. That completed a three-play, 81-yard drive with 10:49 left in the first quarter.

The Demons doubled their lead on Eric Dankle’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Jared Francois with 50 seconds left in the field half. That capped a 76-yard drive.

Elkhorn, which was held to two first downs, 18 yards rushing and 13 passing, never threatened.

Caufield, a 5-9, 147-pound junior, led Burlington’s 298-yard ground game with 14 carries for 137 yards.

BURLINGTON 28, ELKHORN 0

Burlington 7 7 7 7—28

Elkhorn 0 0 0 0—0

Scoring summary: B—Kevin Caufield, 71 run (Peter Karr kick). B—Jared Francois, 11 pass from Eric Dankle (Karr kick). B—Dankle, 1 run (Karr kick). B—Eugene Ehlen, 1 run (Karr kick).

Statistics: First downs—B 18, E 2. Rushing—B 53-298, E 20-18. Yards passing—B 38, E 13. Passes—B 11-5-1, E 15-2-2. Fumbles—B 1-0, E 2-1. Penalties—B 7-70, E 3-30.

Wilmot 21, Union Grove 7—Wilmot (3-2, 1-2) surprised visiting Union Grove (2-3, 1-2) and came away with its first Southern Lakes win of the season.

WILMOT 21, UNION GROVE 7

Union Grove 7 0 0 0—7

Wimot 7 14 0 0—21

Scoring summary: W—Tyler Rowland, 6 run (Landen Tenhagen kick). UG—Brennan Johnson, 38 pass from Cody McClelland (Brett Eppine kick). W—Corey Cates, 8 pass from Chris Nelson (Tenhagen kick). W—Dave Lunetta, 45 interception return (Tenhagen kick).

Statistics: First downs—UG 4, W 7. Rushing—UG 30-100, W 28-73. Yards passing—UG 68, W 69. Passes—UG 13-3-2, W 13-7-0. Fumbles—UG 2-1, W 1-1. Penalties—UG 7-50, W 5-25.