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PRENTICE – The Stratford football team kept pace with the other two undefeated leaders in the Marawood Conference with a big 55-6 victory over Rib Lake/Prentice on Friday night at Prentice High School.
Stratford is now 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the Marawood, tied with Marathon and Edgar for the conference lead.
The Marawood title will be decided in the final three weeks of the season with three head-to-head matchups between the conference leaders. Edgar is at Marathon next week, Marathon is at Stratford on Oct. 6, and Stratford plays at Edgar on Oct. 13.
Rib Lake/Prentice drops to 1-4 overall and 0-3 in the Marawood with the loss.
Kade Ehrike had 170 yards rushing and scored four touchdowns on just 11 carries. Two of the TD runs were for 63 yards each as the Tigers built a 36-6 lead by halftime.
Jordan Becker had a pair of touchdown runs, and Mark Handrick and Teddy Redman also added scoring runs for Stratford.
Tigers 55, Red Hawks 6
Stratford 21 15 13 6 – 55
Rib Lake/Prentice 6 0 0 0 – 6
First Quarter
S – Jordan Becker 5 run (Dilan Dehlinger run).
S – Kade Ehrike 5 run (PAT failed).
RLP – Cody Blomberg 30 pass from Trace Brayton (PAT failed).
S – Ehrike 63 run (PAT kick).
Second Quarter
S – Ehrike 63 run (A.J. Schoenfuss run).
S – Becker 11 run (PAT kick).
Third Quarter
S – Ehrike 4 run (kick missed).
S – Mark Handrick 10 run (Wyatt Curtice kick).
Fourth Quarter
S – Teddy Redman 18 run (kick missed).
Team Statistics
First downs: Stratford 15; Rib Lake/Prentice 8.
Rushing (att-yards): S 34-300; RLP 34-5.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): S 3-8-64-1; RLP 5-11-133-0.
Total yards: S 364; RLP 167.
Fumbles lost: S 1; RLP 4.
Penalties (no.-yards): S 4-22; RLP 7-38.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: S, Kade Ehrike 11-170, Jordan Becker 6-32, Teddy Redman 2-29, A.J. Schoenfuss 5-22, Kaelen Schmitt 4-22, Mark Handrick 3-12, Dilan Dehlinger 1-10, Matt Handrick 1-3, Chandler Schmidt 1-0. RLP, No. 18 (no name provided) 5-23, Vedder 8-16, Swan 5-7, Brayton 15-minus 41.
Passing: S, Mark Handrick 2-7-33-1, Max Schwabe 1-1-31-0. RLP, Brayton 5-11-133-0.
Receiving: S, Pankratz 1-31, Wrensch 1-29, Schoenfuss 1-4. RLP, No. 35 (no name provided) 1-42, Blomberg 1-30, Swan 1-28, Vedder 1-21, Hopkins 1-12.
Fumble recoveries (defense): S, Becker, Dylan Schoenherr, Schmitt, Multerer. RLP, Hopkins.
Interceptions (defense): RLP, Ulrich.
Records: Stratford 5-1, 3-0 Marawood Conference; Rib Lake/Prentice 1-4, 0-3 Marawood Conference.