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STRATFORD – The Stratford football team is right where it wants to be.
The Tigers dominated Marathon 35-6 in a Marawood Conference game Friday night at rainy Tiger Stadium in Stratford, setting up a conference title game next week in Edgar in the final regular-season contest of the season.
Stratford is now 7-1 overall and 5-0 in the Marawood, and will play at Edgar (8-0, 5-0 Marawood) on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. with the winner claiming the conference championship. The game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.
Stratford running back Kade Ehrike scored all five of the Tigers’ touchdowns. He had a 12-yard TD run in the first quarter and added a 30-yard touchdown run on the second play of the second quarter. Ehrike turned a screen pass from Mark Handrick into a 17-yard touchdown later in the quarter, and had a 4-yard TD run with just 8 seconds to go in the half to put Stratford up 28-6 at halftime.
Ehrike finished off the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter. He finished with 146 yards rushing on 25 carries.
Stratford’s defense was stellar, forcing eight turnovers and limiting Marathon’s high-powered offense to just 103 total yards.
Tigers 35, Raiders 6
Marathon 0 6 0 0 – 6
Stratford 16 12 7 0 – 35
First Quarter
S – Kade Ehrike 12 run (Eli Drexler pass from Mark Handrick).
S – Ehrike 30 run (Ehrike run).
Second Quarter
S – Ehrike 12 pass from Handrick (pass failed).
M – Carter Hanke 34 pass from Donavon Free (pass failed).
S – Ehrike 5 run (run failed).
Third Quarter
S – Ehrike 1 run (Reed Curtis kick).
Team Statistics
First downs: Marathon 6; Stratford 18.
Rushing: M 27-48; S 63-267.
Passing: M 25; S 55.
Fumbles lost: M 5; S 1.
Penalties (no.-yards): M 2-20; S 3-30.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: M, Donavon Free 10-32, Richie Seubert 7-13, Dylan Seehafer 7-9, Kyle Rhein 1-0, Dustin Knoeck 1-minus 6, Team 1-0. S, Kade Ehrike 25-146, Mark Handrick 9-33, Teddy Redman 7-30, A.J. Schoenfuss 4-21, Dilan Dehlinger 2-13, Jordan Becker 6-13, Matt Handrick 3-9, Mathew Chapel 2-7, Justin Schoenherr 2-4, Chase Flink 1-0, Max Schwabe 2-minus 9.
Passing: M, Free 3-10-55-2, Carter Hanke 0-2-0-1. S, Mark Handrick 3-6-25-0, Schwabe 0-2-0-0.
Receiving: M, Hanke 1-34, Nathan Stoffel 1-21, Rhein 1-0. S, Ehrike 1-12, Andrew Bargender 1-11, Becker 1-2.
Fumble recoveries (defense): M, Trent Seubert. S, Dehlinger, Luke Barten, Dylan Schoenherr.
Interceptions (defense): S, Dehlinger, Bargender, Benjamin Barten.
Records: Marathon 5-3, 3-2 Marawood Conference; Stratford 7-1, 5-0 Marawood Conference.