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MARATHON – Marathon quarterback Donovan Free scored three touchdowns and threw for another, and the Raiders held Auburndale scoreless until the final seconds to win a WIAA Division 6 Level 2 football playoff game 27-6 Friday night at Marathon High School.
Free had a 6-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter and Marathon added a two-point conversion to take an 8-0 lead that held until halftime.
Free scored again from 6 yards out with 8:17 to go in the third quarter, and added a 1-yard TD run with 8:12 to go in the game to push Marathon’s lead to 20-0.
Free then hooked up with Carter Hanke for a 25-yard touchdown pass to make it 27-0 with just more than 4 minutes left.
Auburndale’s lone score game on a 1-yard touchdown run from Dylan Paun in the final minute.
Marathon outgained Auburndale (6-5) 358-123, and held the Apaches to just five first downs and four pass completions.
Marathon (8-3) moves on to a Level 3 game at Iola-Scandinavia (9-2) on Nov. 3.
Raiders 27, Apaches 6
Auburndale 0 0 0 6 – 6
Marathon 8 0 6 13 – 27
First Quarter
M – Donovan Free 6 run (two-point conversion good), 6:48.
Third Quarter
M – Free 6 run (conversion failed), 8:17.
Fourth Quarter
M – Free 1 run (conversion failed), 8:12.
M – Carter Hanke 25 pass from Free (kick good), 4:05.
A – Dylan Paun 1 run (conversion failed), 0:48.
Team Statistics
First downs: Auburndale 5; Marathon 18.
Rushing (att-yards): A 25-97; M 42-191.
Passing (comp-att-yards-int): A 4-14-26-1; M 11-14-167-1.
Total yards: A 123; M 358.
Penalties (no.-yards): A 2-20; M 6-45.
Fumbles (total-lost): A 1-0; M 0-0.
Punting (no.-avg.): A 7-32.4; M 3-38.3.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: A, Dylan Paun 5-51, Trayton Weister 10-41, Isaiah Hasenohrl 4-20, Ryan Issacson 5-minus 2, Cameron Ertl 1-minus 5. M, Dylan Seehafer 14-67, Donovan Free 18-64, Bryce Mathwich 4-31, Richie Seubert 6-16.
Passing: A, Isaacson 4-14-26-1. M, Free 11-14-167-0.
Receiving: A, Weister 2-18, Cale Jacoby 1-5, Hasenorhl 1-3. M, Seubert 4-80, Nathan Stoflet 3-43, Mathwich 2-10, Carter Hanke 1-25, Seehafer 1-9.
Punting: A, Keller Wolfe 32.4. M, Hanke 3-38.3.
Records: Auburndale 6-5; Marathon 8-3.