Ground game propels E/E over MLA, 60-20
A powerful ground game helped propel Ellsworth/Edgerton (E/E) over the Mountain Lake Area (MLA) Wolverines in a conference 9-man tilt at Edgerton on Friday, September 30, 60 to 20.
MLA scored first, and led 6-0, and held a 14-8 lead at the close of the first quarter. The first Wolverine score came off a 59-yard run by junior AJ Vongsy, and was followed by a 19-yard pass from junior quarterback Weston Osland (in for injured senior QB Levi Stoesz), to sophomore Drake Harder. Later in the game, after E/E exploded the margin in the second (scoring 16 points) and third quarters (adding 22 points), Osland hit Vongsy for a 10-yard TD.
However, the Flying Dutchmen’s Mason Sluis had powerful rushing night, carrying the pigskin 22 times and amassing 281 yards for five touchdowns. As a team, E/E ran for 558 yards in the game. Sluis was backed on the ground by teammates Jaden Bloemendaal with 11 carries and 104 yars and Blake Van Dyke, who also ran 11 times for 61 yards.
Vongsy led MLA rushers with 83 yards, and Osland connected on six tosses for a total 60 yards.
The Wolverines’ season now stands at 3-2, with MLA returning to the home confines of Munson Field on Friday, October 7 to take on Westbrook/Walnut Grove.
