G-E football loses in shootout with Lanesboro

Published 8:29 am Monday, September 28, 2009

It was a shootout Friday in Glenville, but the Glenville-Emmons football team got started a little too late against Lanesboro in the Wolverines homecoming game.

Glenville-Emmons (2-2, 2-2 SEC) put 416 yards of total offense, but didn’t get on the scoreboard until the third quarter, trailing the Burros 28-0 nothing at the time.

Tyler Woodside caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Zack Williamson with under 10 minutes to play in the third quarter to make it a 28-8 game, but the Wolverines were never able to catch Lanesboro, a team still riding high after a 21-20 win over then No. 5-ranked Mabel-Canton the week before.

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The flu bug hit Glenville-Emmons during the week and limited players during practice throughout the week. Wolverines head coach Derek Nelson said it might have been a different outcome if his team was completely healthy heading into the game.

“I think it would have been a different story if we had everyone there for practice,” Nelson said.

Michael Adams scored on a 5-yard touchdown reception from Williamson for Glenville-Emmons in the third to make it a 36-16 game heading into the fourth, but the Burros (3-1, 3-1 SEC) iced the game when Aaron Hongerholt scored his second touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run in the fourth to make it a 44-16 game.

Michael Thofson added a 4-yard touchdown run later in the fourth for the Wolverines.

Thofson finished with 109 yards rushing and Williamson completed 14 of 27 passes for 185 yards in the loss.

Glenville-Emmons has hit its toughest part of the schedule this season and faces defending state champion Houston next week and two weeks later faces No. 10-ranked Mabel-Canton.

“My main goal is to get out of it healthy and have one or two upsets,” Nelson said.

Lanesboro 44, Glenville-Emmons 22

Lanesboro 8 14 14 8 — 44

Glenville-Emmons 0 0 16 6 — 22

First Quarter

L—A. Hongerholt 10 run (run good), 6:10.

Second Quarter

L—Reed 20 run (run good), 1:32.

L—B. Hongerholt 85 INT return (run failed), :00.

Third Quarter

L—B. Hongerholt 58 run (run failed), 11:08.

GE—Woodside 10 pass from Williamson (Mittag from Williamson), 9:52

L—Reed 14 run (run good), 2:59.

GE—Adams 5 pass from Williamson (Woodside from Williamson), :00.

Fourth Quarter

L—A. Hongerholt 1 run (run good), 5:01.

GE—Thofson 4 run (run failed), 3:15.

L GE

First Downs NA 14

Total Net Yards NA 416

Rushes-Yards NA 24-171

Passing NA 215

Punt Returns NA 0-0

Kickoff Returns NA 5-91

Interception Ret. 2-NA 1-NA

Comp-Att-Int NA 15-28-2

Sacked-Yards Lost NA 2-(minus 20)

Punts NA 4-25

Fumbles-Lost NA 0-0

Penalties-Yards NA 4-55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Glenville-Emmons, Thofson 17-109, Wiliamson 7-62.

PASSING—Glenville-Emmons, Williamson 14-27-2-185, Thofson 1-1-0-30.

RECEIVING—Glenville-Emmons, Woodside 6-52 Kirsch 2-55, Hall 2-37, Adams 2-35, Thofson 2-35, Mittag 1-3.