Friday Night Area Football Previews
by Matz ~ September 2nd, 2010
Baraboo looks to go 2-0 for the young season in high school football this Friday night on the road against the Stoughton Vikings. Baraboo won for just the third time since the 2006 season last week with a soild 28-12 victory over the Oregon Panthers. Baraboo featured nice balance on both sides of the ball and they also got a touchdown from their punt return group with a blocked punt recovery in the end zone. It was the first win in Baraboo for second year Head Coach Jeff Ochsankehl and the T-Birds play the first road game of the season in Stoughton Friday. Stoughton is also off to a 1-0 start after a 20-7 victory at Portage last week with QB Rory Menzer throwing a pair of TD passes. Game time is 7 PM on WRPQ Radio with pre-game coverage at 6:45 pm with Dave Helwig and Travis Zick on the call. You can also watch the TV replay of the Baraboo-Stoughton contest on Sunday at 4 PM on TV/43!
Reedsburg hits the road for a 7 PM game Friday night at Fort Atkinson, loooking for their first win of the young season. Reedsburg was shut out at home by a strong Monona Grove squad last week, 17-0 as the Silver Eagles defense held the Beavers under 175 total yards of offense in the contest while MG QB Dylan Rauch threw for 226 yards to spark the offense. Fort Atkinson lost big 42-0 at Waunakee last week and gave up 40 points in a loss at Reedsburg last year. Fort Atkinson was winless last year in Badger South in football, boys basketball and baseball, a combined league mark of 0-30 in those sports.
Sauk-Prairie makes the trip to Monroe for Friday night football this week after losing a shoot-out to Milton last week 50-32. The Eagles ran for over 330 yards led by running back Brendan Coy while QB Brody Stuettgen also threw for over 130 yards but Sauk could not stop Milton QB Nate Hammond who threw for over 300 yards and two scores and also ran for three touchdowns. The Eagles look for a win for first year Head Coach Tom Horne at Monroe with the Cheesemakers playing well but coming up short in a 21-0 loss to De Forest last week.
George Baglione tasted victory in his first game as Head Coach of the Wisconsin Dells Chiefs football program last week and now the Chiefs play their home opener Friday against Poynette. Dells won 21-12 at Columbus last week with QB Skylar Liebzeit running for two scores while the Chiefs defense held Columbus under 100 yards rushing. Poynette is typically a strong program through the years as a medium sized school and they won big over Howards Grove last week. Area fans can see the TV replay of this game between the Dells Chiefs and Poynette on Monday at 5 PM on your hometown station, TV/43!
