P IERCE COUN TY HERAL D | AUGUST 31, 2016 | PAGE 3B

ELLSWORTH FOOTBALL

MBC GOLF

Panthers enter MBC schedule with 2 wins

By Blaze Fugina
bfugina@rivertowns.net

The Ellsworth football team

is headed to the Middle Border
Conference season on the heels
of two one-sided non-conference wins.
The most recent win was
Friday when the Panthers made
a trip to Colfax and won 47-14.
It was a dominant rst half for
the Panthers as they led 40-0 at
halftime.
Our defense played really
well. They hardly gave up any
rst downs in the rst half,
co-head coach Jason Janke
said. We got the ball back fairly quickly. Colfax, they didnt
really have the speed to keep
up with Logan Melstrom, Ryan

McGregor and Jake Sigler.

The Panthers jumped ahead
early, leading 27-0 after the rst
quarter. Sigler led the Panthers
by gaining 184 yards on 12
carries, scoring three touchdowns. Melstrom caught three
passes for 95 yards and two
touchdowns, plus an additional
touchdown he scored rushing
the ball. McGregor caught four
passes for 102 yards and one
touchdown.
Quarterback Drake Flom
completed nine passes for 233
yards Friday, including three
for touchdowns.
The Panthers defense did
not allow any points while
Colfax was in the game on
Friday. The Vikings scored all
14 points in the fourth quarter.

Those 14 points are all the

oense that the Panthers have
allowed defensively this season. Co-head coach Rob Heller
said the Panthers familiarity
with the defense has paid o.
I think the kids are buying
into the scheme, theyre interested in being coachable, its
their second year in the system
so they are a little more familiar
with it, Heller said. I think
they are just playing ball and
believing in the scheme.
Defensively, Sawyer Strom
intercepted a pass, and Cole
Tonjes also blocked a punt that
led to a Panthers touchdown.
Kicker Wyatt Hines knocked
down ve of his seven extra
point attempts.
The Panthers are now 2-0

on the season after picking up

the two non-conference road
victories. The Middle Border
Conference season starts next
week with Prescott coming to
EHS this Friday.
Janke said the Panthers
understand the schedule will
continue to get tougher once
the Middle Border Conference
season starts.
Our kids have had that year
of getting pounced on a little bit, and they are hungry,
Janke said. At the same time,
we understand that we have
played a couple of teams that
are rebuilding, and our kids
understand that the Middle
Border is a dierent animal.

SPORTS SCHEDULE
Thursday, Sept. 1
GIRLS GOLF - Ellsworth, Prescott at
New Richmond GC, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS - Ellsworth at BaldwinWoodville, 4:15 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL - Plum City at Durand
Quad, 5 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL - Glenwood City, St. Croix
Central vs. Ellsworth, 5:30 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY - Prescott,
Elmwood-Plum City, Spring Valley at St.

Cardinals...
versus Spring Valley.
But the Wolves made
some mistakes in the second
half, and three turnovers also
did not help. Head coach
Jerry Hannack said Spring
Valley played like the better
team on Friday.
Turnovers, and we
couldnt control the line of
scrimmage, Hannack said
about their mistakes in the
second half. Thats the two
biggest factors. They were a
better football team than we
were tonight by a longshot.
Ebensperger
scored
Elmwood-Plum Citys rst
half touchdown on a fouryard touchdown catch in the
second quarter. Holt also
scored a touchdown on a oneyard run in the fourth quarter.
Elmwood-Plum Citys
losing streak to Spring Valley
goes back at least ve years.
Hannack said the recent string
of success for Spring Valley
versus the Wolves could
be attributed to their strong
teams.
Theyve got some good
talent, and they are well
coached, Hannack said.
They do a great job.
Spring Valley running back
Jaydon Nyeggen tries to push
his way through a few E-PC
tackles on Friday. (Herald
photo by Blaze Fugina)

Croix Central, 5:30 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL - Somerset vs. Spring
Valley, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 2
FOOTBALL - Prescott vs. Ellsworth, 7
p.m.
FOOTBALL - Spring Valley at Colfax, 7
p.m.
FOOTBALL - Turtle Lake vs. ElmwoodPlum City (EHS), 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 3

C o n t i n u ed fr om p a g e 1B

VOLLEYBALL - Elmwood at La Crosse

Aquinas Invite, 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 6
GIRLS TENNIS - Ellsworth at New
Richmond, 4:15 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL - Ellsworth, Prescott at
New Richmond Quad, 5 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL - Pepin-Alma vs.
Elmwood, 7 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL - Spring Valley at St.
Croix Central, 7 p.m.

Golfers establish spot

in top half of MBC
By Blaze Fugina
bfugina@rivertowns.net

The Ellsworth girls golf

team has established its spot
in the top half of the Middle
Border Conference through
two meets this season.
The Panthers shot a team
score of 205 to nish third
at Thursdays Krooked Kreek
Golf Course in Osceola. New
Richmond was rst with a
189, followed by BaldwinWoodville in second at 199.
Erica Feuerhelm led the
Panthers with a fourth place
overall nish and a nine-hole
score of 48. Maggie Veenendal
from New Richmond was the
meets medalist with a 42.
Kacie Lansing nished just
one shot back of Feuerhelm in
a fth place tie with a score
of 49. Taylor Feuerhelm
and Holly Carlson tied with
scores of 54 in the meet. Stella
Anderson rounded out the varsity with a score of 59.
Erica Feuerhelm and
Lansing both sit in the top10 of the conference individ-

MBC STANDINGS
1. New Richmond 20 points
2. Baldwin-Woodville 18 points
3. Ellsworth 16 points
4. Osceola 11 points
5. Somerset 9 points
5. Saint Croix Central 9 points
5. Amery 9 points
8. Prescott 7 points

ual standings after two meets.

Erica is fth with 13 points
and Lansing is eighth with 11.
Carlson sits just outside the
top-10 with six conference
individual points.
Prescott takes sixth
The Cardinals placed sixth
out of eight MBC teams at
Thursdays Osceola MBC
meet.
The Cardinals carded a
224, nishing ahead of Amery
(236) and Somerset (257).
Gigi Gangi led the Prescott
varsity with a score of 53.
Following her as varsity scorers were Ashley Bowes with a
54, Jillian Boles with a 57 and
Alexis Fredericks with a 60.
Kaitlyn Buss rounded out the
team with a 65.