WIAA FB Playoffs: Logan takes care of business

Holmen coach Steve King’s career comes to close

The Wisconsin high school football playoffs got underway Friday night. A lot of area teams came in as underdogs, in terms of seeding, anyway. And, a lot of area teams saw their seasons end.

Logan, however, took care of business in Division 3. The Rangers started a little slow – basically given a safety a few minutes into the game for the only scoring in the first quarter.

After that, however, Logan opened it up, taking down Madison Edgewood and its speedy quarterback 36-6 at Swanson Field. Second-seeded Logan (8-2) will play host No. 3 Reedsburg (7-3) Friday.

Trey Davis was partially responsible for the three-touchdown second quarter that blew the game open. The quarterback ran one in from a yard out, before finding Jack Hinton and Nathan Baker on back-to-back touchdown passes of 27 and 37 yards, respectively.

The Rangers didn’t necessarily stop Edgewood’s 5-foot-9, 175-pound speedster quarterback, Jake Dunn. The senior, who came in with over 1,600 yards rushing and 25 touchdowns, had another 201 yards, but it took 31 carries to get there. And he didn’t score. He did throw a TD pass, but also threw two interceptions.

DIVISION 2
DEFOREST 48, HOLMEN 6

Jadon Sackman couldn’t be stopped for fifth-seeded DeForest (7-3). The running back rushed 28 times for 215 yards and scored five touchdowns, including a 57-yarder on the first possession.

Fourth-seeded Holmen (7-3) was down 21-6 in the first quarter and 34-0 at halftime in coach Steve King’s final game as coach.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

DIVISION 5 – (1) ARCADIA 55, (8) LADYSMITH 0: Jacob Slaby had two rushes for Arcadia. They both went for long touchdowns. The first was a 54-yard run, while the second went for 19. Teammate Aaron Benson also had two touchdowns. Top-seeded Arcadia will host No. 4 Bloomer on Friday.

DIVISION 5 – (3) WESTBY 39, (6) LANCASTER 6: Shane Gran had two touchdown runs and two touchdown passes for Westby. Teammate Travis Hofslien had one of those receptions. He also rushed 28 times for 208 yards and two touchdowns. No. 3 Westby will head to second-seeded Stratford.

DIVISION 6 – (3) MELROSE-MINDORO 40, (6) COCHRANE-FOUNTAIN CITY 0: Sam Boone had three touchdown passes and a touchdown run for M-M, which will host No. 7 Brookwood.

DIVISION 6 – (7) BROOKWOOD 33, (2) MARKESAN 0: Cory Ottum had 21 carries for 140 yards and three TDs, while teammate Matt Hansen had 19 carries for 121 yards and two scores in the upset.

DIVISION 7 – (1) BANGOR 60, (8) WESTON 0: Andrew Piske had four carries for 115 yards – three of those carries went for touchdown runs of 60, 36 and 2 yards. Bangor will host No. 4 Hillsboro.

DIVISION 7 – (1) PEPIN/ALMA 53, (8) FLAMBEAU 8: Trevor Heit had four touchdown runs in the win. A/P will play the winner of (5) Eleva-Strum and (4) Hurley, which takes place today.

AREA SCORES
DIVISION 2
No. 1 Waunakee (9-0) 35, No. 8 Tomah (6-4) 0
No. 5 DeForest (7-3) 48, No. 4 Holmen (7-3) 6

DIVISION 3
No. 2 Logan (8-2) 36, No. 7 Madison Edgewood (3-7) 6
No. 4 Mount Horeb/Barneveld (7-3) 42, No. 5 West Salem (5-5) 7
No. 3 Reedsburg (7-3) 48, No. 6 Onalaska (4-6) 13

DIVISION 4
No. 4 Maple Northwestern (8-2) 19, No. 5 G-E-T (6-4) 12
No. 6 Tomahawk (7-3) 19, No. 3 Black River Falls (7-3) 0

DIVISION 5
No. 1 Arcadia (10-0) 55, No. 8 Ladysmith (3-7) 0
No. 5 Waterloo at No. 4 Prairie Du Chien (6-3)
No. 3 Westby (8-2) 39, No. 6 Lancaster (4-6) 6

DIVISION 6
No. 3 Melrose-Mindoro 40, No. 6 C-FC 0
No. 7 Brookwood 33, No. 2 Markesan 0
No. 4 Iowa-Grant (6-4) 36, No. 5 Whitehall (5-5) 13

DIVISION 7
No. 1 Bangor (10-0) 60, No. 8 Weston (3-6) 0
No. 4 Hillsboro 22, No. 5 De Soto 15
No. 2 Ithaca 32, No. 7 Cashton 7