West shocks No. 2 ranked Appleton North

WAUSAU - Don’t look now, but the Wausau West football team just opened some eyes around the state.

With its first win of the season crossed off the to-do list last week, West pulled off its first monumental upset of the season Friday by upending No. 2 ranked Appleton North 20-17 at Thom Field.

The win leaves the Warriors at 2-2 overall and 2-1 in the Valley Football Association North Division.

“Right now I have a ton of Warrior pride being a former player,” West coach Jason Foster said. “We have a bunch of kids who work super hard and believe in the plan we have.

“After last week, we talked about how we need to believe and that win was going to be our reality and a habit. It was a great team effort on all three levels. The guys played well and hit hard.”

Clinging to a three-point lead and facing a third and seven from around their own 20-yard line, Mitch Michalske grabbed a screen pass and raced to the end zone to put West up 20-10.

North made things interesting when a fourth and long with two minutes left in the fourth quarter resulted in a long touchdown pass to bring it with a field goal.

However, West recovered the ensuing onside kick. North only had one timeout left and when the Warriors picked up a first down, they were able to run out the clock.

“One of keys for the season is to improve every week and build confidence, and we did it again tonight,” Foster said.

Medford 35,

Mosinee 7

MEDFORD - Conrad Bolz and Josh Thiede combined to score all five of Medford’s touchdowns in a lopsided win over Mosinee.

Bolz rushed for 176 yards on 18 carries and added a pair of touchdown runs. Bolz also added a 33-yard interception return in Medford’s 28-point first quarter.

Thiede scored a pair of rushing touchdowns in the first quarter to help Medford build the big lead.

Ben Lindgren completed six passes for 49 yards. Garrett Strebig hauled in five receptions for 44 yards.

Eric Soderberg scored Mosinee’s lone touchdown on a 23-yard reception from Ben Vandehey in the fourth quarter. Soderberg caught three passes for 41 yards overall.

Justin Stubbe rushed for 88 yards on 10 carries.

First Quarter

Med - Conrad Bolz 49 run (Preston Carlson kick), 9:36

Med - Bolz 33 INT return (Josh Thiede run), 7:53

Med - Thiede 17 run (Carlson kick), 5:13

Med - Thiede 1 run (Carlson kick), 1:59

Third Quarter

Med - Bolz 3 run (kick failed), 2:09

Fourth Quarter

Mos - Eric Soderberg 23 pass from Ben Vandehey (Brandon Bernarde kick), 3:56

Pacelli 21,

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 7

WITTENBERG - The running duo of Xander Schmitz and Andy Tepp powered Pacelli to a Central Wisconsin Conference-8 road win over Wittenberg-Birnamwood.

Schmitz carried the ball 22 times for 135 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Tepp added 118 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries.

Pacelli grabbed the lead when Tepp scored on a 9-yard run in the second quarter.

The Cardinals doubled the lead when Schmitz added a 6-yard score in the fourth quarter.

After Witt-Birn cut the deficit back down to seven, Schmitz sealed the win for Pacelli with a 12-yard run.

“This was a classic conference game with two teams really going after it,” Pacelli coach Drew Nelson said. “My assistant coaches put together a really good game plan and the guys executed it. I can’t really ask for much more than that.”

BOYS SOCCER

Northland Lutheran 4,

Newman Catholic 3

WAUSAU - Northland Lutheran scored the final three goals of the game to earn a Mid-State Conference win over Newman Catholic.

Trailing 3-1, Northland Lutheran’s David Burgess scored to trim the deficit to one. Jacob Price then connected on his second goal of the game to tie the game at the 72:56 mark.

Burgess connected on the game-winning goal at the 76:01 mark to help the Wildcats complete the comeback. Goalie Gabe Gavinski stopped eight shots in the winning effort.

Harrison Varline and Chamong Lo each scored a goal for Newman Catholic. Goalie Braxton Resch made four saves.

Pacelli 6,

Northland Lutheran 2

KRONENWETTER - Pacelli scored five second half goals to surge past Northland Lutheran in a Mid-State Conference matchup.

With the score tied 1-1 at half, Northland Lutheran earned its second lead of the day as David Burgess scored his second goal for the Wildcats.

Andrew Blanker tied the game for Pacelli before Cameron Cloud pushed the Cardinals ahead with another goal four minutes later.

Conner Molski added a goal on a penalty kick before Hayden Jurgella capped the scoring with two goals in an eight-minute span.

Paul Pack scored Pacelli’s first half goal to tie the game at one. Chris Jensen made 13 saves for the Cardinals.