NEW LONDON - Blake Shuck and Josh Evans hooked up on a 16-yard halfback pass early in the fourth quarter to break a 7-7 tie and New London-Spicer won its second straight after outlasting Little Falls 14-7 in an East Central District game on Friday.
The Wildcats (2-3) opened the scoring when Evans completed a 59-yard TD to Cody King with just 23 seconds left in the first quarter. Evans didn’t throw an interception and completed 7 of 11 passes for 113 yards.
King hauled in four passes for 98 yards.
NLS had a slight advantage in offense, outgaining the visiting Flyers 192-149.
NLS is at Zimmerman next Friday.
NL-Spicer 14, Little Falls 7
Little Falls (1-4) 0 7 0 0 - 7
NLS (2-3) 7 0 0 7 - 14
NLS – Cody King 59 pass from Josh Evans (Blake Shuck kick)
LF – T. Miller 2 run (Nelson kick)
NLS – Evans 16 pass from Shuck (Shuck kick)
Little Falls
First downs: 9 … Rushing: 30-87 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 6-18-62-0 … Fumbles lost: 0 … Penalties: 2-30
Rushing: Miller 27-85, B. Backowski 3-2 … Passing: Backowski 6-18-62-0 ... Receiving: L. Bjorge 1-40, Z. Opatz 1-2, B. Sowada 1-4, D. Marod 1-2, Miller 1-(-5), W. Nelson 1-19 … Punting: Marod 6-27.3 … Interceptions: none … Fumble recoveries: n/a … Tackles (solo-assist): n/a … QB sacks: n/a
New London-Spicer
First downs: 9 … Rushing: 33-63 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 8-12-129-0 … Fumbles lost: 1 … Penalties: 5-45
Rushing: H. Sjoberg 10-38, J. Soine 7-21, J. Ness 4-29, Evans 6-(-19), Shuck 4-0, J. Magnuson 2-6 … Passing: Evans 7-11-113-0, Shuck 1-1-16-0 ... Receiving: King 4-98, Magnuson 2-13, Evans 1-16, T. Walstrom 1-2 … Punting: Shuck 5-42.4 … Interceptions: none … Fumble recoveries: none … Tackles (solo-assist): Magnuson 11-0, Engelke 6-3, Soine 5-4, Hanson 6-0, Laudenbach 5-0, White 3-1, Ness 3-0, Klavetter 1-2, Gilbertson 1-2, Hunter 2-1, King 1-1, Hinkemeyer 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Thein 0-1 … QB sacks: n/a
