SPARTA — The Logan High School football team hadn’t allowed a point this season until Sparta reached the end zone on its first drive of Friday night’s MVC matchup at Memorial Field.
The Rangers had little trouble recovering from the score, however, and scored 36 points in the second and third quarters on the way to a 43-7 victory.
Senior Jameson Degenhardt rushed for 171 yards and two touchdowns for Logan (3-0 overall, 1-0 MVC), which allowed Huntington to score on a 47-yard run to open the scoring and held the Spartans scoreless the rest of the way.
Senior Tommy Check rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown and completed all four of his passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns. Senior Bubba Leaver caught scoring passes of 33 and 88 yards during a 23-point third quarter, and senior Sam King helped Logan tie the game with the first touchdown on a 1-yard run.
Degenhardt had a 53-yard touchdown run in the third quarter between Leaver’s catches as the Rangers pulled away.
Huntington finished with 115 rushing yards for the Spartans, who had 250 total yards. Senior quarterback Everett Laufenberg completed 8 of 17 passes for 92 yards.
De Soto 44, Wisconsin Heights 0
DE SOTO — The Pirates (2-1, 1-1) scored 36 points in the first half to take control quickly at The Pit.
Junior Kanoa Rodgers rushed for two touchdowns in the first quarter, and junior Gibbson Schultz rushed for one in the first quarter and another in the third.
Senior Keagan Kolden caught a touchdown pass from junior quarterback Eli Brosinski and rushed for a touchdown in the second quarter.
Luther 20, G-E-T 6
GALESVILLE — The Knights (3-0, 1-0) won their Coulee Conference opener with another big game from senior running back/linebacker Logan Pierce.
Pierce rushed 28 times for 132 yards and scored a touchdown for Luther, which allowed a first-quarter touchdown before pitching a shutout the rest of the way.
Senior Peter Sobolik added 48 rushing yards, 26 receiving yards and a pair of field goals. Sobolik kicked field goals from 31 and 34 yards.
