ONALASKA — The Holmen High School football team scored three straight touchdowns after Onalaska took its only lead early in the second quarter on the way to a 30-20 victory in an MVC opener at Onalaska on Friday.
The Vikings (3-0 overall, 1-0 MVC) rushed for 251 yards and received touchdown runs from Bennett Schild in the second quarter, Tay Parcher in the third and Landon Barg in the fourth to turn a 13-8 deficit into a 30-13 lead.
Barg rushed for a team-high 73 yards, Parcher added 68 yards on five attempts, and Schild gained 56 yards on 20 attempts.
Schild also attempted just one pass but completed it to Parcher for a 7-yard touchdown.
Senior Kaeson Stettler rushed for 84 yards for the Hilltoppers (1-2, 0-1), and junior quarterback Wylder Burch went 12-for-26 for 160 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted twice.
Burch and senior Grayson Andel each rushed for a touchdown for Onalaska, and junior Tyler Kowal caught the touchdown pass from Burch on a play that covered 66 yards and got the Hilltoppers within 8-6 in the first quarter.
Melrose-Mindoro 35, Independence/Gilmanton 0
MELROSE — The Mustangs (3-0 overall, 1-0 Dairyland) scored 28 points in the first half — 14 in each of the first two quarters — in a one-sided victory that included a big night for senior Isaiah Kleinsmith.
Kleinsmith carried 10 times for 112 yards and scored four touchdowns as Melrose-Mindoro remained undefeated. Kleinsmith scored on runs of 36 and 3 yards in the first quarter and reached the end zone from the 2 in the second quarter and from the 46 in the third. Teammate Brewer Schlifer also scored on a 4-yard run.
The Mustangs allowed 99 total yards and completed their second shutout of the season.
Reedsburg 36, Central 32
LA CROSSE — The Beavers (3-0 overall, 1-0 MVC) scored the only fourth-quarter touchdown to pull out an MVC win over the RiverHawks (2-1, 0-1) at the Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex.
Senior Gabe Servais carried 21 times for 177 yards and three touchdowns to lead a Central offense that produced 489 total yards. His 63-yard run in the final minute of the third quarter finished off a 26-point third and gave the RiverHawks their final lead.
Servais also completed 12 of 21 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown without throwing in interception.
Senior Anthony Jones gave Central its first lead when he scored from the 6 to follow up a 2-yard TD run by Servais. The touchdown by Jones gave the RiverHawks a 26-21 advantage with 3:52 left in the third.
