Football: Another War on the Shore Friday

The second War on the Shore football game of 2015 is scheduled for Friday night, as the Kewaunee Storm invades Algoma for a rematch against the Wolves.

Kewaunee won the first round 30-12 on its home turf Aug. 28, which was the 120th meeting between the two teams.

The five Packerland Conference teams that play 11-man football have turned to home-and-home agreements to fill their schedules, after several of the league’s smaller schools switched to 8-man football.

In this week’s other game involving a Kewaunee County team, Luxemburg-Casco travels to Wrightstown to take on the North Central Conference-leading Tigers, who ran their record to 5-0 with a 27-15 victory over Waupaca on Sept. 18.

Last week’s games:

Kewaunee 20, Sturgeon Bay 14 (OT)

Mitch Kudick caught a 3-yard touchdown pass from Noah Kleiman in overtime to lift Kewaunee over Sturgeon Bay.

The Clippers led 14-6 late in the fourth quarter, but the Storm tied the game with 1 minute, 35 seconds remaining on a 1-yard touchdown run by Alex Robinson and a two-point conversion. A blocked punt gave the Storm good field possession to start the tying touchdown drive, which was later kept alive by a horse-collar-tackle penalty against the Clippers on third down and long.

Cooper Nellis had a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown to give the Clippers a 7-0 lead. The Storm closed the gap to 7-6 when Anthony Barta recovered a fumble in the end zone with six seconds remaining in the first half.

The Clippers went ahead 14-6 midway through the fourth quarter on a touchdown pass from Ethan Knipfer to Connor Gajda, but couldn’t hold on.

Kewaunee improved to 3-2, 3-0. Sturgeon Bay dropped to 0-5, 0-3.

Sturgeon Bay…7 0 0 7 0 — 14

Kewaunee…0 6 0 8 6 — 20

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

SB — Cooper Nellis 22 touchdown interception return (Brady Wodak kick)

Second Quarter

K — Anthony Barta fumble recovery in end zone (run failed)

Fourth Quarter

SB — Conner Gajda 16 reception from Ethan Knipfer (Wodak kick)

K — Alex Robinson 1 run (Mitch Kudick reception from Noah Kleiman)

Overtime

K — Kudick 3 reception from Kleiman

Little Chute 26, Luxemberg-Casco 20

LUXEMBURG — The Spartans were outscored 18-0 in the second half to drop the NEC contest.

Jake Zeitler threw for 184 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions for Luxemburg-Casco (3-2, 3-1). Seth Peters rushed for 94 yards.

Jordan Tlachac and Dalton Smerchek each made 11 tackles for L-C. Devin Plate connected with Parker Gloudemans on three TD receptions for Little Chute (3-2, 3-2).

Little Chute…8 0 6 12 — 26

Lux-Casco…13 7 0 0 — 20

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

L-C — Jordan Ortiz 62 pass from Jake Zeitler (Samuel Larson kick)

L-C — Kyle Routhieaux 45 pass from Zeitler (kick failed)

Second Quarter

LC — Nathan Bevers 1 run (Parker Gloudemans pass from Devin Plate)

L-C — Ortiz 19 pass from Zeitler (Larson kick)

Third Quarter

LC — Gloudemans 6 pass from Plate (pass failed)

Fourth Quarter