‘Cane Football Wears Out M-C

It took until the second stanza.  Undefeated, #3 in 9-Man Houston (3-0), wore out Mabel-Canton (2-1).   Team double-H amassed 13 first half first downs, M-C four, but the Hurricanes only led 8-0 at intermission.  That score was a 7-yard Brady Happel TD run, which capped a 16-play, 92-yard drive.  A fumble in the red zone negated a big scoring opportunity late in the half.  The red ground train rolled in the second half though.   A 12-play 65-yard drive, capped by a Joey Fishel 2-yard TD run (14-0), opened the third.  After an M-C fumble, Jaytin Millen immediately hit Cody Carpenter for a 32-yard TD pass (22-0).  Early in the fourth, an 11-play drive, Houston’s fourth series of ten plays or more, resulted in Happel’s second TD, a 1-yarder (30-0).  Zach Schneider added an 80-yard TD run (38-0).  M-C got on the scoreboard on a Drew Wyffels to Mitch Kuhn 75-yard pass play.  Amassing 24 first downs, 479 rushing yards, and three 100-yard rushers, Houston (3-0, 4-0) downed M-C 38-6.  Happel (21-152, 2 TDs), Fishel (21-139, TD rushing), and Schneider (6-102, TD rushing) all found triple digits.  Millen (2-6, 63 yards, TD passing; 10-40 rushing) did so in total yards.  Kuhn (22-62 rushing; 75-yard TD reception) and Wyffels (3-5, 123 yards, TD passing) led M-C.  The Cougars (1-2, 2-2) were held to 135 yards rushing on 41 carries (3.3 per).