Second Half Propels ‘Canes Past Burros

The first half score was 12-8.   The second half score was 32-6.  Houston football found its running game in the second stanza and powered past Lanesboro in a week three South-East football contest.  Cody Hungerholt’s Houstonites never trailed.  The ‘Canes scored the game’s first 12 points, getting a Mikkel Schutte to Wyatt Walters 44-yard TD pass on their first possession, a Schutte to Cade Roth 25-yard TD pass early in the second quarter.  Lanesboro scored a series later via a Seth Semmen 1-yard plunge and subsequent two-point run.  Each team fumbled going into the end zone (at the one-yard-line) in the stanza.  And they combined for five turnovers, including back-back-to-back-to-back late in the second quarter.  At halftime it was anyone’s game, Houston up 12-8.  The second half was nearly all team double-H, led by RB Wyatt Walters.  The senior had 7 carries for 22 yards in the first half.  He then notched four runs of 25-plus yards in the second.  His 38-yard TD run opened the post-intermission scoring.  After a 5-yard Burro punt, Walters went for 36 yards, setting up a Schutte 2-yard TD run.  Lanesboro answered; a Semmen to Ben Snyder 3-yard TD pass.  James Semmen’s guys were hanging around down 26-14 midway thru the third quarter. But Houston scored 18 unanswered points in the fourth, getting a safety, a Schutte 2-yard TD run, and a Caiden Olson 4-yard TD run.  Walters had runs of 25 and 28 to help enable the two scores.  The ‘Canes moved to 2-1 overall and in district courtesy of a 44-14 win.  Walters (17-174, TD rushing; 2-58, TD receiving, two FRs) and Schutte (6-10, 108 yards, 2 TDs, two conversions, INT passing; two rushing TDs) did the big work.  Alex Van Gundy (8-62 rushing, 2-21 receiving) helped.  Lanesboro’s workhouse was J.T. Rein (32-127 rushing).  But the sophomore had 10 carries and just 12 yards in the second half after a 12-carry 115-yard first half.  Snyder (3-36, TD receiving) and Semmen (7-11, 61 yards, TD passing; rushing TD) helped.  It’s an interesting district race.  The top five teams are L-O (3-0), Southland (3-0), GM (2-1), Houston (2-1), and SG (1-1, 2-1).  L-O, which didn’t have a program a couple year ago, has beaten both GM and SG.   Lanesboro is 1-1, 1-2.