Blugolds handle G-E-T in Coulee football
Despite the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School football team cutting its disadvantage to 10 points in the second quarter last Friday, the host Blugolds scored three straight touchdowns to beat the Red Hawks 38-13 in a Coulee Conference game at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Aquinas (3-1 overall, 2-0 Coulee) scored two rushing touchdowns in the first quarter to claim a 16-0 advantage, but a 1-yard run from Gunnar Johnson got the visitors on the scoreboard in the second quarter.
The Blugolds grew their lead with an 8-yard touchdown throw from Jacob Thornton to Logan Becker and held a 24-6 advantage at halftime.
A 42-yard touchdown throw by Thornton was the lone score in the third quarter, and the Blugolds took a 38-6 lead on a 20-yard run from Kyle White in the fourth quarter. Aquinas rushed for 229 yards in the game and outgunned the Red Hawk offense in total yards, 359 to 189.
White led the hosts with 91 rushing yards.
Kyle Seiling led G-E-T with 64 rushing yards on 22 carries and added two catches for 35 yards. The Red Hawks (0-4 overall, 0-2 Coulee) ran for 148 yards as a team, including 52 from Adain Busch.
Busch, a junior, got his first start at quarterback for the Red Hawks and completed three of five passing attempts for 41 yards and an interception. On the other sideline, Jacob Thornton finished 9-for-13 for 130 yards while throwing three touchdowns and one interception for Aquinas.
Sophomore Isaiah Carroll of G-E-T earned an interception for the G-E-T defense, which was led by Seiling’s seven tackles. Omar Jimenez—who scored the game’s final touchdown on a 1-yard run—joined G-E-T teammate Jackson Burns with six tackles each.
The Red Hawks host Black River Falls (0-4, 0-2 Coulee) this Friday.
G-E-T—
Rushing (att./yds.)—Seiling 22/64, Busch 12/52, Carroll 5/17. Jimenez 6/16, Johnson 4/-1.
Receiving (rec./yds.)—Seiling 2/35, Johnson 1/6.
Passing (comp./att./yds.)—Busch 3/5/41.
Tackles (solo/total)—Seiling 5/7, Jimenez 6/6, Burns 3/6, Waxlax 1/5, Johnson 3/4, Bishop 2/4, Filla 2/2, Peterson 2/2, Pickering 2/2, Foust 1/2, Remus 1/2, Herman 1/1, Oines 1/1, Nichols 1/1, Zimmerman 1/1, Busch 0/1, Lebakken 0/1.
