Appleton West football wins at Green Bay Southwest for first FRCC victory
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GREEN BAY – Appleton West scored five first-half touchdowns and held on to defeat Green Bay Southwest 44-34 on Friday night at Southwest High School.
The Terrors are now 2-3 overall and picked up their first-ever Fox River Classic Conference North Division victory, moving to 1-2 in conference play.
Chase Verboomen hauled in a 35-yard touchdown pass from Conner Navis midway through the first quarter, and after Southwest scored, Kyle Bishop returned a kickoff 72 yards for a score.
Riley Verboomen, Charlie Blevins and Navis had rushing touchdowns in the second quarter as Appleton West built a 32-21 lead.
The teams exchanged TDs in the third quarter as Bishop plowed in from the 1 for the Terrors, and a Navis to OC Garcia 34-yard touchdown pass in the fourth helped West hold on for the 10-point win.
Navis finished with 172 yards passing and Bishop had a team-high 89 yards rushing for the Terrors.
Appleton West will host Green Bay Preble (0-5, 0-3 FRCC North) next Friday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. at West High School.
Terrors 44, Trojans 34
Appleton West 14 18 6 6 – 44
Green Bay Southwest 14 7 0 13 – 34
(Southwest scoring plays not provided)
First Quarter
AW – Chase Verboomen 35 pass from Conner Navis (kick missed), 7:41.
AW – Kyle Bishop 73 kick return (C. Verboomen pass from Navis), 3:27.
Second Quarter
AW – Riley Verboomen 1 run (kick missed), 5:31.
AW – Charlie Blevins 6 run (kick missed), 1:47.
AW – Navis 6 run (run failed).
Third Quarter
AW – Bishop 1 run (kick missed), 6:34.
Fourth Quarter
AW – OC Garcia 34 pass from Navis (kick missed), 10:15.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: AW, Kyle Bishop 15-89, Charlie Blevins 12-53, Conner Navis 3-22, Riley Verboomen 2-5, Isaac Isa 2-minus 1, Michael Aponte 2-minus 3. GB, Ezra Krouth 9-32, Braxton Murphy 3-25, Jace Porski 1-0, Joe Anderson 2-minus 12.
Passing: AW, Navis 12-20-172-2, Chase Verboomen 0-1-0-0. GB, Anderson 20-29-246-2.
Receiving: AW, C. Verboomen 6-95, Parrion Peace 4-42, OC Garcia 1-34, Isa 1-1. GB, Braxton Murphy 7-82, Dylan Collard 7-81, Ethan Richardson 4-71, Alec Thiel 1-6, Curtis Danforth 1-6.
Records: Appleton East 2-3, 1-2 Fox River Classic Conference North Division; Green Bay Southwest 0-5, 0-3 Fox River Classic Conference North Division.