Fox Valley Lutheran football falls to No. 1 seed Medford in WIAA Division 3 Level 2 playoff game
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MEDFORD – The Fox Valley Lutheran football team made the long trip to Medford and hung with the No. 1 seeded Raiders for a while, but the home team proved to strong and downed the Foxes 42-22 in a WIAA Division 3 Level 2 playoff game Friday night at Medford Area Senior High.
Medford (10-1) moves on to a Level 3 matchup with No. 3 seed La Crosse Logan (9-2) on Friday, Nov. 8. Logan upset No. 2 Onalaska 42-6 on Friday.
Fox Valley Lutheran finishes its season with a 6-5 record following a first-round playoff win over Wausau West 44-41.
Medford running back Paxton Rothmeier carried the ball 42 times for 305 yards and scored five touchdowns.
Blessings Kapande scored on a 1-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter to give FVL an early lead, only to see Medford rip off five unanswered touchdowns over the next 2½ quarters to pull away.
The Foxes scored a pair of TDs in the fourth quarter to tighten the final score. Lucas Papendorf, who threw for 251 yards on 26-for-45 passing, tossed touchdowns to Graham Feidt and David Schumacher in the final 10 minutes.
Nick Martin caught eight balls for 88 yards to lead the Foxes’ receivers.
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Raiders 42, Foxes 22
Fox Valley Lutheran 7 0 0 15 – 22
Medford 6 14 16 6 – 42
First Quarter
FVL – Blessings Kapande 1 run (Reagan Doriot kick), 5:08.
M – Paxton Rothmeier 1 run (pass failed), 1:55.
Second Quarter
M – Rothmeier 1 run (pass failed), 10:02.
M – Rothmeier 5 run (Rothmeier run), 1:55.
Third Quarter
M – Rothmeier 1 run (Rothmeier run), 8:04.
M – Charlie Gierl 6 pass from Parker Lissner (Rothmeier), 0:33.
Fourth Quarter
FVL – Graham Feidt 8 pass from Lucas Papendorf (Nick Martin run), 9:36.
M – Rothmeier 5 run (run failed), 2:51.
FVL – David Schumacher 3 pass from Papendorf (Doriot kick), 0:49.
Individual Statistics
(Note: Reported FVL stats were incomplete)
Rushing: M, Paxton Rothmeier 42-305, Evan Wilkins 8-38, Evan Czarnezki 5-22, Charlie Gierl 1-minus 2, Parker Lissner 2-minus 2.
Passing: FVL, Lucas Papendorf 26-45-251-0. M, Lissner 3-3-59-0.
Receiving: FVL, Nick Martin 8-88. M, Alex Faude 2-53, Gierl 1-6.
Records: Fox Valley Lutheran 6-5; Medford 10-1.