Xavier football runs past Fox Valley Lutheran

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APPLETON – Following an early score from Fox Valley Lutheran, Xavier scored three unanswered touchdowns to end the first half and held on the rest of the way for a 34-14 victory in a nonconference football game Friday night at Xavier High School.

The Hawks (1-1) recapture the Apple Bowl after Fox Valley Lutheran won last year’s game.

Liam Heiges connected with Trenton Heyn for a 64-yard touchdown to give the Foxes (1-1) a 7-0 lead before Xavier ripped up three-straight touchdowns before halftime, two from Matthew Potter and the first by Isaiah Des Jardins.

The Hawks stuck to their running game throughout, racking up 274 yards on the ground on 50 carries, with Potter totting it 28 times for 201 yards.

After Jack Egan scored on a 7-yard touchdown in the third to cut FVL’s deficit to five, Carter McGlone scored from the 1 and Des Jardins added another TD in the fourth quarter to give the Hawks a three-touchdown lead and the victory.

Fox Valley Lutheran hosts Shawano on Thursday, Aug. 31, and Xavier will travel to Freedom on Friday, Sept. 1, for Bay Conference-North Eastern Conference crossover games, which will count toward their respective conference standings.

Hawks 34, Foxes 14
Fox Valley Lutheran   7   0   7   0   –   14
Xavier   13   6   8   7   –   34
First Quarter
FVL – Trenton Heyn 64 pass from Liam Heiges (kick good).
X – Isaiah Des Jardins 7 run (A.J. Seidler kick).
X – Matthew Potter 16 run (kick missed).
Second Quarter
X – Potter run (kick missed).
Third Quarter
FVL – Jack Egan 7 run (kick good).
X – Carter McGlone 1 run (McGlone run).
Fourth Quarter
X – Des Jardins 35 run (Seidler kick).
Team Statistics
First downs: FVL 11; X 15.
Rushing: FVL 31-138; X 50-274.
Passing: FVL 4-18-99-2; X 1-1-8-0.
Total yards: FVL 237; X 282.
Fumbles lost: FVL 1; X 1.
Penalties: FVL 11-73; X 10-67.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: FVL, Liam Heiges 13-72, Jack Egan 17-61, Treyton Heyn 1-5. X, Matthew Potter 28-201, Isaiah Des Jardins 5-58, Carter McGlone 6-20, Evan McCormick 3-4, Reid Hietpas 5-minus 11.
Passing: FVL: Heiges 4-18-99-2. X, Hietpas 1-1-8-0.
Receiving: FVL, Heyn 2-84, Elijah Last 1-12, Egan 1-3. X, McCormick 1-8.
Records: Fox Valley Lutheran 1-1; Xavier 1-1.