WINNECONNE 27, Berlin 0
LITTLE CHUTE 10, Clintonville 9
Ripon 24, OMRO 14
Fox Valley Lutheran 52, FREEDOM 20
Waupaca 24, XAVIER 7
PLAYOFF - FIRST ROUND - TUES OCT 27
DIVISION THREE
Waupaca (8-1) 32, Mosinee (5-4) 0
West De Pere (8-1) 35, Clintonville (5-4) 7
DIVISION FOUR
Ripon (7-2) 48, North Fond du Lac (6-3)
Kewaunee (9-0) 40, Winneconne (5-4) 15
Xavier (8-1) 34, Oconto (6-3) 14
PLAYOFF - SECOND ROUND - SAT OCT 31
DIVISION THREE
Waupaca (9-1) 28, Black River Falls (9-1) 7
DIVISION FOUR
Ripon (8-2) 24, WLA (9-1) 13
Xavier (9-1) 15, Nekoosa (7-3) 7
PLAYOFF - THIRD ROUND - NOV 6 or NOV 7
DIVISION THREE
Waupaca (10-1) 49, Hayward/Lac Courte Oreilles (7-4) 7
DIVISION FOUR
Big Foot (11-0) 22, Ripon (9-2) 8
Kewaunee (12-) 25, Xavier (10-1) 14
PLAYOFF - STATE SEMI-FINALS
DIVISION THREE
Waupaca (11-1) vs West De Pere (11-1) at Kimberly - Saturday at 1 PM
TIGERS SEASON ENDS WITH ROUND THREE LOSS TO CHIEFS
(RIPON) - Football is a game of opportunities, and for the 2009 Tigers, the inability to take advantage of those opportunities cost them a chance to reach the Division Four semi-finals. Ripon saw its season end with a 22-8 loss to Big Foot Friday night, marking the first time a Tiger team had lost on its home field since September 28, 2007 (a 21-20 overtime loss to Little Chute) and the first time they lost on artificial turf. One of the first opportunities the Tigers missed on came after Connor Hanson returned the opening kickoff to the Big Foot 23. Seven plays later, the Chiefs stopped Hanson on the two-yard line on a 4th-and 2 and took over. Neither team mounted much of an attack in the first quarter, and the game remained scoreless until ten seconds remained in the quarter. Big Foot QB Steve Dowden went back in shotgun from his 21-yard line, but the snap from center went awry. Dowden was smothered by the Tiger defense as he tried to pick up the ball at the five, and it rolled into the endzone where Bryce Brewer fell on it for a touchdown. Hanson ran in the conversion, and Ripon led 8-0.
Ripon held onto that lead until 2:52 remained in the second quarter. Big Foot put together a 10-play, 80-yard drive that ended with a Mike Walker 3-yard touchdown run. Walker ran for the two-point conversion, and the game was tied at 8. Ripon handed the ball right back to the Chiefs, when Michael Polcyn's pass to Matt Reilly went off the receiver's hands into the air, and Jon Petkoff snared the pigskin. Walker led off the next drive with a 57-yard blast down to the Tiger 8. Two plays later, Walker rolled in from the three, and Sean Kivlin's kick made it 15-8 at the half. The Chiefs outgained Ripon, 198 yards to 90, in the half.
Ripon was presented with another opportunity when Jess Ehrenberg picked off a Dowden pass on the first offensive play of the second half. Ripon reached the Big Foot 39, where a handoff between Hanson and Ben Wetzel was fumbled, and the Chiefs recovered. After a 50-yard Walker run took the ball down to the Ripon 11, the Chiefs would eventually score on a 15-yard pass from Dowden to Walker and a commanding 22-8 lead. Ripon then went on a long drive, consisting of 11 plays, but only 30 yards. The drive would end up using five minutes on the clock before the Tigers punted it away.
All of Ripon's rallies fell short in the fourth quarter. Kenneth Walker picked off a Polcyn pass at midfield on Ripon's first drive. Kenny Schuster intercepted Dowden to get the ball right back for Ripon, but Polcyn was then intercepted by Alec McGreevy with 7:26 to play. Ripon then went on another lenghty drive coverering more than four minutes and reached the Big Foot 10 with 1:52 to play. Wetzel fumbled the ball, the fifth Ripon turnover of the night, and the Tigers could only watch the Chiefs run out the clock and improve to 12-0, while Ripon ended the season 9-3
BIG FOOT - 0 15 7 0 - 22
RIPON - 8 0 0 0 - 8
1st - RIPON - Bryce Brewer recovered fumble in end zone (Hanson run) RIPON 8-0
2nd - BF - Mike Walker, 1-yard run (Walker run) TIED 8-8
2nd - BF - Walker, 3-yard run (Kivlin kick) BIG FOOT 15-8
3rd - BF - Walker, 15-yd pass from Dowden (Kivlin kick) BIG FOOT 22-8
CONNOR HANSON (2007-2009)
2007 SEASON (5-5, Lost in first round of Division Four playoffs)
GAME OPPONENT RESULT RSH- YDS AVG TD LN REC-YDS AVG TD LN KO-YDS AVG TD LN PR-YDS AVG TD LN
8-24 at FV Lutheran W 20-13 10- 66 6.6 0 43 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
8-31 WAUPACA L 13-21 6- 23 3.8 0 6 0- 0 0.0 0 0 2- 39 19.5 0 21 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9- 7 at Xavier L 34-39 7- 83 11.9 2 58 0- 0 0.0 0 0 3- 56 18.7 0 21 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-14 FREEDOM W 31-28 11- 87 7.9 1 35 0- 0 0.0 0 0 2- 25 12.5 0 25 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-21 at Winneconne W 29- 0 9- 76 8.4 1 20 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 15 15.0 0 15 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-28 LITTLE CHUTE L 20-21 * 4- 30 7.5 0 18 1- 11 11.0 0 11 3-115 38.3 0 25 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-5 at Omro W 47- 0 9- 45 5.0 2 19 1- 26 26.0 1 26 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-12 at Clintonville L 33-41 2- 13 6.5 0 10 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 19 19.0 0 19 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-19 BERLIN W 24- 6 1- 4 4.0 0 4 1- 35 35.0 1 35 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
WIAA PLAYOFFS
10-26 at New Holstein L 0-13 1- 6 6.0 0 6 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 13 13.0 0 13 0- 0 0.0 0 0
TOTALS 60- 433 7.2 6 58 3- 72 24.0 2 35 13-282 21.7 0 25 0- 0 0.0 0 0
* - Overtime
2008 SEASON (8-3, Lost in second round of Division Four playoffs)
GAME OPPONENT RESULT RSH- YDS AVG TD LN REC-YDS AVG TD LN KO-YDS AVG TD LN PR-YDS AVG TD LN
8-29 at Berlin W 33-13 12- 140 11.7 2 43 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9- 5 FV LUTHERAN W 28-14 12- 91 7.6 1 15 0- 0 0.0 0 0 2- 33 16.5 0 17 2- 76 38.0 1 73
9-12 at Waupaca L 32-49 16- 188 12.0 2 80 0- 0 0.0 0 0 2- 76 38.0 0 57 1- 4 4.0 0 4
9-19 XAVIER W 39-22 18- 165 9.2 2 43 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-26 at Freedom W 40-20 7- 64 9.1 0 17 0- 0 0.0 0 0 3-110 37.0 0 41 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-3 WINNECONNE W 28- 6 21- 213 10.1 2 66 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 3- 34 11.3 0 13
10-10 at Little Chute L 21-34 11- 47 4.3 0 16 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 1 1.0 0 1
10-17 OMRO W 53- 6 11- 132 12.0 3 68 2- 23 11.5 1 14 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 7 7.0 0 7
10-23 CLINTONVILLE W 39-22 14- 119 8.5 1 32 2- 23 11.5 0 18 2- 46 23.0 0 23 2- 29 14.5 0 19
WIAA PLAYOFFS
10-28 MAYVILLE W 28-22 17- 95 5.6 2 13 3- 30 10.0 0 13 2- 54 27.0 0 29 0- 0 0.0 0 0
11- 1 at KM Lutheran L 12-28 19- 210 11.1 2 68 2- 11 5.5 10 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 5 5.0 0 5
TOTALS 158-1464 9.3 17 80 9- 87 9.7 1 18 11-319 29.0 0 57 11-156 14.2 1 73
2009 SEASON (9-3, Lost in third round of Division Four playoffs)
GAME OPPONENT RESULT RSH- YDS AVG TD LN REC-YDS AVG TD LN KO-YDS AVG TD LN PR-YDS AVG TD LN
8-28 at Clintonville L 12-20 12- 86 7.2 1 50 1- 75 75.0 1 75 1- 40 40.0 0 40 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9- 4 BERLIN W 40- 6 15- 64 4.3 3 16 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 3- 67 22.3 1 66
9-11 at FV Lutheran W 20-10 17- 159 9.4 3 75 1- 13 13.0 0 13 1- 16 16.0 0 16 1- 9 9.0 0 9
9-18 WAUPACA W 26- 7 20- 143 7.2 2 64 4-113 28.3 1 42 1- 16 16.0 0 16 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-25 at Xavier L 8-15 9- 36 4.0 0 10 0- 0 0.0 0 0 2-115 57.5 1 95 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-2 FREEDOM W 40-12 17- 139 8.2 1 29 1- 16 16.0 0 16 1- 80 80.0 1 80 2- 28 14.0 0 23
10-9 at Winneconne W 30-20 20- 117 5.9 0 27 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 2- 12 6.0 0 12
10-16 LITTLE CHUTE W 26-13 25- 128 5.1 1 11 1- 10 10.0 0 10 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-22 at Omro W 24-14 21- 139 6.6 3 38 2- 18 9.0 0 28 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
WIAA PLAYOFFS
10-27 NORTH FDL W 48- 0 15- 194 12.9 2 59 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 2- 24 12.0 0 13
10-31 at Winn Luth W 24-13 14- 149 10.6 1 80 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 36 36.0 0 36
11-6 BIG FOOT L 8-22 22- 143 6.5 0
TOTALS 207-1497 7.2 17 80
ELLIS MINOR (2001-2003)
2001 SEASON (8-3, Lost in second round of Division Three playoffs)
GAME OPPONENT RESULT RSH- YDS AVG TD LN REC-YDS AVG TD LN KO-YDS AVG TD LN PR-YDS AVG TD LN
8-24 CLINTONVILLE W 17-12 18- 132 7.3 0 54 3- 60 20.0 0 43 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
8-31 at New Holstein W 49- 6 13- 116 8.9 1 32 1- 21 21.0 1 21 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9- 7 at Wautoma W 62- 0 7- 105 15.0 2 60 1- 64 64.0 1 64 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-14 at Mayville L 19-38 6- -1 -0.2 1 2 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-21 WINNECONNE W 23-13 13- 69 5.3 0 20 1- 10 10.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-28 at Berlin L 26-29 7- 10 1.4 0 6 2- 37 18.5 0 27 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-5 WAUPUN W 39- 0 2- 4 2.0 1 2 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-12 at Omro W 47- 7 7- 28 4.0 1 15 1- 8 8.0 0 8 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-19 FDL SPRINGS W 39-36 8- 84 10.5 1 67 3- 50 16.7 1 18 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
WIAA PLAYOFFS
10-23 FREEDOM W 30-27 14- 118 8.4 2 35 2- 42 21.0 0 39 1- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-27 at Waupaca L 6-42 10- 49 4.9 0 17 4- 43 10.8 1 19 2- 27 13.5 0 14 0- 0 0.0 0 0
TOTALS 105- 714 6.8 9 67 18-335 18.6 4 64 3- 27 9.0 0 14 0- 0 0.0 0 0
2002 SEASON (8-4, Lost in third round of Division Four playoffs)
GAME OPPONENT RESULT RSH- YDS AVG TD LN REC-YDS AVG TD LN KO-YDS AVG TD LN PR-YDS AVG TD LN
8-30 at Clintonville L 35-40 16- 137 8.2 2 80 4-100 25.0 0 60 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9- 6 NEW HOLSTEIN W 55- 0 8- 42 5.3 1 18 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-13 at FDL Springs L 23-43 6- 24 4.0 0 9 1- 15 15.0 0 15 3- 86 28.7 0 - 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-20 WAUTOMA * W 54- 0 6- 23 3.8 2 34 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-27 MAYVILLE ** W 36-35 2- 7 3.5 0 5 1- 28 28.0 0 28 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-4 at Winneconne L 13-37 5- 18 3.6 0 5 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-11 BERLIN W 42-17 13- 127 9.8 2 77 0- 0 0.0 0 0 2- 32 16.0 0 - 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-18 at Waupun W 42- 9 5- 40 8.0 1 22 2- 46 23.0 0 23 1- 28 28.0 0 - 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-24 OMRO W 41- 7 11- 56 5.1 1 10 1- 20 20.0 0 20 1- 19 19.0 0 - 0- 0 0.0 0 0
*-Game played at Rosendale **-Game played at Waupun
WIAA PLAYOFFS
10-29 at Xavier W 42-25 8- 53 6.6 0 39 1- 22 22.0 0 22 1- 12 12.0 0 - 0- 0 0.0 0 0
11- 2 FREEDOM W 35-14 7- 9 1.3 0 7 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 47 47.0 0 - 0- 0 0.0 0 0
11- 8 at Oconto L 13-18 14- 134 9.6 1 56 2- 24 12.0 0 15 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
TOTALS 101- 670 6.6 10 80 12-255 21.3 0 60 9-224 24.9 0 - 0- 0 0.0 0 0
2003 SEASON (14-0, Won Division Four State Championship)
GAME OPPONENT RESULT RSH- YDS AVG TD LN REC-YDS AVG TD LN KO-YDS AVG TD LN PR-YDS AVG TD LN
8-29 CLINTONVILLE W 47- 7 9- 183 19.1 3 88 3- 55 23.5 1 32 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9- 5 at Sheboy Falls W 56-36 13- 116 8.9 1 49 4-113 28.3 0 58 1- 18 18.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-12 OMRO W 56- 7 6- 137 22.8 3 71 2- 42 21.0 0 26 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 0 0.0 0 0
9-19 MARKESAN W 57-19 13- 113 8.7 3 30 3- 65 21.7 1 27 3-129 43.0 1 82 0- 0 0.0 0 0
9-26 at Wautoma W 20- 0 20- 126 6.3 2 28 1- 26 26.0 0 26 1- 42 42.0 0 42 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-3 at Mayville W 41-21 29- 242 8.3 5 28 0- 0 0.0 0 0 2- 37 18.5 0 22 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-10 WINNECONNE W 42- 8 12- 164 13.7 2 52 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 17 17.0 0 17 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-17 at Berlin W 49- 0 9- 221 23.4 3 81 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 36 36.0 0 36 0- 0 0.0 0 0
10-23 WAUPUN W 43- 7 12- 162 13.5 3 89 3- 51 17.0 1 29 0- 0 0.0 0 0 1- 15 15.0 0 15
WIAA PLAYOFFS
10-28 VALDERS W 48-13 15- 147 9.8 3 50 1- 16 16.0 0 16 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
11- 1 OCONTO W 56-42 24- 196 8.2 4 29 3- 68 22.7 0 25 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
11- 8 at Winn Lutheran W 41-26 18- 87 4.8 1 16 0- 0 0.0 0 0 3- 54 18.0 0 32 0- 0 0.0 0 0
11-15 Wittenberg-Birn * W 56-20 14- 89 6.4 2 43 1- 65 65.0 1 65 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
11-20 Brodhead-Juda ** W 20- 7 10- 30 3.0 0 6 3- 47 15.7 1 21 0- 0 0.0 0 0 0- 0 0.0 0 0
*-Played at Appleton **-Played at Madison
TOTALS 204-2003 9.8 35 89 24-548 22.8 5 65 12-333 27.8 1 82 2- 15 7.5 0 15
CONNOR HANSON (2007-2009)
2007 60- 433 7.2 6 58 3- 72 24.0 2 35 13-282 21.7 0 25 0- 0 0.0 0 0
2008 158-1464 9.3 17 80 9- 87 9.7 1 18 11-319 29.0 0 57 11-156 14.2 1 73
2009 207-1497 7.2 17 80
CAREER TOTALS 425-3394 8.0 40 80
ELLIS MINOR (2001-2003)
2001 105- 714 6.8 9 67 18-335 18.6 4 64 3- 27 9.0 0 14 0- 0 0.0 0 0
2002 101- 670 6.6 10 80 12-255 21.3 0 60 9-224 24.9 0 - 0- 0 0.0 0 0
2003 204-2003 9.8 35 89 24-548 22.8 5 65 12-333 27.8 1 82 2- 15 7.5 0 15
CAREER TOTALS 410-3387 8.3 54 89 54-1138 21.1 9 65 24-584 24.3 1 82 2- 15 7.5 0 15