Hornet football drops a game to New Glarus, fall to 2-2 on the year

RICHLAND CENTER, WIS (WRCO / WRCE) – New Glarus won a Southwest Wisconsin Conference game against Richland Center 25-7 on Friday night. The Hornets fell to 2-2 and 1-1 in the league, while the Glarner Knights improved to 4-0 and 2-0 to being the 2025 campaign.

The first 2 scores came from kicker Ashlin Milbauer on field goals of 23 and 30 yards. They added to the 6-0 lead with a pick 6 touchdown from Ethan Colstad to put the team up 13-0. Colstad would have 2 interceptions on the night. The Hornets tightened the gap with an interception for a touchdown of their own when Jayden Schoepp made the pick and returned it 40 yards for a score. Liam Fingerson kicked the extra point to make it 13-7. That would be the only Hornet score as quarterback Matt Roth (wrote) ran for a 46 yard touchdown on a quarterback sneak on 4^th down. The extra point kick was blocked by Duncan Harper of Richland Center. The final touchdown of the night came when Matt Roth threw to Tucker Sysko. When the 2 point try failed, it was 25-7 at intermission.

Each team team had 5 possessions in the 2^nd half but neither scored. The story of the game was penalties. The two combined for 15 penalties in the first quarter and a total of 35 penalties were issued in the Southwest Wisconsin conference contest.

Following the 25-7 win, New Glarus will prepare for its next game when they host Brodhead/Juda. Richland Center will host Platteville during the 5^th week of the season.

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