{"id":39762,"date":"2013-06-15T07:22:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T12:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=39762"},"modified":"2013-06-15T07:22:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T12:22:51","slug":"wbl-downs-macnwc-in-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/06\/15\/wbl-downs-macnwc-in-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"WBL downs MAC\/NWC in all-star game"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n

The Western Buckeye League team had no trouble beating a squad of mostly Northwest Conference players in the 14th edition of the Van Wert County Hospital All-Star Football Game played at Eggerss Stadium in Van Wert. The WBL team scored first and led 17-3 at the half en route to a lopsided 38-10 victory. The Midwest Athletic Conference\/NWC team still leads the series, 8-6, but has lost five of the last seven games, including two in a row.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert's Logan Ray (11) puts pressure on Ada quarterback Mason Acheson (15) during Friday's Van Wert County Hospital All Star Football Game (Jan Dunlap\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The WBL dominated the stats, with 340 yards of total offense to 148 for the MAC\/NWC team. The WBL had 134 yards rushing on 42 carries and 206 yards on 16 of 25 passing and no interceptions. The MAC\/NWC team rushed for 74 yards on 21 carries and was 13 of 27 for 74 yards passing. The WBL had 23 first downs to 10 for the MAC\/NWC squad.<\/p>\n

Both teams were even on penalties, with the WBL committing five penalties for 60 yards, while the MAC\/NWC team had eight penalties for 61 yards. The MAC\/NWC team fumbled the ball three times, losing it twice, while also having one interception, while the WBL team had one fumble, which it lost, and no interceptions.<\/p>\n

The scoring began at the 6:56 mark of the first quarter when Celina\u2019s Braden Billger found Elida\u2019s Nick Pauff in the open for a 17-yard touchdown strike. Caleb Siefker of Ottawa-Glandorf kicked the extra point for a 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n

The WBL scored again in the second quarter when Zach Hembree of Celina ran 24 yards for a score with 9:50 remaining in the quarter. Siekfer again kicked the extra point and it was 14-0, WBL.<\/p>\n

The MAC\/NWC team got on the scoreboard next with a 38-yard field goal by Matthew Deter of Bluffton at 7:06 in the second period, but Siefker negated that score when he booted a 27-yard field goal with no time remaining in the first half.<\/p>\n

The WBL had the only score of the third quarter when Billger again found Pauff open for a 39-yard touchdown pass with 8:50 remaining in the quarter. Siefker again kicked the extra point for a 24-3 WBL lead.<\/p>\n

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Crestview's Venice Roberts (5) tackles Celina's Jason Knous (35) during Friday's All Star Football Game. (Jan Dunlap\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The WBL squad began the final stanza with a drive that was capped by a 24-yard scoring run by O-G\u2019s Tristan Parker. Siefker kicked the PAT to make the score 31-3.<\/p>\n

The MAC\/NWC squad then got the ball on its own 15-yard-line, but Casey Mulcahy of Lima Shawnee recovered a MAC\/NWC fumble and ran it back 85 yards for a touchdown. The run crushed the old series record for fumble runbacks of 47 yards set in 2001 by Delphos St. John\u2019s Randy Grothaus.<\/p>\n

Siekfer kicked the PAT for a 38-3 WBL lead.<\/p>\n

The final score came at the 7:26 mark of the fourth quarter when Kellen Decker of Ada ran the ball in from the 5-yard line for a MAC\/NWC touchdown. Deter kicked the extra point for the final 38-10 score.<\/p>\n

Several Van Wert County players participated in the game, with Van Wert\u2019s Logan Ray making several stellar tackles in the game.<\/p>\n

Individual leaders included Parker, the top rusher in the game with 65 yards on 17 rushes and a TD, while Doug Sanders of Bath had eight rushes for 57 yards for the WBL team. The MAC\/NWC team was led by Decker, who had seven rushes for 40 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n

Billger was the game\u2019s top passer with 15 completions in 22 attempts for 185 yards and two touchdowns. Mason Acheson of Ada led the MAC\/NWC squad with nine completions on 15 attempts for 59 yards and an interception.<\/p>\n

Leading receivers include Pauff for the WBL with six catches for 94 yards, and Jacob Ansley of Ada with two catches for 21 yards.<\/p>\n

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