AMHERST- The undefeated Amherst Falcons faced the visiting Weyauwega-Fremont Warhawks in a Central Wisconsin Conference battle on Oct. 2.
Amherst took an early 7-0 lead on their first drive. Running back Ayden Nerdahl broke free for a 44-yard run to the Warhawks’ two-yard line, then scored on the next play from the wildcat formation.
Antonio Vaquera intercepted a pass, giving the Falcons possession back at the Weyauwega-Fremont 39-yard line.
Nerdahl took a direct snap and bounced to the outside and was pushed out of bounds at the one-yard line. Nerdahl punched it in to give Amherst the 13-0 lead after a missed extra point.
The Warhawks responded with a long run of their own as quarterback Carter Birdyshaw took off on a 68-yard touchdown on a keeper that cut into the Falcons’ lead 13-7.
The Falcons extended the lead as Nerdahl scored on a 30-yard touchdown run as the score became 20-7.
Nerdahl scored his fourth touchdown of the game on an 18-yard run, breaking four tackles to reach the end zone and making it 27-7.
The fifth touchdown by Nerdahl was a 93-yard sprint to the end zone, putting the Falcons ahead 33-7.
Vaquera scored on a jet sweep with a 56-yard run that put Amherst up 39-7, and Nerdahl ran in a two-point conversion as the score went up 41-7.
Nerdahl scored his sixth rushing touchdown of the first half from two yards out that made the score 49-7, as Nerdahl scored the two-point conversion.
Carter Birdyshaw threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to an open receiver in the end zone to make it 49-14 late in the first half as the game was already out of hand.
Nerdahl finished with 376 yards rushing on 20 carries as he scored all six of his rushing touchdowns in the first half.
Amherst moves to 7-0 and faces undefeated Stratford on the road next week for the Central Wisconsin Conference championship.
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