TSCHETTER POWER PHOENIX PAST BON HOMME – The Courier

Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy came out on top after a slow start in the second half of the game, beating Bon Homme 50-19 in the Class 9AA competition in Freeman on Friday night, August 30.

The Phoenix trailed 7-0 and 13-6 before taking a 14-13 lead as time expired in the first half. F/M/FA then scored the next 36 points of the game to take a 50-13 lead, with the Cavaliers scoring the final six points after the starters were changed.

Freeman quarterback Riley Tschetter had a great game, throwing for 319 yards on 18 of 24 passes and running for 93 more, including a 75-yard dash through Bon Homme’s defense to make it 42-13 midway through the fourth quarter.

The Phoenix scorers were as follows:

• An 85-yard kickoff return by Chris Aasen made it 6-7;
• A 1-yard touchdown run from Tschetter and a two-point conversion from Tschetter to Karter Weber made it 14-13;
• A 1-yard touchdown run by Dominic Sperling and a two-point conversion run by Tschetter made it 22-13;
• A 16-yard touchdown pass from Tschetter to Luke Peters made it 28-13;
• A 55-yard touchdown pass from Tschetter to Aasen and a two-point conversion from Tschetter to Alaric Knittel made it 36-13;
• Tschetter’s 75-yard touchdown run and a two-point conversion run by Easton Tschetter made it 44-13;
• A 5-yard touchdown run by Easton Tschetter made it 50-19.

The Phoenix had 186 yards on the ground and 319 through the air, with 89 of those going to Weber. Jackson Donlan — who left the game in the second half with a knee injury — caught four passes for 66 yards, Aasen finished with 63 yards receiving and Luke Peters caught three passes for 61 yards.

Senior Sawyer Wipf led the defense with 11 tackles, junior Tate Sorensen had nine and freshman Tayden Kerrigan added seven.

F/M/FA travels to Elkton next week to take on No. 3 Elkton-Lake Benton.