FOOTBALLNotre Dame 56, Neenah 53NEENAH – Kingston Allen rushed for 464 yards and seven touchdowns, but it was Joey Massey’s 25-yard touchdown reception in overtime that proved to be the deciding score in the Tritons’ wild victory over the Rockets.Ashton Van Beek had 26 carries for 265 yards on the ground and rushed for five touchdowns for Neenah. He also threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Rockets, who scored 28 consecutive points over the third and fourth quarters.The Tritons (1-0) battled back from a 50-36 deficit to force overtime. Massey sacked Van Beek on a third-and-5 during Neenah’s first possession in overtime that forced a Rockets field goal.MORE: Wisconsin high school football scores | Week 1Notre Dame answered with its touchdown on the first play of overtime. A direct snap went to Allen, who pitched the ball to quarterback Jackson Bouthilet, who heaved the game-winning score to Massey.Notre Dame 14 15 7 14 6 – 56Neenah 14 8 21 7 3 – 53SCORING PLAYSFirst QuarterND – Kingston Allen 45 run (Michael Witczak kick)N – Ashton Van Beek 59 run (Harry Gerdin kick)ND – Allen 68 run (Witczak kick)N – Cooper Sieck 27 pass from Van Beek (Witczak kick)Second QuarterN – Van Beek 15 run (Van Beek run)ND – Allen 90 run (Witczak kick)ND – Allen 6 run (Jonas Berndt run)Third QuarterND – Allen 59 run (Witczak kick)N – Van Beek 8 run (Gerdin kick)N – Van Beek 3 run (Gerdin kick)N – Elliot Devlin 23 pass from Van Beek (Gerdin kick)Fourth QuarterN – Van Beek 54 run (Gerdin kick)ND – Allen 3 run (Witczak kick)ND – Allen 17 run (Witczak kick)OvertimeN – Gerdin 29 field goalND – Joey Massey 25 pass from Jackson BouthiletPlymouth 42, Menasha 41APPLETON – The Bluejays saw a 21-point second-half lead disappear and may have suffered an even worse loss when quarterback Paul Schmolinske was hurt on a two-point conversion run with 57 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.After the Bluejays had scored on a 17-yard Schmolinske to Shamir Senyange touchdown pass to cut the deficit to one, Menasha set up for a potential go-ahead two-point conversion. Schmolinske took the snap, rolled to his right and appeared to have daylight to the goal line but was tripped up by the Panthers’ Jaxon Goelzer. Schmolinske fell awkwardly and hit just short of the goal line, suffering what appeared to be a lower leg injury. After a long delay, he left the field on a stretcher.Menasha attempted an onside kick but Plymouth recovered and was able to run out the clock.Menasha had appeared to be in control early, as Schmolinske connected with Senyange for a pair of scores for a 14-0 lead. The Bluejays led 28-14 at intermission after a 25-yard touchdown run by Keonte Thigpen and a 54-yard scoring run by Logan Bivens.Bivens opened the second half with an 80-yard TD run to give Menasha a 35-14 edge.But the Panthers fought their way back behind quarterback Augie Eigenberger, who finished with three touchdown passes. A Cole Kuhn 1-yard run with 5:18
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