Plymouth Pulls Away Late For Win At WawaseeSYRACUSE – After Wawasee drew first blood, 4A No. 13 Plymouth pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 34-6 Northern Lakes Conference football win over the Warriors Friday night.
Jacob Hand returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown to stake the Warriors to a 6-0 lead in the second quarter. The game was tied at six at halftime, and the Rockies led just 14-6 entering the fourth period.
Benji Nixon scored three touchdowns for the Rockies.
Wawasee (1-5, 0-4 in the conference) plays at Warsaw in the annual “W” trophy game Friday night.
PLYMOUTH 34, WAWASEE 6
P 0 6 8 20 – 34
W 0 6 0 0 – 6
P W
1st downs 18 8
Rushing yds 337 138
Passing yds 33 4
Comp-Att-Int 4-10-0 2-9-1
Total yds 370 142
Fumbles/lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties/yds 4-30 6-45
Punts/avg. 3-39 7-28
Second Quarter
W – Jacob Hand 63 punt return (kick failed), 6-0
P – Benji Nixon 5 run (kick failed), 6-6
Third Quarter
P – Nixon recovered blocked punt in end zone (Cole Filson run), 14-6
Fourth Quarter
P – Filson 12 run (Jeremy Drudge kick), 21-6
P – Braxton Bennitt 17 pass from Filson (Drudge kick), 28-6
P – Nixon 40 run (conversion failed), 34-0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Plymouth – Blake Reed 14-101, Nixon 11-85, Filson 11-74, Bennitt 4-27, Arturo Valdez 1-(minus 1); Wawasee – Dylan Hepler 5-78, Keyan Peete 10-34, Levi Brown 4-22, Aaron Evans 4-13, Hand 3-6, Parker Young 6-(minus 19).
