Campbellsport Football Goes Lights Out against the Orioles with Homecoming Win

On September 26, Campbellsport football beat North Fond du Lac (NFDL) 63-8 in their first Flyway Conference win on homecoming.
Campbellsport (2-4, 1-3) recovered a surprise opening onside kick from NFDL (0-6, 0-4) to start the game at the 50-yard line.
Blake Heltemes burst through the offensive line into the Orioles’ second level of defenders and sprinted into the end zone to give the Cougars an early jolt of excitement and a 7-0 lead with 11:14 in the first quarter.
“It was good to come out and get the offense going early,” said Head Coach Todd Wondra.

NFDL converted two first downs on their first offensive drive before the Cougars stopped the Orioles on fourth down, highlighted by a Pierce Kaehne three-yard tackle for a loss.
The Cougars converted four first downs from the running game before Heltemes capped the 70-yard drive with a 23-yard rushing touchdown to give Campbellsport a 14-0 lead with 44 seconds left in the first quarter.
“Blake is a special athlete and leaves nothing in the tank when the game is over, and is important to us on both sides of the ball,” said Wondra. “He runs hard and at times is looking for contact.”
Kaehne intercepted the NFDL quarterback on fourth down on the next Orioles’ drive to give the Cougars the ball back at their own 49-yard line.
Campbellsport received another big play from Kaehne when he broke through some NFDL tacklers and spun around while maintaining his balance and vision to sprint down in front of the Cougars’ sideline for an electrifying 51-yard rushing touchdown to increase Campbellsport’s lead to 21-0 with 9:59 on the second-quarter clock.
“Getting Pierce back is big for us,” said Wondra. “He is a great athlete, and you need those kids on the field as much as possible.”
The two teams traded possessions before Heltemes blocked a NFDL punt, which was recovered by Cullen Reis and returned to the Orioles’ 23-yard line for the Cougars.
Chris Taddey went up the middle of the defense and went untouched by weaving through their entire Orioles’ defense for a 23-yard rushing touchdown on the first play after the blocked punt to expand the Cougars’ lead to 28-0 at the 4:27 mark in the second quarter.
Heltemes blocked another punt for the Cougars, with additional pressure on the punt coming from Keagan Sabish, and the ball was recovered by Braden Ebert at the Orioles’ 20-yard line.
The Cougars got a second rushing touchdown from Taddey on a one-yard rushing touchdown to put the Campbellsport lead at 34-0 with 2:18 left in the first half.
The first half ended when Heltemes blitzed from his linebacker spot to sack the Orioles’ quarterback to send the teams to their locker rooms at halftime.
NFDL’s rough night continued when the Orioles fumbled the opening second-half kickoff, giving the ball to the Cougars at the NFDL 30-yard line.
Campbellsport got a 16-yard passing touchdown from quarterback Jackson Straub to Reis, who Reis bowled over the defender to get into the end zone, expanding the Cougars’ lead to 41-0 with 10:59 in the third quarter.
The Cougars ended the next NFDL drive on fourth down when Heltemes sacked the Orioles’ quarterback for the second time of the night, giving Campbellsport the ball at the NFDL 20-yard line.
“Defensively, we played well all night, and it was unfortunate to give up the long catch and run in the fourth quarter, but overall, they played well,” said Wondra.
Taddey capped off the short offensive drive with his third rushing touchdown of the game to give Campbellsport a commanding 47-0 lead with 6:09 left in the third quarter.
Campbellsport got two fourth-quarter touchdowns with Kaleb Nennig scoring a six-yard touchdown and Trayton Rendermann scoring an eight-yard rushing touchdown, with NFDL’s only touchdown of the game sandwiched between the Cougars’ final two scores to put the final score at 63-8 in favor of Campbellsport.
“We will continue to work hard as we finish out the conference schedule and look to improve every day,” said Wondra.
Campbellsport football will host St. Mary’s Springs on October 3 at 7 p.m.

Game Summary

Friday, September 26
NFDL 0-0-0-8 8
Campbellsport 14-20-13-16 63
Final

First Quarter

Campbellsport: Blake Heltemes 46-yard rushing touchdown (Stoffel XP) 11:14 Campbellsport 7-0
Campbellsport: Blake Heltemes 23-yard rushing touchdown (Stoffel XP) 0:44 Campbellsport 14-0
Second Quarter
Campbellsport: Pierce Kaehne 51-yard rushing touchdown (Stoffel XP) 10:13 Campbellsport 21-0
Campbellsport: Chris Taddey 23-yard rushing touchdown (Stoffel XP) 4:27 Campbellsport 28-0
Campbellsport: Chris Taddey 1-yard rushing touchdown (XP missed) 2:18 Campbellsport 34-0
Third Quarter
Campbellsport: Jackson Straub to Cullen Reis 16-yard passing touchdown (Stoffel XP) 10:59 Campbellsport 41-0
Campbellsport: Chris Taddey 6-yard rushing touchdown (XP blocked) 6:09 Campbellsport 47-0
Fourth Quarter
Campbellsport: Kaleb Nennig 6-yard rushing touchdown (Cullan Flasch 2pt Run) 8:56 Campbellsport 55-0
NFDL: 55-yard passing touchdown (2pt Pass) 7:56 Campbellsport 55-8
Campbellsport: Trayton Rendermann 8-yard rushing touchdown (Rendermann 2 pt Run) 2:04 Campbellsport 63-8

Team Stats
NFDL: Total Yards: 132 Passing: 1-4-55-1-1 Rushing: 36-77-0
Campbellsport: Total Yards: 373 Passing: 3-5-55-1-0 Rushing: 27-318-8

Individual Stats:
Passing: Jackson Straub 3-5-55-1-0
Rushing: Chris Taddey 11-83-3. Pierce Kaehne 3-74-1. Blake Heltemes 2-69-2. Trayton Rendermann 7-59-1. Cullan Flasch 2-23. Kaleb Nennig 2-10-1
Receiving: Culen Reis 2-31-1. Blake Heltemes 1-24
Tackles: Blake Heltemes 13. Carter Gellings 6.5. Levi Bentz 4.5. Kaleb Nennig 4. Spencer Immel 4.
Sacks: Blake Heltemes 2
TFL: Blake Heltemes 2. Pierce Kaehne 1
Int: Pierce Kaehne 1
FR: Trayton Rendermann 1. Wolfgang Stoffel 1
Blocked Kicks: Blake Heltemes 2