Chargers kick off the football season with a 38-0 victory

The Goodridge/Grygla/Gatzke Chargers started their 2015 football season a couple weeks early, hosting Cass Lake/Bena in Grygla last Saturday, August 22nd. Although the team is pretty young, they came out swarming said Head Coach John Wilebski. “We took it to the Panthers right away…completely catching them off guard,” he added.

With a final score of 38-0, the Chargers kept that same energy going throughout the night and it definitely paid off.

Scoring summary: Benji Wilebski, 3yd td run, extra point kick good. Blaine Kriel threw a 13yd td pass to Jaden Kiesow, Benji Wilebski’s kick failed. Dylan Walker had a 20yd fumble recovery td, Lucian Tinnes’ kick was good. Blaine Kriel had a 41yd td run, kick blocked. Jaden Kiesow 11yd td run, Lucian Tinnes’ kick failed. Austin Brateng 43yd td run, Brateng run failed. 

Kriel: 9 carries for 84yds, 1 td. Brateng: 9 carries for 69yds, 1 td. J. Kiesow: 6 for 36, 1 td. Wilebski: 5 carries for 19yds, 1 td. 

Defensively: Dylan Manderud, 7 tackles. Jesse Wiseth (Coach Wilebski commented that Wiseth had a really great game) 2 fumble recoveries, 6 tackles. Wiskow: 1 fumble recovery.

“We have a group of very hard working kids this year,” said Coach Wilebski. “Our line is very young, but they are dedicated to each other. We need to get together and block and just get better each game.”

Next up on the Chargers football schedule: Monday, August 24th, the Junior High team scrimmaged in Newfolden. Friday, August 28th, the Varsity team heads to Erskine for a 7pm game against the Win-E-Mac Patriots.

Here’s to a great 2015 Chargers football season!