The New Glarus-Monticello Knights football team hosted Edgewood on September 9th. NGM got off to a pretty good start and by halftime the score was a close one - Edgewood 21, NGM 19. However, Edgewood dominated the second half of the game and dealt a loss to the home team. The final score was Edgewood 43, New Glarus-Monticello 19.

Sue Moen

Alphorn Players and the New Glarus High School Pep Band entertained spectators before the Friday night NGM football game against Edgewood.

NGM scored pretty quickly in the first quarter, with a pass from Max Marty to AC Strok for a 50-yard gain. Ethan Seffrood's extra point was good. That was followed by an onside kick by the Knights, which they recovered, but couldn't make good on it due to several penalties on both teams that resulted in the Knights punting. Edgewood started out the second quarter with a score of their own and the Knights marched down the field to score when Marty tossed it to Ethan Friedrich for 6. The extra point attempt was blocked by Edgewood to make it 13-7, Knights. Edgewood replied by running back the kickoff for 6 and added another point when their attempt was successful and sailed through the uprights. Less than a minute later, Marty threw to Strok for a touchdown, but NGM's 2-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful.

After the Parent's Night halftime program, the game resumed. It was all Edgewood in the second half with some good defense from the Knights, including an interception from sophomore Charlie Sarbacker.

NGM's Max Marty was 13 for 21 with 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

Ethan Friedrich led the team with 53 yards rushing and 1 touchdown, while Max Marty had 16 yards and 1 touchdown, Lawrence Vasquez had 9 yards, and Cade Thayer and Justin Engen both had 2 yards each.

Leading the Knights in receiving yards was Friedrich with 93, while AC Strok had 71 and 1 touchdown, Cade Thayer had 25, Jake Roth had 15 and Lawrence Vasquez had 5.

The Knights are at home on Friday, September 16th, playing host to Lakeside Lutheran. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m.