The Audubon Wheeler football team had a dominant win against the Exira-EHK Spartans on Friday night scoring 72 points on the evening. Right from the start Audubon looked control as the Wheelers scored in under a minute at the top of the first quarter thanks to an Aaron Olsen 45-yard touchdown run putting them up 8-0. Exira-EHK was then forced to punt on the following drive giving Audubon the ball back and the Wheelers looked to Olsen again as quarterback Carson Wessel threw a sharp pass to Olsen who dashed his way for 50 yards back into the endzone making it 16-0. On the following drive the Audubon defense held firm forcing another punt and giving their offense one more chance to score before the end of the first quarter. Wessel would once again find Olsen for another touchdown pass near the sideline adding on to their 24-0 score.

The second quarter saw no improvement for the Spartan offense as Exira-EHK quarterback Bryce Brabham threw an interception in the Audubon redzone to Olsen. The Wheelers did take advantage of the turnover as Wessel had a dime pass to Austin Christensen for 39 yards and a touchdown. The game fully tilted in Audubon’s favor as they now led 30-0. The momentum swing did not stop there as midway through the second quarter the Spartans had a punt tipped giving it an awkward trajectory that turned into a 35-yard touchdown return by Jack Stanerson creating a 36-0 lead at halftime.

In the third quarter the Wheelers committed to keeping their foot on the gas and had an 18-yard touchdown reception by freshman Jorgen Nowatzke to put them up 44-0. The Spartans did force a turnover of their own as Owen Juhl picked off freshman quarterback Aiden Kjergaard getting the ball close to midfield for Exira-EHK. The result of their next drive was a turnover on downs and Kjergaard had a designed quarterback run go 33-yards for a score seeing a 50-0 Audubon lead grow. The fourth quarter saw Audubon seal the game with 3 touchdown scores on the ground one a Colin Hartl 4-yard sprint near the goal line, the next a 25-yard scramble by Kjergaard, and Mason Kasperbauer plunging his way through the maroon defense for 27 yards. The final score would be 72-0.

Wheelers head coach Sean Birks was proud of the way his team maintained their intensity throughout all four quarters.

Birks also noted that one of the strengths his Audubon team possess is the ability to be selfless and not focus on stats. Players like Aaron Olsen exemplify this demeanor to coach Birks.

The Wheelers turn their record into 3-0 with a win and face a talented St. Edmond team on the road next Friday. Coach Birks does not plan on underestimating the Gaels.

The Spartans drop to 1-2 with their loss and head back home to face Sidney next Friday.