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Valley Lutheran Merrill

Chargers

Vandals

The Merrill (MI) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Valley Lutheran (Saginaw, MI) by a score of 29-13.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Valley Lutheran	7	6	0	0	13
Merrill	6	8	8	7	29

Recap
Box Score
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Game Stats

Valley Lutheran (14-15)

Valley Lutheran

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	10	16	79	.625	7.9	1	18	95.6
2	Travis Dantzer (Jr)	3	5	7	.600	2.3		5	64.6
15	Max Wood (So)	7	11	72	.636	10.3	1	18	112.7

Valley Lutheran

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	30	168	5.6	22	1
1	J. Houthoofd (Sr)	12	98	8.2	22
2	Travis Dantzer (Jr)	5	25	5.0	22
3	Charles Glumm (So)	3	9	3.0	7
11	Royce Houthoofd (Sr)	5	21	4.2	9
15	Max Wood (So)	5	15	3.0	17	1

Valley Lutheran

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	10	79	7.9	18	1
1	J. Houthoofd (Sr)	1	7	7.0	7
2	Nick Howard (Sr)	2	17	8.5	16
11	Royce Houthoofd (Sr)	1	10	10.0	10	1
34	Blake Maurer (Sr)	4	33	8.3	18
84	Jordan Rajewski (Sr)	2	12	6.0	7

Valley Lutheran

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost
	Team Totals	5	5
2	Travis Dantzer (Jr)	1	1
2	Nick Howard (Sr)	1	1
15	Max Wood (So)	3	3

Valley Lutheran

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	Total
	Team Totals	168	79	58	305
1	J. Houthoofd (Sr)	98	7	58	163
2	Travis Dantzer (Jr)	25			25
2	Nick Howard (Sr)		17		17
3	Charles Glumm (So)	9			9
11	Royce Houthoofd (Sr)	21	10		31
15	Max Wood (So)	15			15
34	Blake Maurer (Sr)		33		33
84	Jordan Rajewski (Sr)		12		12

Valley Lutheran

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	168	79	79	247
1	J. Houthoofd (Sr)	98		7	105
2	Travis Dantzer (Jr)	25	7		32
2	Nick Howard (Sr)			17	17
3	Charles Glumm (So)	9			9
11	Royce Houthoofd (Sr)	21		10	31
15	Max Wood (So)	15	72		87
34	Blake Maurer (Sr)			33	33
84	Jordan Rajewski (Sr)			12	12

Valley Lutheran

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls
	Team Totals	47	9	56
1	J. Houthoofd (Sr)	4		4
2	Randy Burk (Jr)	2		2
2	Travis Dantzer (Jr)	3	3	6
2	Nick Howard (Sr)	3		3
3	Charles Glumm (So)	1		1
7	Nathan Beelman (Sr)	2	1	3
11	Royce Houthoofd (Sr)	8	1	9
16	Alex Ware (Jr)	4		4
33	Conner LeRoy (Sr)	6		6
34	Blake Maurer (Sr)	2		2
42	Lucas Weiss (Jr)		2	2
81	Drew Fletcher (Jr)	5	1	6
84	Jordan Rajewski (Sr)	1	0	1
85	Rene Fulgencio (Sr)	4	1	5
88	Jon Wieland (Sr)	2		2

Valley Lutheran

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	1.0	7
7	Nathan Beelman (Sr)	1.0	7

Valley Lutheran

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus	Blk Pnts	Blk FGs
	Team Totals					1
85	Rene Fulgencio (Sr)					1

Valley Lutheran

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	2	60	30.0
33	Conner LeRoy (Sr)	2	60	30.0

Valley Lutheran

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	3	80	26.7	40
81	Drew Fletcher (Jr)	3	80	26.7	40

Valley Lutheran

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	FC	KR Yds
	Team Totals	4	58	14.5	25						58
1	J. Houthoofd (Sr)	4	58	14.5	25						58

Valley Lutheran

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	12	1	13
2	Nick Howard (Sr)			1	1
11	Royce Houthoofd (Sr)	1	6		6
15	Max Wood (So)	1	6		6

Valley Lutheran

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	1.0					1
2	Nick Howard (Sr)	1	1	1.0					1

Valley Lutheran

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	1	2
11	Royce Houthoofd (Sr)		1	1
15	Max Wood (So)	1		1

Merrill (14-15)

Merrill has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Michigan High School Football - Merrill topples Valley Lutheran

September 12, 2014: Merrill, MI 48637

The Merrill Vandals (Merrill, MI) football defeated the visiting Valley Lutheran Chargers (Saginaw, MI), 29-13 in Friday's league bout.

In their next game, the Vandals face the St. Charles Bulldogs (St. Charles, MI) in a Tri-Valley - West bout, on Friday, September 19. Merrill will attempt to advance on its 2-1 season record. The Bulldogs enter the bout with a 2-1 record after their 42-6 league win over Carrollton (Carrollton, MI).

The Chargers (1-2) will now prepare for their bout against Michigan Lutheran Seminary (Saginaw, MI). The Cardinals enter the Tri-Valley - West bout with a 2-1 record. In their last bout, Michigan Lutheran Seminary lost by Ithaca (Ithaca, MI), 33-14, in a league challenge.

Rankings & Records

Valley Lutheran (14-15)

National	MI
12,313	485

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
1-8	0-7	0-4	1-4	.111	.000	166	302

Merrill (14-15)

National	MI
10,723	419

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
3-6	1-6	1-3	2-3	.333	.143	203	286

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Valley Lutheran	4.9	5.0	4.8	3.8	18.4
Merrill	8.3	4.0	4.0	9.3	22.6

Team Stat Comparison

Valley Lutheran		Merrill
120.3	Rushing Yards Per Game	-
127.8	Passing Yards Per Game	-
248.1	Total Yards Per Game	-
57.0	Tackles Per Game	-
0.9	Sacks Per Game	-
18.4	Points Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Valley Lutheran		Merrill	National Avg.
#1 Justin Houthoofd62.9	Rushing Yards Per Game	-	20.6
#15 Max Wood108.5	Passing Yards Per Game	-	38.0
#1 Justin Houthoofd62.9	Total Yards Per Game	-	21.8
#11 Royce Houthoofd12.2	Tackles Per Game	-	2.8
#11 Royce Houthoofd0.2	Sacks Per Game	-	0.2
#34 Blake Maurer4.9	Points Per Game	-	2.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Valley Lutheran	0-6		Merrill	0-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/5/14	St. Charles	Valley Lutheran	(L) 42-36	9/19/14	St. Charles	Merrill	(L) 33-20
9/19/14	Michigan Lutheran Seminary	Valley Lutheran	(L) 56-0	9/5/14	Merrill	Michigan Lutheran Seminary	(L) 42-7
9/26/14	Valley Lutheran	Breckenridge	(L) 34-33	10/3/14	Breckenridge	Merrill	(L) 30-26
10/3/14	Valley Lutheran	St. Louis	(L) 21-7	10/10/14	Merrill	St. Louis	(L) 27-26
10/10/14	Ithaca	Valley Lutheran	(L) 49-13	10/17/14	Ithaca	Merrill	(L) 69-6
10/17/14	Valley Lutheran	Carrollton	(L) 33-26	9/26/14	Merrill	Carrollton	(L) 26-15

Record Breakdown

Valley Lutheran (14-15)		Merrill (14-15)
1-8	Overall	3-6
0-7	League	1-6
1-1	Non-League	2-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-6	Common Opponent	0-6
0-4	Home	1-3
1-4	Away	2-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-8	In-State	3-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0