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Shepherd Meridian

Bluejays

Mustangs

The Meridian (Sanford, MI) varsity football team lost Thursday's home conference game against Shepherd (MI) by a score of 27-14.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Shepherd	-	-	-	-	27
Meridian	-	-	-	-	14

Final score provided by J. Flannery.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Shepherd (23-24)

Shepherd has not entered stats for this game.

Meridian (23-24)

Meridian

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	7	16	137	.438	19.6	3	71	34.6
6	Jace Burns (Sr)	4	11	71	.364	17.8	2	38	19.7
13	Garrett Bergman (Jr)	3	5	66	.600	22.0	1	33	64.6

Meridian

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	25	137	5.5	85		2
4	N. Metzger (Sr)	2	30	15.0	22	0	0
6	Jace Burns (Sr)	11	22	2.0	13	0	2
27	Aaron Holsinger (Sr)	3	16	5.3	11	0	0
32	Jaylen Fellows (Sr)	9	69	7.7	39	0	0

Meridian

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	7	137	19.6	80
3	Andrew Seidl (Sr)	1	28	28.0	28
4	N. Metzger (Sr)	3	94	31.3	38
9	Blake Mager (Jr)	1	5	5.0	5
11	Ethan Wetzel (Sr)	2	10	5.0	9

Meridian

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	137	137	274
3	Andrew Seidl (Sr)		28	28
4	N. Metzger (Sr)	30	94	124
6	Jace Burns (Sr)	22		22
9	Blake Mager (Jr)		5	5
11	Ethan Wetzel (Sr)		10	10
27	Aaron Holsinger (Sr)	16		16
32	Jaylen Fellows (Sr)	69		69

Meridian

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	137	137	137	274
3	Andrew Seidl (Sr)			28	28
4	N. Metzger (Sr)	30		94	124
6	Jace Burns (Sr)	22	71		93
9	Blake Mager (Jr)			5	5
11	Ethan Wetzel (Sr)			10	10
13	Garrett Bergman (Jr)		66		66
27	Aaron Holsinger (Sr)	16			16
32	Jaylen Fellows (Sr)	69			69

Meridian

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	4	59	14.8	35	0
15	Robbie Edwards (So)	4	59	14.8	35	0

Meridian

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	12	2	14
6	Jace Burns (Sr)	2	12		12
11	Ethan Wetzel (Sr)	0	0	2	2

Meridian

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0	0	0		0	2
11	Ethan Wetzel (Sr)	2	2	1.0	0	0		0	2

Meridian

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals	2	0					2
6	Jace Burns (Sr)	2						2

Meridian's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Michigan High School Football - Shepherd prevails Meridian

August 31, 2023: Sanford, MI 48657

The crowd at Thursday's league contest between the Shepherd Bluejays (Shepherd, MI) and the host Meridian Mustangs (Sanford, MI), observed Shepherd's football squad defeat Meridian by a count of 27-14.

The Bluejays now own a 1-2 record. They play next when they host Gladwin for a Jack Pine contest on Friday, September 8. Shepherd will encounter a Flying G's squad coming off a 48-6 league win over Harrison (Harrison, MI). The Flying G's record now stands at 2-0.

Coming up next, the Mustangs encounter the Alpena Wildcats (Alpena, MI) in a non-league contest, on Friday, September 8. Meridian will attempt to upgrade on its 0-2 season record. The Wildcats go into the contest with a 1-1 record after their 49-0 league loss to Marquette (Marquette, MI).

Shepherd @ Meridian Football Game Info

Thu., Aug. 31, 2023 @ 7p

Sanford Meridian High School

The Meridian (Sanford, MI) varsity football team lost Thursday's home conference game against Shepherd (MI) by a score of 27-14.

Rankings & Records

Shepherd (23-24)

MI	Class
334	39

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
3-7	3-3	1-4	2-3	.300	.500	213	321

Meridian (23-24)

MI	Class
352	32

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
3-6	1-5	1-3	2-3	.333	.167	135	243

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Shepherd	1.4	5.4	1.6	3.4	21.3
Meridian	0	2.7	0	2.0	15.0

Team Stat Comparison

Shepherd		Meridian
10.2	Rushing Yards Per Game	16.1
29.5	Passing Yards Per Game	19.7
26.3	Receiving Yards Per Game	24.6
39.7	Total Yards Per Game	35.8
1.2	Tackles Per Game	1.1
0.0	Sacks Per Game	0.0
2.4	Points Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

Shepherd		Meridian	National Avg.
#3 Kaleb Griffin30.0	Rushing Yards Per Game	#32 Jaylen Fellows20.3	20.6
#2 Jamari Beasley115.5	Passing Yards Per Game	#6 Jace Burns53.0	50.5
#8 Mitchell Walters97.0	Receiving Yards Per Game	#4 Nickolas Metzger41.0	17.5
#2 Jamari Beasley138.5	Total Yards Per Game	#6 Jace Burns57.0	36.9
#62 Kris Gall2.0	Tackles Per Game	#20 Treighton Wiggins2.0	2.7
#1 Ashton Luckhardt0	Sacks Per Game	#20 Treighton Wiggins0	0.2
#8 Tj Powell6.0	Points Per Game	#6 Jace Burns6.0	2.1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Shepherd	2-3		Meridian	1-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/8/23	Gladwin	Shepherd	(L) 26-14	9/22/23	Gladwin	Meridian	(L) 43-0
9/15/23	Beaverton	Shepherd	(L) 24-15	9/29/23	Meridian	Beaverton	(L) 34-14
9/29/23	Harrison	Shepherd	(W) 45-32	9/15/23	Meridian	Harrison	(L) 22-14
10/6/23	Shepherd	Pinconning	(W) 38-26	10/13/23	Pinconning	Meridian	(W) 20-0
10/13/23	Shepherd	Clare	(L) 48-0	10/6/23	Meridian	Clare	(L) 50-0

Record Breakdown

Shepherd (23-24)		Meridian (23-24)
3-7	Overall	3-6
3-3	League	1-5
0-4	Non-League	2-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-3	Common Opponent	1-4
1-4	Home	1-3
2-3	Away	2-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-7	In-State	3-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0