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tied the game at 7-7 with a four-yard <strong>to</strong>uchdown run with 2:17 <strong>to</strong> play in the first quarter.<br />
On their first possession of the second quarter the <strong>Warhawks</strong> <strong>to</strong>ok advantage of an 11-yard punt by UW-<br />
S<strong>to</strong>ut <strong>to</strong> begin a UW-W drive at the <strong>Whitewater</strong> 47. Four plays later the <strong>Warhawks</strong> <strong>to</strong>ok the lead 14-7<br />
thanks <strong>to</strong> a four-yard <strong>to</strong>uchdown run by Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park) at 9:22.<br />
Shortly afterwards the Blue Devils were backed up inside their own 25, and then committed a false start<br />
on third and long. After the penalty, linebacker Kyle Wismer (Spring Grove, IL/Richmond-<br />
Bur<strong>to</strong>n) charged through the line <strong>to</strong> bat down a Carey pass <strong>to</strong> force the Blue Devils <strong>to</strong> punt. With 8:<strong>12</strong><br />
left in the half <strong>Whitewater</strong> <strong>to</strong>ok possession at their own 30 yard-line. Five plays later Blanchard found<br />
Tyler Huber (Mukwonago/North Prairie) alone in the end zone for a 31-yard <strong>to</strong>uchdown pass, set<br />
up by a 25-yard completion <strong>to</strong> Cory Robinson (Cambridge/Cambridge) on the previous play.<br />
Following another Blue Devil punt, the <strong>Warhawks</strong> received the ball on their own 30-yard line with 3:28 <strong>to</strong><br />
play in the half. The team dug itself in<strong>to</strong> a hole after a pair of penalties <strong>to</strong> make it second and 23, but was<br />
bailed out by a 37-yard catch by Luke Menzel (Sheboygan Falls/Oostburg), who followed that up<br />
with another reception, this time for 25 yards, again from Blanchard. A holding penalty made it first and<br />
20, but Coppage <strong>to</strong>ok it in for the score from 23 yards out <strong>to</strong> make it 28-7 with 1:33 left in the half.<br />
UW-W and Blanchard had just 24 yards passing in the first quarter when the game was tied 7-7, but 171<br />
in the second quarter when UW-W outscored the Blue Devils 21-0.<br />
The third quarter belonged <strong>to</strong> the Blue Devils as they scored on their first two possessions in the second<br />
half. Carey hooked up with Trevor Morning on a 39-yard <strong>to</strong>uchdown pass <strong>to</strong> make the score 28-14 with<br />
7:06 remaining in the third quarter, <strong>to</strong> break a run of twenty-one consecutive points by <strong>Whitewater</strong>.<br />
After the teams traded punts, the Blue Devils scored again. Carey hooked up with Morning for his second<br />
<strong>to</strong>uchdown on a 45-yard pass <strong>to</strong> make it 28-21 with 0:32 left in the third quarter.<br />
The <strong>Warhawks</strong> responded on their next drive, which covered 73 yards in five plays in 2:18, with a 26-yard<br />
<strong>to</strong>uchdown run by Coppage <strong>to</strong> make it 35-21 with 13:15 in the fourth quarter. The score was set up by an<br />
18-yard catch by Menzel on the previous play.<br />
<strong>Whitewater</strong>’s defense shut down the S<strong>to</strong>ut offense from that point on preventing any more scores and<br />
coming up with a pair of interceptions <strong>to</strong> put the game away. Ryan Cortez (Palatine, IL/Palatine,<br />
IL) had the first interception with just over six minutes <strong>to</strong> play at the Blue Devils’ 25. Two plays later<br />
Blanchard hooked up with Bernie Tamsett (Waterford/Waterford Union) for a nine yard<br />
<strong>to</strong>uchdown <strong>to</strong> conclude the scoring, 42-21 with 5:20 left in the fourth quarter.<br />
The Blue Devils saw their next drive end with the second interception, this time by Ryan Wenkman<br />
(<strong>Wisconsin</strong> Dells/<strong>Wisconsin</strong> Dells).<br />
The <strong>Warhawks</strong> racked up 539 yards of <strong>to</strong>tal offense. Blanchard finished 20-28 with 294 yards, tying his<br />
season high, also accomplished in the third game of the season, and three <strong>to</strong>uchdowns. Coppage ended<br />
his night with 139 yards (for those counting, now 185 shy of Justin Beaver’s school and WIAC career<br />
record of 6,584) and three <strong>to</strong>uchdowns on 22 carries. Menzel had a personal season high of 153 yards<br />
on 7 catches, just three yards shy of Tyler Huber (Mukwonago/North Prairie)’s team best 156<br />
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