Audubon earns trip to 8-Man title game with win over Remsen, St. Mary’s

November 14th, 2019 by admin

The Audubon Wheelers avenged their only loss of the regular season with a 38-29 win over Remsen, St. Mary’s in the 8-Man Semifinals on Thursday. The Wheelers lost a 25-26 battle against the Hawks in Week 1, but a strong ground attack gave the Wheelers the victory this time.

The Wheelers scored on their first possession of the game and a back and forth battle ensued for a good chunk of the first half. Blaine Harpenau’s third touchdown run of the first half put the Hawks ahead 22-20 with 9:37 left in the half. The Wheelers answered with a 5 play 63 yard drive, capped off by a Skyler Schultes 29-yard touchdown run to put the Wheelers ahead 26-22 and that was the score at the half.

The Wheelers then took control in the second half. They forced a punt on Remsen’s first possession, gave it back on a fumble 3 plays later. A fourth down pass attempt for the Hawks was ruled knocked away by Gavin Smith in the end zone. Two plays later Skyler Schultes ripped off a 55 yard touchdown run. The Wheelers would score again after a Kaiden Smith interception to lead 39-22. The Hawks got one more score before the Wheelers ground out the clock.

Skyler Schultes ran for 227 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Wheelers. Audubon outgained Remsen, St. Mary’s 357 to 284 in total offense.

Audubon improves to 12-1 on the season and will play for the 8-Man State Championship next Thursday against Don Bosco. The Dons won the first Semifinal game on Thursday 50-6 over Turkey Valley.

Listen to the full postgame interviews with Audubon Head Coach Sean Birks and Quarterback Skyler Schultes below.