NEW RICHLAND – The scoreboard said the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva football team was defeated 8-2 by Madelia/Truman Friday night.

Tuesday, September 18, 2001

NEW RICHLAND – The scoreboard said the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva football team was defeated 8-2 by Madelia/Truman Friday night.

In reality, the Panthers beat themselves.

The home team committed four turnovers and had 14 penalties for 130 yards.

&uot;It was very tough loss,&uot; said coach Adam Barner. &uot;Penalties and turnovers were key. When we limit those mental mistakes, we are as tough as anyone.&uot;

The Panthers’ points came in the first quarter on a safety by Clark Field.

Madelia/Truman scored on a 29-yard touchdown pass with 6:34 remaining.

The Panthers outgained Madelia/Truman 311-203 in total yards and had a 23-11 edge in first downs.

Mike Hullopeter led the defense with 12 tackles. Field had seven, Tyler Moe and Gavin Berg six apiece. Matt Christensen had a sack, Bjorn Peterson an interception.

&uot;The boys played well and they took this hard,&uot; said Barner, whose team fell to 1-2. &uot;But we will just go back and focus on JWP.&uot;

The Panthers play at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton this Friday.

M/T 0 0 0 8 – 8

NR 2 0 0 0 – 2

First Quarter

NR-Field safety.

Second Quarter

No scoring.

Third Quarter

No scoring.

Fourth Quarter

M/T-29 pass.

M/T NR

First downs 11 23

Rushing yards 62 260

Passing yards 141 51

Total yards 203 311

Turnovers 1 4

Yards penalized 85 130

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-NR, Field 25-130, Wyrum 17-84, Matthies 6-38, Balfe 1-10, Hullopeter 1-0, Peterson 2 -2.

PASSING-NR, Hullopeter 3-6-0, 31; Peterson 2-5-0, 20.

RECEIVING-NR, Lundberg 3-28, Perry 1-22, Matthies 1-1.