BANGOR - The Bangor Cardinals improved to 5-0 with a 43-20 Scenic Bluffs Conference victory over the Brookwood Falcons Friday night.

The Cardinals were faced with the task of taking on a stout Brookwood (2-3) defense that surrendered only 67 total yards of offense the previous week to the Cashton Eagles.

The Brookwood defense held on in the opening drive as the Cardinal offense stalled in the red zone.

The Falcons then followed with a touchdown that came on a long pass play.

The Cardinals answered back on their following series with a touchdown to retake the lead 8-6.

“After giving up the opening drive touchdown, I was happy we responded with a score the next drive” said Bangor coach Rick Muellenberg.

The Cardinals tacked on 14 more points in the second quarter to make the score heading into the half, 22-6.

Senior running back John Piske lead the Cardinals offense with a pair of touchdowns and an impressive 296 yards on 20 carries.

Ethan Anderson added 3 touchdowns and 89 yards on 17 carries, also adding a score for Bangor was senior back Alex Braun.

The Cardinals had 475 total yards of offense, 453 of that was rushing. The Falcons had 295 total yards with 198 coming on the ground.

Next week the Cardinals travel to Cashton to take on the Eagles for their homecoming game.

Bangor ….         8  14  14  7  -  43

Brookwood….    6   0    6  8  -  20


Ethan Rueckheim is a student writer from Bangor High School and a frequent contributor to Preps On The Net. Ethan's has been following the Bangor Cardinals football team and submitting stories through the 2009 season.

Ethan is a student in Brendan Young's English class. He is the first student to have a story published in the Feature Section of Preps On The Net.