Grafton hangs on to beat Kewaskum

Grafton High School’s football team, playing nearly its second full game without star running back Jack Nelson, took a lead at Kewaskum and turned away the Indians’ comeback last Friday in a 22-17 win.

Quarterback Hunter Klippel ran nine times for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Owen Deer ran 12 times for 150 yards and a touchdown. Andy Tran ran five times for 45 yards.

The Black Hawks ran 29 times for 346 yards, averaging 11.9 yards per carry.

Klippel went 3-for-7 passing for 28 yards in the pouring rain.

Chase Tendrup and Braeden McCarville each recovered a fumble. Hudson Miller forced a fumble. Jason Grunwaldt intercepted a pass and led the Hawks with 10 tackles. Cooper Ehr had nine tackles.

Kewaskum’s Landon Scheel ran 26 times for 89 yards. Eli Ogi went 7-for-14 passing for 160 yards with a touchdown and an interception.

Grafton held a 15-3 lead at halftime. After Kewaskum scored in the fourth quarter, the Hawks answered to make it 22-10. The Indians scored again with three and a half minutes left. Grafton ran out the clock from there.

Grafton went to 4-1 and 3-0 in the Glacier Trails Conference. Kewaskum is 0-3 in the GTC and 1-4 overall.

Grafton plays at West Bend West (2-1 GTC, 3-2 overall) on Friday, Sept. 25.