Wausau Pilot & Review

Wausau West routed De Pere 42-7 and Wausau East lost to Rhinelander 34-15 in nonconference football games on Friday.

West, playing at Thom Field for the first time this season, is now 2-0.

Ray Reineck ran for 193 yards and three touchdowns, and J.J. Drews tossed a pair of touchdown passes to Carter Amerson for Wausau West in its huge win.

Wausau East, which picked up its first victory since 2019 last week against Lakeland, falls to 1-1.

East fell behind 20-2 by halftime and couldn’t make up any ground after that.

Caden Werth had an 89-yard touchdown run, and quarterback Pacey Weber threw for 108 yards and ran for a score for the Lumberjacks.

Both teams will hit the road for their Valley Football Association openers on Friday, Sept. 1, at West plays at Wisconsin Rapids and East will be at Marshfield.

Warriors 42, Redbirds 7
De Pere   0   7   0   0   –   7
Wausau West   14   14   7   7   –   42
De Pere statistics not provided.
First Quarter
WW – Ray Reineck 2 run (Jackson Albee kick), 8:33.
WW – Carter Amerson 58 pass from J.J. Drews (Albee kick), 5:38.
Second Quarter
WW – Reineck 8 run (Albee kick), 11:55.
WW – Drews 1 run (Albee kick), 0:07.
Third Quarter
WW – Amerson 12 pass from Drews (Albee kick), 11:55.
WW – Reineck 5 run (Albee kick), 7:47.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: WW, Ray Reineck 24-193, Jaden Durr 4-22, J.J. Drews 5-17, Jackson Ngo 3-16, Cooper DePuydt 2-5, Joe Graveen 2-minus 1, Tony Iaffaldano 1-minus 6.
Passing: WW, Drews 4-5-104-0, Graveen 1-1-21-0.
Receiving: WW, Carter Amerson 4-104, Travis Klade 1-21.
Records: De Pere 0-2; Wausau West 2-0.

Hodags 34, Lumberjacks 15
Wausau East   2   0   6   7   –   15
Rhinelander   6   14   7   7   –   34
First Quarter
R – Heck 1 run (PAT failed), 6:22.
WE – Safety, 2:30.
Second Quarter
R – Schoppe 12 pass from Lamers (Lamers run), 9:06.
R – Campbell 1 run (PAT failed), 1:43.
Third Quarter
R – Kurtz 7 run (Bates kick), 1:54.
WE – Weber 1 run (pass failed), 0:15.
Fourth Quarter
WE – Caden Werth 89 run (Voegtline kick), 6:37.
R – Heck 22 run (Bates kick), 3:19.
Records: Wausau East 1-1; Rhinelander 2-0.