Not a bad opening night of the playoffs. All of the area teams that had home games survived, and Ripon managed to stun top-seeded Lodi. Great win for the Tigers.
I'm going to make this brief because I need to get some food and then get some shut-eye, but here are a few thoughts I had on Tuesday night's games.
Fondy finds ways to win: I haven't seen very many 16-6 games where I thought one team is in control the entire way, but I saw it on Tuesday night. The Cardinals were never really in danger of losing control of the game, even if the offense didn't do much of anything after a 29-yard pass from Ben Anderson to Paul Biolo kicked off Tuesday's party. But the defense came to play, shut down a very good running back that we'll all be hearing from in the future in D.J. Fuller and picked off four LaFollette passes. Mukwonago is up next, and Fondy is playing with a lot of confidence right now.
Mayville peaking at the right time: Although I had to take Mayville coach Tom Noennig's word for it, the other Cardinals in our area played very well on Tuesday night. Matt Haass returned from a hamstring injury to throw for more than 200 yards and three touchdowns and Michael Nied rushed for 160-plus yards in a 48-12 drubbing of New Holstein. WLA's defense is going to have to do a remarkable job to keep Mayville under 20 points.
Waupun survives: I'm not sure if the Warriors were looking ahead to a matchup with Wisconsin Lutheran a tad too early or what, but Sheboygan Falls nearly came back from a 22-0 deficit. Waupun did win the game 30-28 but you'd have to wonder if the comeback did any damage to the Warriors' psyche.
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