Manhattan High football rolled past winless Wichita North 70-6 on Friday night at Bishop Stadium.<\/p>\n
The Indians collected consecutive wins and moved back to .500 on the season, while Wichita North \u2014 which hasn\u2019t won a game since 2018 \u2014 extended its losing streak and dropped to 0-4 on the season.<\/p>\n
Manhattan wasted little time taking control, capitalizing on a Wichita North fumble on the opening drive. Liam Nider recovered the loose ball, and the Indians needed just one play to find the end zone, with EJ Massenberg breaking free for a 14-yard touchdown run. Mclain Aslin added the two-point conversion to put Manhattan ahead 8-0.<\/p>\n
The Indians struck again on their next possession, as Joseph Mortensen took the Indians\u2019 second play from scrimmage 44 yards for a touchdown. Manhattan\u2019s two-point attempt failed, but the Indians had built a 14-0 lead with 7:50 left in the opening quarter. Massenberg added his second touchdown of the quarter less than four minutes later, scoring on an 18-yard run.<\/p>\n
The Indians\u2019 special teams then joined the scoring party. Adonis Dunnigan fielded a Wichita North punt and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown, with the extra point good to push the lead to 27-0 at the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Manhattan continued to pour it on early in the second quarter after a shanked Wichita North punt gave the Indians a short field. Aslin called his own number and scored on a 12-yard run.<\/p>\n
Another North fumble gave Manhattan another short field, and Aslin took advantage. The junior quarterback found a wide-open Tyson Hattrup for a 19-yard touchdown, the first varsity touchdown of Hattrup\u2019s career.<\/p>\n
The turnovers continued to pile up for the RedHawks, with Manhattan recovering another fumble moments later. This time, Jack Hutchinson took the loose ball 17 yards for a scoop-and-score touchdown, giving the Indians a 49-0 lead with 8:20 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Manhattan\u2019s varsity defense held Wichita North to minus-16 total yards in the first half, with nine plays going for a loss and the RedHawks completing just one pass. With the game firmly in hand, Manhattan turned to its junior varsity players late in the half.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when sophomore quarterback Jacob Becket added another touchdown on a 40-yard run, the first varsity touchdown of his career, pushing the halftime lead to 56-0.<\/p>\n
The Indians\u2019 reserves, paired with a running clock in the second half, closed out the contest with a pair of rushing scores by KC Sanders and Vincent Johnson. Wichita North added its first points of the season on the first play of the second half as a tipped pass resulted in a 73-yard touchdown catch for Jhett Haberly.<\/p>\n
Manhattan will open Centennial League play next week on the road at rival Junction City, which entered Friday 0-3 before a 32-6 win over Emporia Friday evening. The Indians will look to reclaim the Silver Trophy after the Bluejays upset the Indians at Bishop Stadium last year.<\/p>\n
MANHATTAN 70,<\/p>\n
WICHITA NORTH 6<\/p>\n
Manhattan (2-2) \u2014 27; 29; 0; 14; \u2014 70<\/p>\n
Wichita North (0-4) \u2014 0; 0; 6; 0; \u2014 6<\/p>\n
SCORING SUMMARY<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Massenberg 14-yard TD run, 2-pt. good by Aslin, 10:30 1Q<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Mortensen 44-yard TD run, 2-pt. no good, 7:50 1Q<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Massenberg 18-yard TD run, 2-pt. no good, 4:03 1Q<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Dunnigan 37-yard punt return TD, PAT good by Stewart, 1:26 1Q<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Aslin 12-yard TD run, PAT good by Stewart, 10:31 2Q<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Hattrup 19-yard TD pass from Aslin, 2-pt. good by Massenberg, 9:27 2Q<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Hutchinson 17-yard TD scoop-and-score, PAT good by Stewart, 8:20 2Q<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Becket 40-yard TD run, PAT good by Stewart, 5:56 2Q<\/p>\n
Wichita North \u2014 Haberly 73-yard TD pass from Rodriguez, PAT no good, 9:14 3Q<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Sanders 11-yard TD run, 2-pt. no good, 9:47 4Q<\/p>\n
Manhattan \u2014 Johnson 12-yard TD run, 2-pt. good by Becket, 0:59 4Q<\/p>\n
INDIVIDUAL STATS<\/p>\n
Passing \u2014 Manhattan: Aslin [2-2-29-1] Becket [2-2-28]. Wichita North: Rodriguez [1-3-73-1]<\/p>\n
Rushing \u2014 Manhattan: Aslin [2-25-1], Massenburg [4-50-2], Mortensen [3-62-1], Becket [4-68-1]. Wichita North: Rodriguez [5-minus-17], Alcarez [12-7], Williams [9-12]<\/p>\n
Receiving \u2014 Manhattan: Hattrup [1-19-1], Massenburg [1-10]. Wichita North: Haberly [1-73-1]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan High football rolled past winless Wichita North 70-6 on Friday night at Bishop Stadium. The Indians collected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[8918,11581,27273,11583,11584,75,84,83,8919,11587,9,24,8920,8917,8921,63],"class_list":["post-357334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-american-football","tag-college-football-conference-seasons","tag-conversion-gridiron-football","tag-gridiron-football","tag-gridiron-football-variants","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-national-football-league","tag-ncaa-division-i-fbs-football-teams","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nfl-seasons","tag-nfl-teams","tag-nfl-teams-seasons","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}