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WHARTON 42, MIDDLETON 35

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Published: October 17, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: Wharton had more big plays. Four of the Wildcats' six touchdowns went for more than 50 yards. All five of Middleton's scores came on plays of more than 20. Middleton (2-4) had a 23-point fourth quarter to keep it close before Wharton recovered an onside kick with a little over a minute left and ran out the clock.

GAME NOTES: Wharton (5-2) jumped to a lead it would not lose on the first play when running back Shane McEwen took a handoff 60 yards for a TD. ... Middleton freshman quarterback Greg Windham had three touchdown passes and 146 yards passing. ... Wharton quarterback Andrew Clifford had two touchdown throws and 236 yards in the air. ... McEwen had 133 rushing yards, and receiver Jarius Jones had 122 yards receiving. Brandon Johnson added 94. ... Wharton had two blocked extra points, but Middleton got them back with two 2-point conversion runs by Greg Hickman. He also picked up his own fumble in the end zone after a 61-yard run for a score and took back a Wharton fumble 82 yards for a score.

STAT OF THE GAME: Wharton had TDs of 60, 78, 21, 88 and 64 yards.

QUOTE OF THE GAME: "We had some real nice big plays tonight, but so did they. I thought we looked good at 28-6, but we were able to hold on." - Wharton coach David Mitchell

Todd Foley

M-Hickman fumble recovery in end zone (kick blocked)

W-Johnson 78 pass from Clifford (Sead kick)

W-Jones 21 pass from Clifford ( Sead kick)

W-McEwen 88 run (Sead kick)

M-Mann 3 pass from Windham (Kick blocked)

M-Hickman 82 yard fumble recovery (Hickman run)

W-Johnson 64 run (Sead kick)

M-Anderson 21 pass from Windham (Hickman run)

W-Jones 2 run (Sead kick)

M-Anderson 58 pass from Windham (Wehr kick)

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