Minster Cruises Over Parkway 47-8

By Bruce Monnin

MINSTER — Having lost their last three games to New Bremen, Coldwater and St. Henry, there was some thought that Minster might come out flat for their matchup with the Parkway Panthers. Instead, the Wildcats scored on six of their first seven possessions en route to a 47-8 victory.

It took Minster 55 seconds to post the first score of the game, which was setup when Ty Parks returned the opening kickoff 66 yards to the Parkway 23 yard line. Three plays later Parks scored the touchdown for the early 7-0 lead. Minster stopped Parkway on three plays and then needed just four plays to cover the 37 yards needed for their second score of the quarter.

The Wildcats tacked on four more touchdowns in the second quarter, on touchdown runs by Parks and Brian Hoelscher, as well as passes from Parks to Alex Stricker and Justin Spillers.

Parkway put together a nice drive of over six minutes in the third quarter, capped off by a 13 yard touchdown pass from David Bell to Mark Snyder. Minster responded with one last score early in the fourth quarter to make the final score 47-8 in favor of the Wildcats.

The Wildcat defense had a stellar night, giving up only 51 yards in 33 Parkway rushing attempts. The pass defense was also stingy, giving up only 47 yards and intercepting one of Parkway’s 14 aerial attempts.

Ty Parks led all rushers with 117 yards on 24 carries on the night. This brought Parks’ career rushing total over 4,000 yards. “He’s done well, but there are a lot of kids in the last 3-4 years that have blocked and don’t get that kind of glory,” stated Minster coach Whit Parks. “Ty would be the first to tell you that those statistics are team milestones.”

Parkway falls to 1-8 (1-6 MAC) with the loss. The Wildcat record rises to 4-5 (3-5 MAC). Next week Friday Minster hosts Lima Central Catholic while Parkway ends the season by hosting Versailles.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Minster 14 27 0 7 — 47

Parkway 0 0 8 0 — 8