Minster 20, Fort Loramie 13

MINSTER — The Wildcats held on to defeat the Redskins in a battle between area powers at Memorial Field. Minster’s Jacob Niemeyer began the scoring with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Trent Roetgerman with just over four minutes left in the first quarter. The roles were reversed on Minster’s next scoring strike, as Roetgerman passed to Niemeyer for a short touchdown just before halftime.

Collin Moore fired a 65-yard touchdown pass to Damon Mescher in the third quarter, cutting Minster’s lead to 13-7. But shortly after, Minster’s Alex Schmitmeyer capped a 65-yard drive with a four-yard touchdown plunge. Moore added a scoring pass to Drew Benanzer late in the game, but Fort Loramie couldn’t overcome four turnovers on the night (two interceptions, two fumbles).

Adam Ketner and Kody Richard each had interceptions for Minster. Niemeyer chucked the football for 143 yards. Alex Schmitmeyer added 92 rushing yards. Moore had 294 yards passing for the Redskins, who held a 337-279 advantage in total yards. Minster visits 1-0 Covington next week. Fort Loramie hosts 0-1 St. Henry, which was defeated by Covington on Friday night.

Score by quarter 1 2 3 4 Total

Minster 6 7 7 0 20

Fort Loramie 0 0 7 6 13

First Quarter:

MIN – Trent Roetgerman 25 yd pass from Jacob Niemeyer (kick failed), 4:21

Second Quarter:

MIN – Jacob Niemeyer 3 yd pass from Trent Roetgerman (Bryan Falk kick), 0:00

Third Quarter:

FL – 64 yd pass from Collin Moore (kick good), 11:18

MIN – Alex Schmitmeyer 4 yd run (Bryan Falk kick), 5:02

Fourth Quarter:

FL – 3 yd pass from Collin Moore (kick good), 2:00

Team statistics MIN FL

First downs 14 13

Rushes - yards 32-136 17-43

Passing yards 143 294

Comp - att - int 16-23-1 22-35-2

Total yards 279 337

Punts - average 5-36.8 2-33.5

Fumbles - lost 0-0 2-2

Penalties - yards 3-27 6-40

Time of possession 27:46 20:14

Individual statistics

Rushing: Minster, Schmitmeyer 20-92, Niemeyer 12-44; Fort Loramie, 17-43.

Passing: Minster, Niemeyer 15-22-1-140; Fort Loramie, Moore 22-35-2-294.

Receiving: Minster, Bornhorst 7-45, Roetgerman 4-57, Schmitmeyer 2-18, Ripploh 1-13, Falk 1-7, Niemeyer 1-3; Fort Loramie, 22-294.