The Blazers jumped out to an early lead and sealed the victory with a late score to improve to 4-1 by defeating Cambridge Christian 35-26. Tait Zeltwanger had a career night as he completed 15 of 23 passes for 230 yards and 5 TDs. The sophomore also ran for 48 yards on 7 carries. The scoring started with another leaping TD catch in the endzone to Noah Spenn but then Cale Zeltwanger became the favorite target as the brothers connected for 9 catches, 162 yards and 4 scores. "Tait dropped the ball in perfectly on the corner routs all night and Cale just ran to the spot." Coach Spenn continued, "It was a lot of fun seeing the two brothers have great night together."

The Lancers responded to the Blazers first touchdown with a big play from their tailback but missed the extra point and while the two schools traded TDs all night the Lancers never lead in the game. Jack Campbell remained perfect on the night with 5 of 5 extra points. The offense controlled the ball all night and ran 70 plays to 41 for Cambridge. The Blazers piled up 230 yards in the air and 197 on the ground for 427 total yards of offense compared to 382 for Cambridge.The Blazers lost the turnover battle but Eli Ford came up with a big interception to seal the game late in the forth. 

Wyatt Campbell led the defense wth 12 total tackles and Tristan McConnell Haas had 9 total tackles. Jacob Murray had a sack and Evan Rowden had a tackle for loss. The defensive front recorded 8 QB hurries on the night.

Up next the Blazers will travel to ODA on Friday, September 18 at 7pm. ODA is 4-0 to start the year with victories over St. Stephen's and Cambridge.

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