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NorthWood Panthers

Class 4A

Team Statistics
NorthWood Opponents
Total Points / Points Per Game 629/44.9 259/18.5
First Downs / Per Game 249/18 176/13
Rushing Yards / Per Game 3637/259.7 2260/161.4
Passing Yards / Per Game 3200/228.6 1976/141.1
Total Yards / Per Game 6676/476.9 3901/278.6
Fumbles Recovered By 17/8 25/12
Intercepted By 5 15
Total Punts / Average 27/937 49/1753
Penalties / Yards 101/1064 90/756

Individual Statistics
Scoring G TD 1-Pt. 2-Pt. FG TP PPG
9 Bronson Yoder 14 20 0 21 0 162 11.6
26 Brayton Yoder 14 16 0 5 0 112 8.0
5 DeAndre Smart 14 15 0 3 0 96 6.9 Team Facts
8 Landen Gessinger 14 10 0 0 0 60 6.0 City/Town: Nappanee
34 Payton Bear 14 2 0 5 0 58 4.1 County: Elkhart
Superintendent: Joe Sabo
Rushing G Att. Yds. TD YPG YPC Long Principal: David Maugel
26 Brayton Yoder 14 146 1302 14 93 8.8 60 Athletic Director: Norm Sellers
9 Bronson Yoder 14 163 870 11 62.3 5.1 43 Head Coach: Nate Andrews
34 Payton Bear 14 109 656 6 46.9 6.0 63 Assistant Coaches: Willy Will, Dave Wilson,
3 Trey Bilinski 14 66 388 6 27.7 4.9 54 Boonie Boocher, Patrick Thompson, Doug
8 Landen Gessinger 14 30 223 4 15.9 7.4 31 Odiorne, Jon Andrews, Michael Furfaro, Kyle
Stickley, Amos Frye, Scott Mikel
Passing G Comp. Att. Int. TD Yds. YPG Student Managers: McGwire Nickerson,
3 Trey Bilinski 14 194 329 5 39 3183 227.4 Tony Braden
Offensive Formation: Power spread
Receiving G Rec. Yds. TD YPG YPC Long Defensive Formation: Multiple
5 DeAndre Smart 14 57 1036 15 74.0 18.2 79 Colors: Black/ Scarlet Red
9 Bronson Yoder 14 52 1008 9 72.0 19.4 89 Conference: Northern Lakes
8 Landen Gessinger 14 34 433 6 30.9 12.7 45 Enrollment: 892
11 Drew Minnich 14 27 402 6 28.7 14.9 51 Last Year’s W-L Record: 8-4
34 Payton Bear 14 15 174 2 12.4 11.6 24
Defense G Tackles For Loss Sacks INT FF FR Season Results (14-0)
11 Drew Minnich 14 118 15 4 3 0 1
9 Bronson Yoder 14 83 3 1 3 0 0 8/19 at Jimtown W 46-30
4 Jacob Chupp 14 80 7 3.5 1 0 2 8/26 at Fairfield W 54-6
47 Will Ingle 14 80 14 0.5 0 0 2 9/2 Concord W 50-32
34 Payton Bear 14 76 8 3.5 0 0 1 9/9 at Goshen W 35-12
44 Dylan Brugh 14 71 14 3.5 0 0 0 9/16 at Wawasee W 53-30
9/23 Northridge W 14-0
9/30 Elkhart Memorial W 52-21
10/7 Warsaw W 61-24
State Finals History 10/14 at Plymouth W 43-12
State Champion: (1) 2005 (3A) Sectional W 52-13
10/21 Columbia City
Runner-Up: (5) 1980 (2A), 1986 (3A), 1993 (3A),
1998 (3A), 2003 (3A) 10/28 Northriddge W 44-13
Appearances: (7) 1980 (2A), 1986 (3A), 1993 (3A), 11/4 at East Noble W 52-24
1998 (3A), 2003 (3A), 2005 (3A), Regional
2016 (4A) 11/11 New Haven W 52-28
Semi-State
11/18 at Lowell W 21-14
Nate Andrews
Head Coach
28-9 (3rd year)
68-48 (10th year overall)
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