Shamrocks overwhelm Fulton Pirates

On Saturday, October 10th, the Portland St. Patrick Shamrocks travelled to Middleton to take on the 4-2 Fulton Pirates. Despite some early challenges, the Shamrocks handily defeated the Pirates 48-21. 

In the First quarter the Shamrocks shut out the Pirates and in businesslike fashion, scored twice. Sam Mustapha punched it in on two 13 yard runs and Tyler Thelen made both extra points to make the score 14-0 after one quarter. 

In the second quarter, Sam Mustapha again broke loose, this time for 60 yards, before the Pirates punched back. Aiden Fandel followed that score up with an 84 yard kickoff return, and Tyler Thelen caught a 71 yard touchdown pass from Emmett Fandel to complete the scoring. Tyler Thelen made all three extra points to make the score 35-7 at halftime. 

The third quarter was a stalemate, with Kaedan Brown catching a 10 yard pass from Emmett Fandel, and Fulton responding. Both Extra points were no good, and the score was 41-13 after three quarters. 

The fourth quarter was similar, with Kaedan Brown running one in from 5 yards and Tyler Thelen making the extra point, and Fulton scoring again to make the final 48-21. 

Offensive leaders for the Shamrocks were Caleb Pline who carried it 6 times for 110 yards, Sam Mustapha who carried it 5 times for 101 yards and 3 touchdowns, and Emmet Fandel who went 2 for 2 with 81 yards and 2 touchdowns. 

Defensive leaders for St. Patrick were Chase Bengel who had 8 tackles, Tyler Schneider had 9 tackles, Caleb Pline had 6 tackles 1 sack and 1 tackle for loss and Shane Smith had 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss. 

The Shamrocks host St. Charles on Friday, October 16th.