Royals defeat Panthers with explosive plays

The Watertown-Mayer football team avenged a 35-21 loss to Glencoe-Silver Lake with a 40-14 playoff victory over the Panthers, delivering the win just a week after the loss.

The Royals got big plays on both sides of the ball, as Landon Moore recovered a blocked punt and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown, and Jace Gagnon scrambled for a 62-yard score.

Kaleb Mead led the defense with eight tackles, a interception and a blocked kick. Karsen Tugte also had a blocked kick and Moore forced a fumble.

Unfortunately for the Royals, their season came to an end Oct. 31, when the No.1 seed Holy Family Catholic won 42-0.

Cross country

The Watertown-Mayer cross country team competed at the Class AA Championships last week.

Tyler Stutsman led the boys with a time of 19 minutes, 5.2 seconds, and was followed by Luke Stutsman (19:19.5), Isaac Chalmers (20:01.0), Reid Demars (22:07.7) and Emmett Behrens (25:33.6).

Chloe Matson led the girls (23:55.6) and was followed by Sydney Grossinger (24:55.1), Anna Bokenewicz (25:41.9), Lexi Brever (25:41.9), Anna Lemanski (25:44.7), Alanah Holmstrom (25:54.0) and Adrianna Goetz (25:54.1).