RECAP: Harford Rolls Over Depleted Warhawks Team

The Hartford Orioles showed why they are picked by every team in the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference to win the League Championship on Friday night, as they dominated Germantown in every facet of the game to win 40-7 on their home field. First year starting quarterback Jordan Stephans ran for three touchdowns, and opened the scoring with a 16 yard TD pass to Mark Cadena on their second possession of the game.

Tyler Dippel, Hartford’s highly touted senior linebacker, started the game on the defensive line. Coach Dan Brunner wanted to put pressure on the Germantown offensive line right away, and it worked out, albeit in a way that neither team wanted to see.

On the second series of the game, Dippel broke through the line immediately and drilled Germantown starting quarterback Eric Kindler, breaking his collar bone and ending almost certainly ending his junior season.

Dippel is truly a man among boys. Already with a scholarship offer from Stanford, Dippel is keeping his options open for now. He will be a force to be reckoned with as Hartford opens it’s conference season at Slinger next Friday night.

Germantown continues a rough start to their season, particularly on offense where the Warhawks finally put points on the board when Matt Schabel ran for a 5 yard score with just over a minute left in the game.

The Warhawk defense played tough early, keeping the game tight at trailing only by 13 at halftime, but could not get anything going offensively for the second straight week, as they were shut out last week 17-0 at home against Driscoll Catholic.

Sophmore quarterback Dylan Krivoshein took over for the injured Krindler, and showed some signs of a bright future with both his passing and running ability. On this night, however, the Warhawks had too many injuries and other starters missing to compete with the Orioles.

Germantown continues it’s tough opening to their schedule as they face Cedarburg in the opener of the North Shore conference schedule next Friday.

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