Wolverines shut out shorthanded Spartans

GRUNDY CENTER – Ben Cuvelier rushed for three touchdowns in his debut as Dike-New Hartford's featured running back, lifting the Wolverines to a 50-0 victory over a shorthanded Grundy Center team.

The Wolverines, who have been ranked as high as No. 2 in Class 1A preseason rankings, dominated a Spartan team that was playing without its two-time all-state lineman and its starting quarterback. The Spartans stopped D-NH on two of its first four possessions before the Wolverines scored the final five times they had the ball.

“We had a slow start, which I think is typical for a first game especially when we're playing a team that's got a game under its belt, but once we corrected a few things we got better as the night went on,” Dike-New Hartford coach Don Betts said. “It wasn't about effort early on. There were corrections we needed to get up to game speed, and once we did we played real well.”

Read the full article in this week's Grundy Register.