Wolverines clinch District 3 title behind Eiklenborg, defense

    DIKE – Gabe Eiklenborg returned a pair of first-quarter punts, leading Dike-New Hartford to a record-breaking 85-6 victory over West Fork Friday and its second straight Class 1A, District 3 championship.
    “We knew it was for a district championship tonight and I wanted our kids to come out and play like district champions,” Wolverine coach Don Betts said after the game. “We got a fast start and once we got rolling things went pretty well.”
    D-NH (8-0 overall, 5-0 in district play) scored every time it touched the ball except for one first-quarter drive that ended in a missed field goal. It did not turn the ball over, did not have an incomplete pass and had just one penalty. Defensively it held a West Fork team that came into the game averaging 23 points per contest to 154 yards of total offense.

For more of this story, see the Oct. 24 Grundy Register.