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Falcons, Hawks Struggle Mightily in Second Week of Football Season
The Falcons host the Hawks at 7 p.m. Friday in the first-ever game at Falcon Field, as both teams try to put a rough Week 2 in the past.
The second week of the varsity football season was not kind to either local team Friday.
The Whitnall Falcons (1-1) fell behind early to the upstart Wauwatosa West Trojans (2-0) and never recovered in a 46-15 road loss.
The hosts scored the first 20 points of the game and rushed for 466 yards, including 178 by Greg Lewis.
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Whitnall quarterback Zach Sutton passed for 326 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown pass to Sam Mentkowski in the fourth quarter.
Things did not go much better for the Greenfield Hustlin’ Hawks (0-2), who scored their first three points of the season on a fourth-quarter field goal, but not before the Greendale Panthers (2-0) scored the first six touchdowns of the game en route to a 42-3 victory.
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The Falcons in the first-ever game at Falcon Field.
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