Nelson Wendell's four TDs and 355 total yards leads Geneva past Batavia
Geneva defeated Batavia 56-49 in a high-scoring football game. Nelson Wendell led Geneva with 355 total yards and four touchdowns.
Geneva and Batavia have been playing each other in football since 1913, but they've never had a game quite like this.With multiple Division I prospects on both sides fueling a pair of high-powered offenses, No. 16 Geneva held on for a wild 56-49 road win over No. 6 Batavia Friday night in front of a standing-room-only crowd.Nelson Wendell, who missed last year's game with a broken foot, ran for 303 yards for Geneva (5-1, 4-0 DuKane) and turned a screen pass from Ben Peterson into a 49-yard…
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