Injuries are starting to pile up for the Wakefield football team following a week two home loss.
From the Wakefield Stadium, Wakefield welcomed Hartington-Newcastle on Sept. 6 during a Class D1 eight-man showdown.
Hartington-Newcastle secured the 74-6 victory to improve to 2-0 while the Trojans fell to 0-2.
Quarter scoring not available.
Head Wakefield football coach Mike Hassler said, "we are down six starters after two games."
Wakefield was led by Matthew Metzler completing 9 of 17 passes for 68 yards with three interceptions.
Timothy Kaufman recorded three catches for 22 yards, Mason Lamprecht added a 31-yard reception, Jesse Lundahl had one reception for five yards as Benny Palma caught two passes for nine yards.
On the ground, Palma recorded a rushing touchdown totaling 66 yards on two carries. Carter Kratke added seven rushes for 29 yards as Lamprecht had four carries for 15 yards.
No defensive stats were available at the time of the story.
The Wakefield football team is back on their home turf hosting Bloomfield on Friday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m.
