LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. (NBC 26) -- When Wrightstown and Little Chute face off, the game always seems to be low-scoring. 2020's regular season matchup was no different.
Senior DB Jared Pelishek's pick six in the first quarter was the the only touchdown for the Tigers, but it was enough to propel them to a 9-6 win.
After Little Chute tied it up on a Nolan Lamers touchdown run in the third, Wrightstown responded with some clutch plays in the fourth quarter.
A 36-yard connection between Matthew Hansen and Quincy Klister on a third and long set up a golden opportunity for junior kicker Michael Buntin.
He had missed two kicks earlier - one extra point and one field goal - but stepped up to nail a 33-yarder to put Wrightstown up 9-6: the eventual final.
"It's big," head coach Steve Klister said of the win. "We were the new team in the conference when we came in and it's been a battle every year with Little Chute and with Freedom... just another normal game I guess."
Wrightstown beat Little Chute twice in 2019 - 7-3 in the regular season and 20-7 in the first round of the playoffs. Another close, low-scoring win has them in position to chase the North Eastern Conference title.
"They're a top three contender for conference so it's definitely big to come out on top," Pelishek said after the game. "We always take it one game at a time but at the end of the year we want to come out on top."
NEC powerhouses Wrightstown and Freedom are both 3-0 with four weeks to go in a very volatile regular season. With no state tournament this year, a conference championship could be even more coveted.
Wrightstown and Freedom are scheduled to play on November 6 - the last week of the regular season.
Other scores from Friday night's high school football action are listed below.
Amherst 33, Manawa 14
Antigo 20, Hayward 14
Aquinas 36, Mauston 22
Arrowhead 35, Mukwonago 23
Ashland 46, Lakeland 8
Assumption 41, Almond-Bancroft 27
Badger 41, Delavan-Darien 21
Barron 16, Cameron 14
Brookfield Central 14, Brookfield East 0
Cadott 20, Glenwood City 14
Cambria-Friesland 20, Waterloo 12
Cambridge 7, Markesan 6
Catholic Central 36, Saint Francis 10
Cedarburg 21, Homestead 14
Chippewa Falls 27, Rice Lake 25
Clayton 26, Siren 25
Colby 42, Crivitz 7
Cumberland 42, Bloomer 14
D.C. Everest 42, Wausau West 7
De Soto 26, Luther 8
Durand 47, Fall Creek 6
Edgar 54, Abbotsford 0
Edgewood 55, Portage 14
Ellsworth 26, Saint Croix Central 22
Fox Valley Lutheran 44, Marinette 7
Franklin 50, Kenosha Tremper 0
Frederic 26, Prairie Farm 14
Gilman 48, Lincoln 0
Grafton 29, New Berlin West 14
Highland 42, Iowa-Grant 0
Hilbert 44, Howards Grove 7
Hortonville 36, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln 21
Hudson 34, New Richmond 14
Hurley 38, Unity 20
Iola-Scandinavia 40, Rosholt 7
Ithaca 37, Hillsboro 8
Johnson Creek 50, Fall River 6
Kaukauna 27, Plymouth 19
Kenosha Bradford 35, Oak Creek 20
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 28, Berlin 3
Kiel 34, Valders 0
Kohler/Sheboygan Lutheran/Christian 51, New Holstein 50
Lake Country Lutheran 56, Saint Thomas More 0
Lake Mills 48, Kewaskum 7
Laona-Wabeno 40, Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas 6
Luxemburg-Casco 0, Freedom 0
Marquette University 28, Germantown 21
Marshall 35, Palmyra-Eagle 0
Medford Area 48, Mosinee 8
Melrose-Mindoro 27, Eleva-Strum 21
Mondovi 21, Elk Mound 6
Muskego 48, Kettle Moraine 14
Neillsville/Granton 21, Osseo-Fairchild 20
Northland Pines 43, Tomahawk 12
Northwestern 10, St. Croix Falls 6
Oconomowoc 50, Waukesha North 27
Pacelli 41, Loyal 0
Paynesville, Minn. 58, Grantsburg 35
Pittsville 20, Wild Rose 18
Potosi/Cassville 28, River Ridge 20
Prescott 49, Altoona 6
Racine Lutheran 35, Kenosha Saint Joseph Catholic Academy 6
Random Lake 0, Manitowoc Lutheran 0
Reedsville 28, Cedar Grove-Belgium 14
Rhinelander 42, Merrill 8
River Valley 31, Lancaster 28
Sheboygan Falls 32, Port Washington 16
Shiocton 34, Nekoosa 8
Slinger 49, West Bend West 6
Somerset 22, Osceola 21
Southern Door 42, Oconto 12
Spooner 42, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 0
Spring Valley 41, Clear Lake 8
Stratford 28, Spencer/Columbus Catholic 0
Tomah 28, Reedsburg Area 24
Turtle Lake 48, Colfax 6
Two Rivers 42, Roncalli 0
Union Grove 34, Elkhorn Area 6
University School of Milwaukee 27, Shoreland Lutheran 7
Watertown 43, Sauk Prairie 16
Watertown Luther Prep 49, Horicon/Hustisford 7
Waukesha West 35, Waukesha South 0
Wauwatosa West 28, Pewaukee 20
Webster 29, Flambeau 14
West Bend East 37, Nicolet 14
Westby 48, Viroqua 6
Whitefish Bay 7, Hartford Union 0
Wrightstown 9, Little Chute 6
Xavier 44, Shawano 18
