MAYVILLE — Wisconsin Dells scored early in the fourth quarter then held off two deep drives by Mayville as the Chiefs downed the Cardinals, 21-17, in Friday's nonconference contest.

"We had our chances but made some mistakes," Mayville coach Tom Noennig said. "We got down inside the 15-yard line but stalled and missed a field goal with seven minutes left."

Mayville took the lead on a pair of touchdown passes from Mike Gionet to Scott Moyle in the third quarter. Gionet finished with 141 yards in the air on 11-of-25 passing.

The Dells (3-0) took the lead for good 25 seconds into the fourth quarter on a 2-yard run from Zach Batchelor.

Despite the loss, Mayville (2-1, 1-0 Flyway) receives a conference victory due to the forfeit from Lomira.

Noennig was happy his team could get a quality game instead of receiving a bye week.

"This was a great football game for our coaches and players to be involved with," Noennig said. "We got to learn a little more about ourselves.

"If we got the bye, we wouldn't have learned anything."

Mayville faces Laconia next Friday.

WISCONSIN DELLS 21, MAYVILLE 17

Wisconsin Dells  0  7    7  7  -  21

Mayville              0  3  14  0  -  17

WD - Morse 3 run (Navaro kick), 2nd 6:30

M - FG Moyle 31, 2nd 01:21

WD - Royston 18 pass from Liebzeit (Navaro kick), 3rd 10:55

M - Moyle 9 pass from Gionet (run fail), 3rd 3:19

M - Moyle 4 pass from Gionet (Goard run), 3rd :43

WD - Batchelor 2 run (Navaro kick), 4th 11:35

    WD    M

First downs    10    10

Total Net Yards    176    246

Rushes-yards    35-106    29-105

Passing    70    141

Comp-Att-Int    4-15-1    11-25-1

Penalties-Yards    7-55    5-55

Fumbles-Lost    1-1    2-2

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: RUSHING - WD, Morse 16-73. M, Goard 15-58. PASSING - WD, Liebzeit 4-15-1-70. M, Gionet 11-25-1-141. RECEIVING - WD, Batchelor 1-25. M, Strook 4-82.