said. “We’re just not sustaining ….

said. “We’re just not sustaining blocks at the moment. I guess we moved a little bit forward, but there’s a lot to clean up and a lot of blocks that need to be made and a lot of kids that need to start sustaining blocks. We’re going to continue to work on that to try to get better at that.”

Things don’t figure to get any easier Friday when Medford hosts one of Wisconsin’s top small-school programs of the last decade or so, Amherst, at 7 p.m. at Raider Field.

The Falcons flew high in their opener, easily taking down St. Croix Falls 42-19, highlighted by a 35-point second quarter. Amherst torched the Saints through the air as quarterback Landon Moe was seven for nine for 187 yards and he ran for 72 yards and four touchdowns. Receiver Ian Hall caught four balls for 105 yards.

They’re extremely athletic, extremely fast,” Wilson said. “They’re very wellcoached. Since Mark Lusic has been there, they’ve had a ton of history of winning football. They’ll be very, very good. We’ll have our hands full.

“They’re a spread-option type of team,” Wilson added. “They’ll take what the defense gives them. If that’s a lot of passing, they’ll throw it. They run the ball quite a bit. They’re a well-rounded team. Very good athletes on the outside. They have tall, lanky wide receivers. They look fast.”