WARSAW – A big first half carried the Warsaw freshman football team to a 34-28 win over NorthWood Thursday night.

The host Tigers built a 34-7 halftime lead and then held off the Panthers for the Northern Lakes Conference win.

Josh West fired a trio of touchdown passes to pace the winners. Eli Owens hauled in two touchdown receptions and Jack Stewart had one touchdown catch.

Bryce Garner rushed for a pair of touchdowns for the Tigers and Max Bradley connected on 6-7 PAT tries.

Gustavo Cartejenas and Kane Dawson each had an interception and John Culbertson and Ian Glogovsky each had a fumble recovery for the Warsaw defense. The trio of Culbertson, Dawson and Cartejenas were cited for their play on defense.

Warsaw, now 3-5 overall and 2-4 in the NLC, closes its season with a game at Concord Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.