LITCHFIELD -- A balanced rushing attack that fueled a patience offense allowed Litchfield to beat previously unbeaten Waconia 35-14 Friday and move into a three-way tie for first place in the Wright County Conference.
Glencoe-Silver Lake also took advantage of Waconia's loss by drilling Delano 43-20, giving Litchfield, Waconia and GSL identical 4-1 records in the conference and 5-1 overall.
Nic Johnson led the Dragons' ground game that gained 210 yards by piling up 81 yards on 12 carries, which included a 40-yard TD run in the fourth quarter that put Litchfield ahead 28-8.
Dustin Celander scored on two short runs, Kyle Kusler found the end zone from 13 yards out and Calvin Pehle capped the scoring for Litchfield by returning an interception 23 yards.
Litchfield 35, Waconia 14
ADVERTISEMENT
Waconia (4-1, 5-1) 0 8 0 6 -- 14
Litchfield (4-1, 5-1) 8 0 14 13 -- 35
Lit - Dustin Celander 2 run (Kent Johnson run)
Wac - Brody Scheff 13 run (Scheff run)
Lit - Kyle Kusler 13 run (run failed)
Lit - Celander 1 run (Nic Johnson pass from K. Johnson)
Lit - N. Johnson 40 run (run failed)
Lit - Calvin Pehle 23 interception return (John Anderson kick)
ADVERTISEMENT
Wac - Steve Frempong-Longdon 85 kickoff return (pass failed)
Waconia
Team statistics
First downs: 7 ... Rushing: 22-58 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 6-18-107-1 ... Fumbles lost: 0 ... Penalties: 7-35
Individual statistics
Rushing: Brody Scheff 14-39 ... Passing: Kevin Ebert 6-18-107-1 ... Receiving: Joseph Brandenburg 3-44, Lance Neubauer 2-51, Scheff 1-11 ... Punting: Derek Earls 5-29.2 ... Interceptions: none ... Fumble recoveries: none ... Tackles (solo-assist): not available ... QB sacks: not available
Litchfield
Team statistics
ADVERTISEMENT
First downs: 14 ... Rushing: 51-210 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 3-7-51-0 ... Fumbles lost: 0 ... Penalties: 5-35
Individual statistics
Rushing: N. Johnson 12-81, K. Johnson 16-56, Kyle Kusler 8-47, Celander 10-21 ... Passing: K. Johnson 3-7-51-0 ... Receiving: Michael Brusewitz 1-27, Alex Euerle 1-12, Jordan Lecher 1-12 ... Punting: Brusewitz 3-38.0 ... Interceptions: Pehle 1, Malepsy 1 ... Fumble recoveries: none ... Tackles (solo-assist): Jess Housman 4-1, David Malepsy 3-2, Jared Flemming 3-2, Tim Wold 2-3, Pehle 2-2, Marcus Buschette 2-2 ... QB sacks: Pehle 1, Buschette 1
Southern Minnesota RCW 22, MLBO 8
The Jaguars (1-5, 1-5) picked up their first win of the season and it was the first win for head coach Tim Tanner.
RCW rushed 44 times for 242 yards and had three players with at least 50 yards each, led by Brent Jansen with 75 yards. Tyler Kleinhuizen added 63 yards and a touchdown and Isaac Johns followed with 51 yards.
Kleinhuizen also threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Paul Peterson in the second quarter.
MLBO (1-5, 1-5) 0 8 0 0 -- 8
ADVERTISEMENT
RCW (1-5, 1-5) 0 14 8 0 -- 22
RCW - Paul Peterson 29 pass from Tyler Kleinhuizen (Mike Fischer kick)
RCW - Kleinhuizen 28 run (Fischer kick)
MLBO - Ronny Vorakoumanne 20 pass from Kyle Schroeder (Barret Herrig pass from Schroeder)
RCW - Kleinhuizen 17 run (Brent Jansen run)
Mt. Lake-Butterfield-Odin
Team statistics
First downs: 8 ... Rushing: 32-103 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 9-18-77-1 ... Fumbles lost: 1 ... Penalties: 6-45
ADVERTISEMENT
Individual statistics
Rushing: Dalton Wall 10-20, Barret Herrig 10-44, Kyle Schroeder 11-39, Ronny Vorakoumanne 1-0 ... Passing: Kyle Schroeder 9-18-77-1 ... Receiving: Mike Strom 1-6, Dalton Wall 3-27, Ronny Vorakoumanne 2-32, Barret Herrig 2-8, Mike Smith 1-4 ... Punting: Barret Herrig 6-21.5 ... Interceptions: none ... Fumble recoveries: 2
Renville County West
Team statistics
First downs: 19 ... Rushing: 44-242 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 2-6-34-0 ... Fumbles lost: 2 ... Penalties: 3-20
Individual statistics
Rushing: Isaac Johns 11-51, Brent Jansen 14-75, Collin Rehbein 9-38, Zach Freiborg 3-20, Tyler Kleinhuizen 6-63 ... Passing: Brian Harper 1-4-5-0, Tyler Kleinhuizen 1-2-29-0 ... Receiving: Paul Peterson 1-29, Zach Freiborg 1-5 ... Punting: Griff Zieske 3-31 ... Interceptions: Paul Peterson 1 ... Fumble recoveries: Zach Freiborg 1... Tackles (solo-assist): Griff Zieske 5-6, Brent Jansen 2-6, Aaron Adamski 1-4 ... QB sacks: Brent Jansen 1, Ryan Marcus 1
Red Rock Central 14, Buffalo Lake-Hector 0
ADVERTISEMENT
No details were available at press time.
Southwest
Redwood Valley 35, St. Peter 8
Mahlon Zimmerman rush-ed for two touchdowns and threw for another one in the first half as the Cardinals jumped out to a 20-0 halftime lead during Homecoming.
On a halfback option near the end of the first half, Zimmerman ran to his right and threw up a pass that was caught by Aaron Marks.
Zimmerman opened the second half with another touchdown run for a 27-0 lead.
No other information was available at press time.
Central Minnesota
Kimball 20, BBE 0
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (1-4, 2-4) was limited to just four first downs and 81 yards of offense as Kimball (1-4, 1-5) picked up its first win.
Austin Kampsen rushed for 40 yards, average 42.2 yards a punt and made an interception to pace the Jaguars.
BBE (1-4, 2-4).................0 0 0 0 -- 0
Kimball (1-4, 1-5)............8 0 6 6 -- 20
Kim - Ryan Hunt 5 run (Hunt run)
Kim - Jeff Hunt 16 run (run failed)
Kim - Ricky Massmann 2 run (pass failed)
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Team statistics
First downs: 4 ... Rushing: 30-70 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 2-14-11-0 ... Fumbles lost: 1 ... Penalties: 10-90
Individual statistics
Rushing: Austin Kampsen 12-40, Michael Zenzen 9-30 ... Passing: Jackson Illies 2-14-11-0 ... Receiving: Michael Zenzen 1-13, Austin Kampsen 1-(-2) ... Punting: Austin Kampsen 5-42.2 ... Interceptions: Austin Kampsen 1 ... Fumble recoveries: none ... Tackles (solo-assist): Pat Roelike 13-11, Chad Starr 10-5, Brent Gregory 6-10, Michael Zenzen 7-7, Adam Borgerding 7-2, Ryan Weller 4-3, Brett Landwehr 4-3 ... QB sacks: none
Kimball
Team statistics
First downs: not available ... Rushing: 53-162 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 6-12-42-1 ... Fumbles lost: 0 ... Penalties: 7-45
Individual statistics
Rushing: Ryan Hunt 16-38, Jeff Hunt 4-34, name not available 19-49 ... Passing: Jeff Hunt 6-12-42-1 ... Receiving: Jeff Miller 1-(-1), name not available 3-27, name not available 1-12, name not available 1-4
