GROVE CITY -- Montevideo scored twice within a 19-second span late in the fourth quarter to stun Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City by collecting a 21-20 win in the West Central South Conference opener Friday.
Montevideo, which is off a 2-0 start after starting the past four seasons 0-2, scored with 3:46 left on Tyler Grey's 8-yard pass to Tyler Ray to get within six at 20-14. The Thunder Hawks then recovered an onside kick and three plays and 19 seconds later Brock Ackerman scored on a 24-yard run to put Montevideo ahead. Ackerman also scored on an 84-yard run for Montevideo's first score in the second quarter.
ACGC (0-1, 1-1) drove down to the Montevideo 10-yard line late in the game, but an intentionally grounding penalty drove the Falcons back 20 yards with only 33 seconds left. Two incomplete passes closed out the game.
Kurtis Huisman ran for 140 of ACGC's 263 yards.
Montevideo 21, ACGC 20
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Montevideo 0 7 0 14 -- 21
ACGC 7 7 6 0 -- 20
ACGC - Vance Martin 7 pass from Jordan Tanner (Kyle Johnson kick)
ACGC - Brooks Maurer 4 run (Johnson kick)
Monte - Brock Ackerman 84 run (Eric Brandon kick)
ACGC - Kurtis Huisman 3 run (kick blocked)
Monte - Tyler Ray 8 pass from Tyler Grey (Brandon kick)
Monte - Ackerman 24 run (Brandon kick)
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Montevideo
Team statistics
First downs: 8 ... Rushing: 23-183 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 9-21-122-0 ... Fumbles lost: 0 ... Penalties: 3-20
Individual statistics
Rushing: Brock Ackerman 10-136, Shane Black 5-30, Todd Bergeson 5-14 ... Passing: Tyler Grey 9-21-122-0 ... Receiving: Todd Bergeson 3-15, Tramel Barnes 4-84, Tyler Ray 2-23 ... Punting: Brent Neyens 3-26 ... Interceptions: none ... Fumble recoveries: none ... Tackles (solo-assist): Tyler Blomme 14-2, Todd Bergeson 6-3, Shane Black 7-1, Thomas Ward 9-3, Cameron Vien 4-6, Adam Fossell 6-0, Jeff Jerve 6-1 ... QB sacks: not available
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Team statistics
First downs: 20 ... Rushing: 64-273 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 4-12-53-0 ... Fumbles lost: 0 ... Penalties: 6-62
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Individual statistics
Rushing: Kurtis Huisman 31-140, Nic Leither 13-37, Jordan Tanner 8-29, Justin Hanson 2-10, Travis Frederiksen 2-14, Brooks Maurer 6-21 ... Passing: Jordan Tanner 4-12-53-0 ... Receiving: Vance Martin 3-38, Nic Leither 1-15 ... Punting: Damien Zaeska 3-23 ... Interceptions: none ... Fumble recoveries: none ... Tackles (solo-assist): Josh Pearson 1-4, Micah Larson 0-5, Nic Leither 1-4, Travis Frederiksen 3-2, Damien Zaeska 3-4, Joel Slinden 1-7, Kurtis Huisman 0-4 ... QB sacks: none
BOLD 38, Morris 6
Brent Zuhlsdorf ran for 117 yards, Mitch Neubauer piled up another 112 yards on the ground and Grant Solem accounted for three touchdowns as BOLD bounced back from losing its opener. The Warriors jumped out to a 19-0 lead before Tyler Meischner scored on a one-yard run in the second quarter for Morris.
Solem also completed all of his four pass attempts to accumulate 118 more yards -- 48 of which went to Craig Gartner on a first-quarter TD pass -- of offense for the Warriors. Solem added two scoring runs in the third quarter after Jay Lippert and Neubauer reached the end zone from two and three yards out, respectively.
BOLD 12 7 13 6 -- 38
Morris 0 6 0 0 -- 6
BOLD - Craig Gartner 30 field goal
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BOLD - Safety, punt snap out of end zone
BOLD - Gartner 48 pass from Grant Solem (Gartner kick)
BOLD - Jay Lippert 2 run (Gartner kick)
Morris - Tyler Meichsner 1 run (run failed)
BOLD - Mitch Neubauer 3 run (kick failed)
BOLD - Solem 1 run (Gartner kick)
BOLD - Solem 13 run (kick failed)
BOLD
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Team statistics
First downs: 10 ... Rushing: 38-292 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 5-6-147-0 ... Fumbles lost: none ... Penalties: 8-60
Individual statistics
Rushing: Brent Zuhlsdorf 11-117, Mitch Neubauer 14-112, Grant Solem 8-23 ... Passing: Solem 4-4-118-0, Sam Steffel 1-2-29-0 ... Receiving: Bryce Steffel 1-5, Mitch Neubauer 1-35, Craig Gartner 2-78, Trent Neisen 1-29 ... Punting: Trent Neisen 2-34 ... Interceptions: none ... Fumble recoveries: Jay Lippert 1 ... Tackles (solo-assist): Brett Holwerda 3-1, Tony Muench 1-2, Bryce Steffel 2-3, Jay Lippert 1-3, Brent Zuhlsdorf 3-2, Jacob Mikosch 1-2, Josh Vosika 7-4, Patricio Lopez 2-1, Jon Caspers 1-2, Blake Gaberich 2-3, Landon Padrnos 0-3, Craig Gartner 3-0, Brent Revier 0-1, Jacob Skeie 0-2 ... QB sacks: Jacob Mikosch 1, Jon Caspers 1, Blake Gaberich 1
Morris
Team statistics
First downs: 9 ... Rushing: 41-137 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 1-6-1-0 ... Fumbles lost: 1 ... Penalties: 2-7
Individual statistics
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Rushing: Travis Moser 25-134, Corey O'Keefe 4-13, Matt Wulf 1-14 ... Passing: Tyler Meichsner 1-6-1-0 ... Receiving: Taylor Nohl 1-1 ... Punting: Justin Johnston 5-33 ... Interceptions: none ... Fumble recoveries: none ... Tackles (solo-assist): Matt Wulf 3-4, Travis Thooft 3-6, Travis Moser 2-8, Justin Johnston 3-2, Jared Harstad 1-5 ... QB sacks: Justin Johnston 1
LQPV 21, Benson 14
Justin Stamp's two-yard burst in the third quarter was the only score of the second half lifting Lac qui Parle Valley to the win.
Benson led 14-13 at halftime on two touchdowns by Brandon Berens, the first a 14-yard pass from Aaron Lindahl. The Braves got as close as the Eagle 16 in the second half but went out on downs.
Lac qui Parle Valley piled up 382 yards to 230 for Benson.
Eagles' quarterback Baxter DuFrane opened the scoring with a 17-yard keeper. The defense was led by linebacker Tom Zupan in on 17 tackles.
Benson 0 14 0 0 -- 14
LQPV 7 6 8 0 -- 21
LQPV - Baxter DuFrane 17 run (Tanner Seigert kick)
Ben - Brandon Berens 14 pass Aaron Lindahl (pass fail)
LQPV - Justin Stamp 9 run (kick fail)
Ben - B. Berens 3 run (Jeff Berens run)
LQPV - Stamp 2 run (Stamp run)
Benson
Team statistics
First downs: 12 ... Rushing: 37-167 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 6-11-63-0 ... Fumbles lost: 0 ... Penalties: 3-15
Individual statistics
Rushing: Jeff Berens 9-95, Brandon Berens 18-59, Aaron Lindahl 8-9 ... Passing: Lindahl 6-11-63-0 ... Receiving: B. Berens 2-20, Kyle Peterson 1-17, Dan Martin 1-12, Miles Staton 1-8 ... Punting: Lindahl 3-20.0 ... Interceptions: Lindahl ... Fumble recoveries: none
Lac qui Parle Valley
Team statistics
First downs: 18 ... Rushing: 46-242 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 10-18-140-1 ... Fumbles lost: none ... Penalties: 8-60
Individual statistics
Rushing: Justin Stamp 13-66, Ryan Hoium 8-58, Baxter DuFrane 10-71, Jack Massee 11-48 ... Passing: DuFrane 10-18-140-1 ... Receiving: Justin Stamp 7-97, Kyle Wengler 1-18, Travis Bornhorst 1-16, Tom Zupan 1-9... Punting: none ... Interceptions: none ... Fumble recoveries: none ... Tackles (solo-assist): Tom Zupan 2-15, Massee 3-8, Jared Weber 1-7, Stamp 0-8, Jared Kelm 1-7 ... QB sacks: Tron Tosel 1
