MAYNARD -- Justin Lee rushed for 251 yards and four touchdowns to help Dawson-Boyd clinch a share of the Little Sioux Conference title as the Blackjacks upended MACCRAY 49-21 in the regular-season finale Tuesday.
Dawson-Boyd entered the game tied with Minneota and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton for first place in the conference at 6-1. TMB will receive a forfeit win from Renville County West in today's scheduled game and Minneota faces winless Ortonville in its final regular-season game today.
MACCRAY (5-3, 5-3) tied the game late in the first quarter when Alex Wrede recovered a fumble in the end zone.
Lee scored the Blackjacks' next four touchdowns.
Lee, a sophomore had scoring runs of a yard and 43 yards in the second quarter to give Dawson-Boyd a 21-14 lead at halftime before finding the end zone from two and 18 yards out in the third quarter.
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Brady Boike threw a four-yard touchdown pass to Quinten Burns in the second quarter and a 69-yard scoring strike to Riley Aeikens in the third quarter to spark the Wolverines' offense.
Quarterback Ryan Swenson snuck in from a yard out and Eric Gabrielson scored on a 24-yard run in the fourth quarter to cap the scoring for Dawson-Boyd, which won its sixth straight.
Dawson-Boyd 49, MACCRAY 21
D-Boyd (7-1, 7-1) 7 14 14 14 -- 49
MACCRAY (5-3, 5-3) 7 7 7 0 -- 21
DB - Zach Stelter 6 pass from Ryan Swenson (Swenson kick)
MAC - Alex Wrede fumble recover in end zone (Ivar Duserud kick)
DB - Justin Lee 2 run (Swenson kick)
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DB - Lee 43 run (Swenson kick)
MAC - Quinten Burns 4 pass from Brady Boike (Duserud kick)
DB - Lee 2 run (Swenson kick)
DB - Lee 18 run (Swenson kick)
MAC - Riley Aeikens 69 pass from Boike (Duserud kick)
DB - Swenson 1 run (kick failed)
DB - Eric Gabrielson 24 run (Michael Anyasike run)
Dawson-Boyd
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Team statistics
First downs: 21 ... Rushing: 51-412 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 2-3-18-1 ... Fumbles lost: none ... Penalties: 3-25
Individual statistics
Rushing: Justin Lee 34-251, Esten Weber 7-68, Michael Anyasike 2-25, Eric Gabrielson 1-24, Ryan Swenson 5-12 ... Passing: Ryan Swenson 2-3-18-1 ... Receiving: Randy Bjerkeset 1-11, Zach Stelter 1-7 ... Punting: Ryan Swenson 2-31 ... Interceptions: none ... Fumble recoveries: 1
MACCRAY
Team statistics
First downs: 14 ... Rushing: 22-51 ... Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 20-30-165-0 ... Fumbles lost: 1 ... Penalties: 4-32
Individual statistics
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Rushing: Brent Jaenisch 9-21, Brady Boike 5-10, Nick Zimmer 4-28 ... Passing: Brady Boike 20-29-265-0, Taylor Thissen 0-1-0-0 ... Receiving: Alex Wrede 2-19, Quinten Burns 4-25, Brent Jaenisch 1-2, Corey Abbas 7-28, Riley Aeikens 3-80, Taylor Thissen 3-11 ... Punting: Brady Boike 6-168 ... Interceptions: Taylor Thissen 1 ... Fumble recoveries: none