LITCHFIELD - Litchfield saved its best for last, hanging seven touchdowns in three quarters on Mound-Westonka to pick up its first win of the season 47-12 on Wednesday.
Kal Volinkaty caught two TD passes and Cody Beavers one from QB Jared Pedersen, and Cody Klabunde punched through for a five-yard run in the first half, putting Litchfield up 30-0 at halftime.
Cody Rau ran in a kickoff return from 85 yards out early in the third quarter, and Beavers added on with a 45-yard interception return.
Ben Haugo capped the Dragons’ scoring with an eight-yard run.
Klabunde totaled 188 yard rushing yards, and Volinkaty caught six passes for 110 yards.
Pedersen completed eight passes for 156 yards.
Litchfield 47,
Mound-Westonka 12
M-W (1-4, 2-6) 0 0 12 0 - 12
Litchfield (1-4, 1-7) 6 22 19 0 - 47
L – Kal Volinkaty 24 pass from Jared Pedersen (pass failed)
L – Cody Beavers 35 pass from Pedersen (run failed)
L – Cody Klabunde 5 run (Pedersen run)
L – Volinkaty 12 pass from Pedersen (Klabunde run)
L – Cody Rau 85 kickoff return (run failed)
L – Beavers 45 interception return (pass failed)
L – Ben Haugo 8 run (Nic Meyer kick)
M – Isaiah Cherrier 53 run (kick failed)
M – Cherrier 28 run (run failed)
Mound-Westonka
First downs: 10 … Rushing: 28-160 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 13-30-102-2 … Fumbles lost: 0 … Penalties: 4-35
Rushing: Isaiah Cherrier 12-104, Trey Peterson 8-41, Kyle Johnson 8-15 … Passing: Charlie Sir 13-30-102-2 ... Receiving: Johnson 4-44, Cherrier 3-18, Gabe Wear 2-17 … Punting: Wear 3-29.0 … Interceptions: Wear 1 … Fumble recoveries: Boe Bailey 1 … Tackles (solo-assist): n/a … QB sacks: n/a
Litchfield
First downs: 21 … Rushing: 47-149 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 8-14-156-1 … Fumbles lost: 1 … Penalties: 5-60
Rushing: Cody Klabunde 31-188, Ben Haugo 2-12, Hunter Czycalla 3-9 … Passing: Pedersen 8-14-156-1 ... Receiving: Kal Volinkaty 6-110, Cody Beavers 1-35, Cody Rau 1-11 … Punting: Eddie Estrada 2-29.0 … Interceptions: Beavers 1, Nolan Dietel 1 … Fumble recoveries: none … Tackles (solo-assist): Estrada 2-5, Lee Hamer 4-3, Connor Hoff 2-4, Dylan Kotzer 3-2, Haugo 2-3, Dietel 3-2 … QB sacks: none
West Central
BOLD 28, Sauk Centre 7
Freshman Austin Einerson rushed for 126 yards - 52 coming on one run, a touchdown scamper in the fourth quarter - and three other players scored a touchdown for BOLD (7-1) in the regular-season finale.
The Warriors are the No. 2-seed for the upcoming Section 5AA playoffs and will host No. 7 Benson in the first round on Tuesday.
Also scoring for BOLD against Sauk Centre was Ben Steffel and Lane Stadther in the first quarter and Max Buchtel in the fourth.
Sauk Centre (1-7), which was held to 155 yards on offense, got its score in the second quarter when Austin Nelson ran in from six yards out.
Sauk Centre (1-7) 0 7 0 0 - 7
BOLD (7-1) 14 0 0 14 - 28
BOLD – Ben Steffel 1 run (Nick Kubesh kick)
BOLD – Lane Stadther 2 run (Kubesh kick)
SC – Austin Nelson 6 run (Will Funk kick)
BOLD – Austin Einerson 52 run (Kubesh kick)
BOLD – Max Buchtel 11 run (Kubesh kick)
Sauk Centre
First downs: 9 … Rushing: 28-49 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 14-28-106-2 … Fumbles lost: 2 … Penalties: 4-20
Rushing: Austin Nelson 21-60, Will Funk 2-4 … Passing: Simon Weller 13-26-88-1, Jay Friedrichs 1-2-18-1 ... Receiving: Kyle Froseth 3-7, Funk 6-60, Ben Barhorst 1-2, Cole Deters 1-18, Friedrichs 3-19 … Punting: Friedrichs 4-148 … Interceptions: none … Fumble recoveries: n/a … Tackles (solo-assist): n/a … QB sacks: none
BOLD
First downs: 11 … Rushing: 35-174 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 7-13-67-0 … Fumbles lost: 2 … Penalties: 6-57
Rushing: Ben Steffel 2-12, Austin Einerson 21-126, Austin Weis 8-37 … Passing: Lane Stadther 7-13-67-0 ... Receiving: Max Buchtel 4-24, Nick Kubesh 2-41, Einerson 1-12 … Punting: Kubesh 5-194 … Interceptions: Zach Blum 1, Sam Marks 1 … Fumble recoveries: Thomas Meyers 1, Buchtel 1 … Tackles (solo-assist): Austin Tersteeg 9-8, Manuel Garcia 9-4, Jon Schulte 9-2, Jake Rauenhorst 3-3 … QB sacks: none
Melrose 29, Benson 15
The Dutchmen’s land grab picked up 318 yards with Zach Pierskalla rumbling for 163 of that in 13 carries, including TD runs of 79 and 2 yards.
The Braves started well with quarterback Aaron Ahrndt hitting Leighton Connelly with an eight-yard TD pass to go up 7-0, but Melrose scored four straight unanswered touchdowns to put the game away.
Benson (0-8, 0-8) 7 0 0 8 - 15
Melrose (6-2, 6-2) 8 14 7 0 - 29
Ben – Leighton Connelly 8 pass from Aaron Ahrndt (Tyler Smith kick)
Mel– Zach Pierskalla 78 run (Pierskalla run)
Mel – Anthony Welle 5 run (kick fail)
Mel – Pierskalla 2 run (Pierskalla run)
Mel – Mason Wenker (Colton Meyer kick)
Ben – Ahrndt 1 run (Max Peterson pass from Ahrndt)
Benson
First downs: 11 … Rushing: 20-48 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 25-46-272-0 … Fumbles lost: 0 … Penalties: 10-85
Rushing: Aaron Ahrndt 10-20, Leighton Connnelly 9-26, Adam Lindahl 1-2 … Passing: Ahrndt 14-27-198-0, L. Connelly 11-19-74-0 ... Receiving: Lindahl 8-67, Ahrndt 6-21, Jacob Connelly 3-92, L. Connelly 3-53, Connor Staton 2-9, Josh Manzke 2-4, Max Peterson 1-26 … Punting: L. Connelly 5-30.2 … Interceptions: Lindahl
Melrose
First downs: 17 … Rushing: 52-318 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 4-10-67-1 … Fumbles lost: 1 … Penalties: 6-60
Rushing: Zach Pierskalla 13-163, Mason Wenker 17-106, Anthony Welle 8-28, Ryan Preusser 5-19, Luke Glaesner 4-5, Matt Beste 3-(-1), Will Stone 2-(-2) … Passing: Beste 4-9-67-1, Brady Helmin 0-1-0-0 ... Receiving: Blake Gerads 3-54, Welle 1-13 … Punting: Tyler Braegelman 2-34.5
Paynesville 52,
Morris/CA 34
Paynesville finished up its second straight undefeated regular season at Morris on Wednesday. Further information was not available at press time.
Minnewaska 54, YME 17
Minnewaska topped Yellow Medicine East on Wednesday at Granite Falls. Further information was not available at press time.
Southern Minn.
SESM 56, BLHS 0
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, ranked No. 7 in Class A, ran wild on BLHS, racking up 363 rushing yards.
The Knights scored eight touchdowns from seven different players, with quarterback Brandon Helget scoring twice.
The Knights held the Mustangs to just one first down and 27 yards of offense.
SESM (7-1, 7-1) 20 28 8 0 - 56
BLHS (2-6, 2-6) 0 0 0 0 - 0
S – Kodan Kosak 48 pass from Brandon Helget (run failed)
S – Helget 18 run (David Surprenant run)
S – Surprenant 6 run (pass failed)
S – Helget 45 run (Lucas Heiderscheidt pass from Helget)
S – Luke Fischer 35 fumble recovery
S – Carter Krzmarzick 3 run (Surprenant run)
S – Nathan Schroepfer 26 run (pass failed)
S – Jaden Wait 2 run (Fischer pass from Helget)
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s
First downs: 16 … Rushing: 77-363 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 3-5-74-0 … Fumbles lost: 1 … Penalty yards: 45
Rushing: David Surprenant 8-122, Jayden Wait 12-14, Brandon Helget 9-131, Lucas Heiderscheidt 1-7, Nathan Schroepfer 8-35, Carter Krzmarzick 1-3, Kyle Sindschitl 2-9, Andrick Sanchez 4-25, Jared Beltz 5-17 … Passing: Helget 3-5-74-0 ... Receiving: Ryan Heinrichs 2-26, Kodan Kosak 1-48 … Punting: n/a … Interceptions: none … Fumble recoveries: n/a … Tackles (solo-assist): n/a … QB sacks: n/a
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
First downs: 1 … Rushing: 18-17 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 1-10-0-0 … Fumbles lost: n/a … Penalty yards: 40
Rushing: Jake Pettit 7-14, Mason Olinger 3-6, Brad Ebbers 1-0, Jaydon Coulter 1-0, Austin Krippner 4-11, Stefan Johnson 2-(-14) … Passing: Johnson 1-10-0-0 ... Receiving: Coulter 1-0 … Punting: n/a … Interceptions: none … Fumble recoveries: Manny Gomez 1 … Tackles: Krippner 12, Scott Buboltz 11, Ash Petersen 6, Pettit 5, Jayson Swanson 5 … QB sacks: Petersen 1
Southern Confederacy
RCW 57, Fulda 0
The Jaguars tuned up for the 9-man playoffs with an easy Southern Confederacy Conference win over Fulda on Wednesday.
Hayden Johnson threw for 170 yards and two touchdowns and he also ran for 90 yards.
Jon Kronlokken ran 2 yards for a score and hauled in a Johnson pass for a 39-yard TD. Jesse Miller caught Johnson’s other scoring pass, a 42-yarder in the second quarter.
Alex Villarreal ran for a touchdown and also returned an interception 32 yards for the game’s first score.
The Jags’ defense held Fulda to just 42 yards of total offense.
Fulda (2-6 2-6) 0 0 0 0 - 0
RCW (5-3 5-3) 20 24 7 6 - 57
R – Alex Villarreal 32 interception return (pass failed)
R – Colin Thompson 4 run (Leon Ziegler run)
R – Villarreal 14 (Ziegler kick)
R – Jesse Miller 42 pass from Hayden Johnson (Ziegler kick)
R – Jon Kronlokken 39 pass from Johnson (Ziegler kick)
R – Kronlokken 2 run (Ziegler kick)
R – Ziegler 26 FG
R – Jesse Barrera 5 run (Brandon Limones kick)
R – Mason Urness 5 pass from Trent Kjersten (pass failed)
Fulda
First downs: 6 … Rushing: 28-24 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 4-14-18-2 … Fumbles lost: 3 … Penalties: 2-10
Rushing: Brandon Everett 9-41 … Passing: Justin Dierks 4-14-18-2 ... Receiving: Everett 2-22 … Punting: Dierks 2-71, Aron Hulstein 4-107 … Interceptions: None … Fumble recoveries: None
Renville County West
First downs: 12 … Rushing: 42-247 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 9-12-180-0 … Fumbles lost: None … Penalties: 12-130
Rushing: Alex Villarreal 5-62, Hayden Johnson 10-90, Jesse Barrera 8-50, Colin Thompson 6-38, Eric Piceno 7-14, Jon Kronlokken 3-3 … Passing: Johnson 7-9-170-0, Trent Kjersten 2-2-10-0 ... Receiving: Jesse Miller 3-82, Mason Urness 3-21, Kronlokken 1-39, Brady Holwerda 1-27, Spencer Mortenson 1-11 … Punting: Johnson 1-43, Urness 2-67 … Interceptions: Villarreal 1, Urness 1 … Fumble recoveries: Mortenson 1, Nick Fischer 1, Kronlokken 1 … Tackles (solo-assist): Fischer 7, Mortenson 7, Johnson 5, David Marr 4, Cody Discher 4, Sean Grosklags 4, Brandon Limones 4, Kjersten 4, Kronlokken 3, Piceno 3, Barrera 3, Augustine Piceno 3, Thompson 2, Miller 2, Nick Rosin 2, Villarreal 1, Holwerda 1 … QB sacks: Johnson 2, Fischer 1, Discher 1, Mortenson 1, Grosklags 1, Holwerda 1
Central Minn.
Pierz 46, BBE 0
Pierz’ Robbie Skiba ran for 222 yards and four touchdowns for the Pioneers, ranked No. 2 in Class AAA.
BBE (1-6, 1-7) 0 0 0 0 - 0
Pierz (7-0, 8-0) 14 7 19 6 - 46
P – Robbie Skiba 9 run (Lane Girtz kick)
P – Skiba 74 run (Girtz kick)
P – Skiba 67 run (Girtz kick)
P – Jonny Kasper 62 run (kick failed)
P – Skiba 40 run (kick failed)
P – Girtz 15 run (Girtz kick)
P – Robbie Schlegel 1 run (kick failed)
Pierz
First downs: 21 … Rushing: 525 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 1-2-32-1 … Fumbles lost: 1 … Penalties: 3-20
Rushing: Robbie Skiba 9-222, Noah Boser 6-99, Jonny Kasper 4-79, Derick Hall 7-57, Lane Girtz 5-43, Logan Stangl 3-10, Robbie Schlegel 2-10, Ethan Lochner 2-(-9) … Passing: Lochner 1-2-32-1 ... Receiving: n/a … Punting: none … Interceptions: none … Fumble recoveries: none … Tackles (solo-assist): Skiba 4-3, Beau Winscher 3-3 … QB sacks: none
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
First downs: 6 … Rushing: 140 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 5-13-28-0 … Fumbles lost: 0 … Penalties: 3-16
Rushing: Tommy Cebulla 11-47, Trey Heinsius 12-45, Brendon Loch 3-16, Kyle Felling 2-12, Colby Schramel 1-3, Isaiah Gilbert 2-2, Ryan Illies 1-0, Dalon Bitzan 3-(-13) … Passing: Bitzan 5-9-28-0, Illies 0-4-0-0 ... Receiving: Heinsius 4-15, Loch 1-13 … Punting: Adrian Belden 6-33, Gilbert 1-29 … Interceptions: Illies 1 … Fumble recoveries: 1 … Tackles (solo-assist): Cebulla 2-6, Loch 2-4, Jonah Voss 2-4, Gilbert 2-2, Felling 2-1, Illies 2-0 … QB sacks: none
Little Sioux
LQPV 19, Canby 12
Austin Haas recovered a Canby fumble deep into Lac qui Parle Valley territory to seal the win for the Eagles.
Just moments earlier Chase Mortenson threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Kellen Kessler to put LQPV up 19-12. Lucas Strand got the first two scores for the Eagles with a 22-yard run in the second quarter and a three-yard run in the third.
Canby (3-5) 0 0 6 6 - 12
LQPV (3-5) 0 6 7 6 - 19
LQPV – Lucas Strand 22 run (kick blocked)
Can – Billy Deslauries 87 pass from Mathew Sisk (kick blocked)
LQPV – Strand 3 run (Kellen Kessler kick)
Can – Justin Merritt 1 run (pass fail)
LQPV – Kessler 13 pass from Chase Mortenson (kick fail)
Canby
First downs: 8 … Rushing: 31-36 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 9-17-181-0 … Fumbles lost: 3 … Penalties: 5-40
Rushing: Billy Deslauries 3-19, Brock Nothem 7-8 … Passing: Mathew Sisk 9-17-181-0 ... Receiving: Deslauries 2-110, Kristian Leppke 2-29, Matthew Slaba 2-10, Nothem 1-6, Josh Gallegos 1-5, Alex Ufkin 1-21 … Punting: n/a … Interceptions: none … Fumble recoveries: Adam Durfee 1 … Tackles (solo-assist): n/a … QB sacks: Zach Nuy
Lac qui Parle Valley
First downs: 9 … Rushing: 41-142 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 8-12-122-0 … Fumbles lost: 1 … Penalties: 8-65
Rushing: Kellen Kessler 3-16, Austin Haas 12-23, Lucas Strand 11-94, Kody Nesvold 6-13 … Passing: Chase Mortenson 7-11-102-0, Kessler 1-1-20-0 ... Receiving: Connor Oie 2-27, Kessler 3-27, Haas 3-68 … Punting: Kessler 6-173 … Interceptions: none … Fumble recoveries: Noah Jensen 1, Cole Bungarden 1, Haas 1 … Tackles (solo-assist): Conner Roggenbuck 4-2, Ty Kanstrup 4-3, Haas 4-2 … QB sacks: Kanstrup 2, Corey Roggenbuck 2, Conner Roggenbuck 1
Prairie South
Osakis 29, KMS 14
Osakis jumped out to a comfortable first-half lead and KMS was hurt by four turnovers in a Silverstreaks victory on Wednesday in Osakis.
Zach Carlson ran for 113 yards in 18 carries and scored a fourth-quarter touchdown, and he caught three passes for 65 yards.
Rylan Hatlestad got the Saints on the board with an 80-yard kickoff return in the first quarter.
KMS (1-5 1-7)......................6 0 0 8 - 14
Osakis................................14 8 7 0 - 29
O – Gage Larson 90 kick return (Larson run)
O – Ryan Engfer 37 run (kick failed)
K – Rylan Hatlestad 80 kick return (pass failed)
O – Larson 1 run (Engfer run)
O – Brendon Coyer 15 run (Reed DeWenter kick)
K – Zach Carlson 5 run (Nick Meyer pass from Jordan Engler)
Osakis
First downs: 12 … Rushing: 44-212 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 5-16-50-0 … Fumbles lost: 0 … Penalties: 1-15
Rushing: Grant Backes 17-84, Ryan Engfer 17-95 … Passing: Brandon Giesler 5-16-50-0 ... Receiving: Gage Larson 1-20, John Boogaard 1-19 … Punting: Reed DeWenter 3-80 … Interceptions: Brendon Coyer 1, Engfer 1
KMS
First downs: 13 … Rushing: 33-153 … Passing (com-att-yds-int.): 9-26-100-2 … Fumbles lost: 2 … Penalties: 5-40
Rushing: Zach Carlson 18-113, Rylan Hatlestad 12-26, Jordan Engler 2-14, Simon Johnson 1-0 … Passing: Engler 9-26-100-2 ... Receiving: Carlson 3-65, Hatlestad 2-19, Johnson 1-9, Nick Meyer 1-3, David Gordon 2-4 … Punting: Engler 3-91 (30.0) … Interceptions: None … Fumble recoveries: None … Tackles (solo-assist): Caleb Collins 0-1, Engler 2-1, Gordon 1-1, Meyer 4-5, Carlson 6-4, Brandon Dahl 2-10, Johnson 3-9, Hatlestad 1-1, Travis Carlson 1-0, Josh Peterson 2-2, Jordan Zwart 3-5, Karter VanHeuveln 1-6 … QB sacks: None
