FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: ML/WR, Barnum, South Ridge, Cromwell-Wright

South Ridge-25

Silver Bay-6

South Ridge continued its winning streak with a big road win over the Mariners. Connor Bushbaum broke a scoreless tie with just 41 seconds remaining in the first quarter when he bolted 50-yards for a touchdown, making it 6-0 Panthers. The Panthers built the lead to 14-0 in the second quarter on a Nick Larson eight-yard touchdown rumble and a two-point conversion run by Larson. The Mariners fought back to cut the lead to 14-6 before halftime, when Mason Ollman scored on a one-yard plunge. The Panthers Larson added another touchdown with 8:31 remaining in the third quarter when he scrambled in from four yards away — making it 22-6 after Tarius Lovejoy added the conversion run. South Ridge’s final points came on a 25-yard field goal by Aaron Bennett for the score of 25-6. Matt Clark had a big night for the Panthers with 98 rushing yards on 12 attempts. Larson ran for 85 yards and Bushbaum chipped in with 73 yards on the ground.

South Ridge improved to 6-1 with its sixth straight victory.

Cromwell-Wright-29

Isle-12

Both Jaeger Goranson and Taye Anderson scored two touchdowns each in helping Cromwell-Wright take the home win. The Cards potent offense rushed for 314 yards with Anderson picking up 189 yards. Ethan Shelton added 65 yards and Goranson picked up 60 yards.

Cromwell-Wright led 6-0 after one quarter on a Goranson touchdown. They went up 14-0 early in the third quarter when Goranson rumbled into the end zone from five yards out and Anderson added the two-point conversion run. The Huskies scored back-to-back touchdowns before the third quarter ended, but couldn’t convert on either of their conversions, leaving the Cards up 14-12. The Cards responded with a pair of scores from Anderson on runs of seven and one yard in the fourth quarter. Cromwell-Wright is 3-4.

Crosby-Ironton-26

Moose Lake/WR-22

Just when it looked like the Rebels would take a hard-fought win, the Rangers snatched the victory away with just seconds remaining. ML/WR led 8-0 after the first quarter on a Logan Orvedahl four-yard touchdown run and a Blake Juhl two-point conversion run. After the Rangers pulled to within 8-6 in the second quarter, the Rebels picked up a safety for two points make it 10-6 at halftime. The Rangers came out in the second half and scored on a nine-yard pass from Dakota Mitchell to Gabe Kramer to go up 12-10, but again they failed on the two-point conversion as C-I led the game after three quarters. The Rebels answered early in the fourth quarter when Juhl punched in a touchdown from three yards away to make the score 16-12 in favor of ML/WR. However, again the Rangers bounced back. Mitchell hit Kale Dugan on a 20-yard scoring strike for a 18-16 lead, but again failed on the conversion attempt. ML/WR showed its mental fortitude by scoring with less than a minute remaining on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Mason Olson to Landin Kurhajetz to go up 22-18, but they missed the extra point. On the ensuing kickoff, the Rangers got a great return deep into Rebel territory and with just seconds left on the clock it was Mitchell hitting Colten Turk on a seven-yard touchdown strike to give the Rangers a 24-22 lead. C-I topped things off by adding the two point conversion run for the final score of 26-22.

Stats were not available for the following two games.

Rush City-42

Barnum-0

The Bombers record fell to 1-6 following the loss to the Tigers.

Esko-41

Aitkin-14