Mckenzie Schwarz's 23-yard field goal with 22 seconds remaining lifted visiting Superior to a 17-14 Big Rivers Conference victory over Rice Lake on Friday night in high school football.
Spencer Urban had two touchdown passes to lead the Spartans (2-2, 1-2).
Colten Weinberger's 9-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter helped Rice Lake (2-2, 1-2) knot the score at 14. It stayed that way for more than a quarter before Schwarz's late-game heroics.
Superior: 7-7-0-3--17
Rice Lake: 7-0-7-0---14
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S -- Kyle Turkowski 18 pass from Spencer Urban (Mckenzie Schwarz kick)
RL -- Nick Webber 22 pass from Shawn Magee (Seth Markgren kick)
S -- Ben Erickson 17 pass from Spencer Urban (Schwarz kick)
RL -- Colten Weinberger 9 run (Markgren kick)
S -- Schwarz 23 field goal
BEMIDJI 14, DULUTH EAST 7
Bemidji scored twice in the second quarter and held on to defeat Duluth East in a non-conference home game. East quarterback Alex Toscano had 17 carries for 60 yards and a touchdown, while running back Brian Lansing rushed 18 times for 128 yards. East is 1-2.
Duluth East: 0-0-7-0--7
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Bemidji: 0-14-0-0--14
B -- Connor McNallan 27 pass from James Hendricks (William Annette kick)
B -- Jaylen Ingalls 45 run (Annette kick)
E -- Alex Toscano 15 (Toscano kick)
CLOQUET 47, VIRGINIA 18
Mitch Sella broke two long touchdown runs as the Lumberjacks (2-1, 1-0) broke from a 13-12 halftime lead with 21 points in the third quarter en route to the Sea-Range victory at Virginia.
Marquez Evens had two touchdown runs to lead the Blue Devils.
Cloquet: 7-6-21-13--47
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Virginia: 6-6-6-0--18
C -- Marquez Evens 15 run
V -- Cade Stackpool 7 run
C -- Kyle Klatt 20 run
V -- Mitch Sella 71 run
C -- Austin Gotchnik 43 run
C -- Kaleb Kadelbach 5 pass
V -- Sella 61 run
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C -- Evens 55 run
C -- Kaleb Kadelbach 47 pass
C -- Maxxton Brenner 48 interception return
DEER RIVER 35, MESABI EAST 6
Quarterback Lance Latvala completed seven of 11 passes for 111 yards and three touchdowns as Deer River claimed its first victory of the season, at home in a Great Polar Red game. Ben Eby caught two passes for 59 yards and two scores for Deer River (1-2). Deer River celebrates 88 years of football at 2 p.m. Sept. 22 at home against East Central.
Mesabi East: 0-0-0-6--6
Deer River: 7-14-14-0--35
DR - Bryce Ortloff 19 pass from Lance Latvala (Ben Eby kick)
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DR - Ortloff 19 pass from Latvala (Eby kick)
DR - Seth Fairbanks 75 fumble return (Eby kick)
DR - Eby 9 pass from Latvala (Eby kick)
DR - Eby 45 pass from Aaron Drotts (Eby kick)
ME - Zach Skelton 42 pass from Austin Mount (pass failed)
DULUTH MARSHALL 29, TWO HARBORS 13
Caden Flaherty rushed for two touchdowns as Duluth Marshall won a Great Polar Blue Conference game. It was the first home win for the Hilltoppers in two years.
Two Harbors: 0-6-0-7--13
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Duluth Marshall: 14-0-0-15--29
DM -- Caden Flaherty 3 run (kick failed)
DM -- Eric DeWitte 32 run (Jeremy Stephan run)
TH -- Mike Nordean 70 run (kick failed)
DM -- Flaherty 10 run (Stephan run)
DM -- Jeremy Stephan 10 run (Than Serre kick)
TH -- Mike Nordean 4 run (Eli Hebl kick)
KELLIHER-NORTHOME 36, FLOODWOOD 6
Running back Mark Geerdes rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns as the Mustangs (3-0 overall, 3-0 conference) topped the Polar Bears (1-2, 1-2) in a Great Northern Conference clash in Floodwood.
Kelliher-Northome: 8-0-16-12--36
Floodwood: 6-0-0-0--6
F -- Shawn Anderson 11 pass from Willow Christensen (run failed)
KN -- Mark Geerdes 89 run (Christian Jourdan run)
KN -- Tristan Williams 10 pass from Isaiah Rahier (Brandon Schmid run)
KN -- Rahier 1 run (Geerdes run)
KN -- Geerdes 2 run (pass failed)
KN -- Cal Roosdett 20 pass from Williams (run failed)
EVELETH-GILBERT 17, AITKIN 6
Cole Jackson and Will Olson scored touchdowns to lead the Golden Bears (2-2, 1-2) to the Great Polar Blue home victory over the Gobblers (1-2, 0-1).
Aitkin: 0-6-0-0--6
Eveleth-Gilbert: 9-8-0-0--17
EG -- Steven Day 35 yard field goal
EG -- Cole Jackson 2 run (kick failed)
EG -- Will Olson 7 run (Olson pass from Jackson)
A -- Peter Zasmeta 16 run (kick failed)
NORTHWESTERN 40, HAYWARD 14
Mark Pooler scored four touchdowns to pace the Tigers (4-0 overall, 3-0 league) to a Heart O' North Conference victory over the Hurricanes (1-3, 1-2) in Maple.
Nathan Sikorski led all Northwestern backs with 110 yards rushing on 14 carries and added a 29-yard TD run. Nick Murray returned a kick 97 yards for a score.
Hayward: 7-0-0-7--14
Northwestern: 13-14-13-0--40
N -- Mark Pooler 17 run (Jordan Orme kick)
H -- 1 run (kick good)
N -- Nick Murray 97 kick return (Orme kick)
N -- Pooler 5 run (Orme kick)
N -- Pooler 3 run (Orme kick)
N -- Pooler 2 run (Orme kick)
N -- Nathan Sikorksi 29 run (pass failed)
H -- 10 run (kick good)
NORTHWOODS 66, LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS 14
Jaret Sandeberg carred nine times for 81 yards and three touchdowns as Northwoods won a Big Northern home game. Chase Ballard rushed for 70 yards and a TD for Littlefork-Big Falls (0-3). Hanks Halvorson rushed for 84 yards for NorthWoods (3-0) for a touchdown and passed for another score.
Littlefork-Big Falls: 0-0-6-8--14
North Woods: 38-14-8-6--66
NW -- Jaret Sandberg 9 Run (run failed)
NW -- Hank Halverson 25 run (Travis Hooper Run)
NW -- Hooper 53 pass from Halverson (Halverson run)
NW -- Sandberg 20 run (Jaylen Strong pass from Halverson)
NW -- Bryan Linn 36 punt return (Linn run)
NW -- Sandberg 1 run (run failed)
NW -- Halverson 25 run (Linn Run)
NW -- Cole Martin 4 run (Andrew Jordan pass from Martin)
LBF -- Chase Ballard 4 run (pass failed)
LBF -- Chandan Street 11 pass from Ryan Hendrickson (Bryce Burmeister run)
NW -- Martin 2 run (pass failed)
MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL 46, SILVER BAY 6
Sophomore running back Trent Combs scored three rushing touchdowns and caught another as the Rangers (3-0 overall, 3-0 conference) beat the Mariners (1-2, 1-2) in a Big North Conference game Friday in Silver Bay.
Mountain Iron-Buhl: 12-8-14-12--46
Silver Bay: 0-0-0-6--6
MIB -- Deven Rowe 32 run (pass failed)
MIB -- Trent Combs 16 run (pass failed)
MIB -- Rowe 12 pass from Archie Winans (Rowe run)
MIB -- Combs 49 pass from Winans (run failed)
MIB -- Combs 7 run (Combes run)
MIB -- Combs 80 run (run failed)
SB -- Jonah Koehler 50 pass from Luke Small (kick failed)
MIB - Zack Kalisch 57 run (run failed)
ONAMIA 60, CROMWELL 14
Senior quarterback Caleb Nieken ran for two touchdowns and passed for two others as undefeated Onamia won a Great Northern Conference game in Cromwell. Onamia (3-0) led 40-8 at the half. Cromwell is 1-2.
Onamia: 0-8-0-6--14
Cromwell: 18-22-14-12--60
O -- Mattsen Bensel-Hein 74 run (pass failed)
O -- Caleb Nieken 50 run (run failed)
O -- Nieken 31 run (run failed)
O -- Leevi Leibold 2 run (Zac Virning run)
O -- Virnig 3 run (Nieken run)
C -- Zac Kinstel 80 kickoff return (Joe Couture pass from Austin Pfisthner)
O -- Johannes Achermann 82 pass from Nieken (Nieken run)
O -- Achermann 64 pass from Nieken (run failed)
O -- Virnig 15 run (pass failed)
C -- Kinstel 44 run (run failed)
O -- Sheldon Rothbauer 68 run (run failed)
PROCTOR 19, INTERNATIONAL FALLS 12
Proctor scored the game's final three touchdowns in rallying for a Sea-Range road victory. Junior quarterback Brodie Nordquist threw for two touchdowns and Alex Greene recorded the final points on a 13-yard run for the Rails (2-1). International Falls (0-3) led 12-0 at the half.
Proctor: 0-0-13-6--19
International Falls: 6-6-0-0--12
IF -- Austin Geiselhart 13 pass from Gunnar Anderson (kick failed)
IF -- Jakob Ettestad 5 pass from Nick Janttie (run failed)
P -- Nate Layne 14 pass from Brodie Nordquist (kick failed)
P -- Cullen Curnow 18 pass from Nordquist (Jack Nikko kick)
P -- Alex Greene 13 run (run failed)
