Branden Perrault had 106 yards rushing and two touchdowns and Taylor Klein recovered a fumbled punt in the end zone as Hermantown defeated Eveleth-Gilbert 48-8 in a Sea-Range Conference game in Eveleth, clinching the No. 1 seed in the Section 7AAAA high school football playoffs.
Hermantown earned a bye in Tuesday's first round and will play the winner of the
Cloquet-Grand Rapids game next Saturday.
Hermantown 13-15-6-14--48
Eveleth-Gilbert 0-0-0-8--8
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H -- Michael Carlson 24 run (Matt Engelmeier kick)
H -- Taylor Klein fumble recovery (kick failed)
H -- Branden Perrault 3 run (Engelmeier kick)
H -- Kobe Wargin 4 run (Engelmeier run)
H -- Perrault 45 run (kick blocked)
EG -- Adam Preble 7 run (Alex Porkkonen run)
H -- Matt Niemi 5 run (Chris Phillips kick)
H -- Nate Smith 40 run (Phillips kick)
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detroit lakes 20,
duluth east 0
Dustin Rietzema ran for 130 yards on 29 carries and a touchdown to lift the host Lakers over the Greyhounds in a North Country Conference game.
Ben Ellison and Nels Ronnigen combined for 21 tackles as the Greyhounds finished the regular season at 4-4, heading into a section quarterfinal meeting against Hibbing on Tuesday.
The Class AAAA second-ranked Lakers (8-0) wrapped up first place in the conference.
Duluth East 0-0-0-0--0
Detroit Lakes 6-6-8-0--20
DL -- Dustin Rietzema 4 run (kick failed)
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DL --Chris Gilson 28 run (pass failed)
DL --Ryan Kuehn fumble recovery (Adam Thielen pass from Gilson)
cloquet 28,
international falls 6
Ryan Lindstrom was 9-for-12 passing for 165 yards and two touchdowns as the host Lumberjacks (4-4, 3-3) defeated the Broncos in a Sea-Range Conference game.
Raphael Gelo ran 36 times for 170 yards and scored the lone touchdown for the Broncos (2-6, 2-4).
International Falls 0-0-0-6--6
Cloquet 14-0-14-0--28
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C -- Ryan Lindstrom 1 run (Anthony Wood kick)
C -- Taylor Kolb 21 pass from Lindstrom (Wood kick)
C -- Simon Thill 85 kickoff return (Wood kick)
C -- Thill 35 pass from Lindstrom (Wood kick)
I -- Raphael Gelo 1 run (run failed)
Cromwell 50, Nevis 6
Cody Hendrickson led the Cardinals with 336 yards from scrimmage, threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the second-ranked Cardinals won the nonconference game at Nevis.
Adam Smith contributed 155 all-purpose yards and Shale Korpela had 120.
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Hendrickson passed 1,000 yards in both rushing and passing for the second consecutive season and brought his season totals to 1,022 yards rushing and 1,319 yards passing.
Cromwell 22-12-8-8--50
Nevis 0-0-0-6--6
C -- Adam Smith 5 run (Shale Korpela run)
C -- Cody Hendrickson 20 run (Jordan Smith kick)
C -- A. Smith 75 pass from Hendrickson (J. Smith kick)
C -- Shale Korpela 2 run (kick failed)
C -- Korpela 40 pass from Hendrickson (kick failed)
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C -- Nolan Wester 32 pass from Hendrickson (Mike Hedin pass from Hendrickson)
N -- John Gunkel 30 run (run failed)
C -- Hedin 5 run (Jordan Suhonen run)
Babbitt-Embarrass 12,
Albrook 6
Eric Shere ran for 83 yards and a touchdown as the Knights defeated the Falcons in a nonconference game at Babbitt.
AlBrook 0-0-6-0--6
Babbitt-Embarrass 0-6-6-0--12
B -- Levi Jennings 13 pass from Sam Swanson (run failed)
B -- Eric Shere 30 run (run failed)
A -- TD run
Wrenshall 55, Laporte 6
Brenden Menze led the way for the Wrens with 130 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the nonconference road victory. Menze has 986 yards rushing this season.
Ethan Johnson had 13 tackles for the Wrens (4-4).
Wrenshall 29-20-0-6---55
Laporte 6-0-0-0--6
W -- John Bartzcak 11 pass from John Moder (run failed)
L -- #18 50 pass from #16 (pass failed)
W -- Brenden Menze 62 run (Ethan Johnson pass from Bartzcak)
W -- David Dille 18 run (Brennin O'Brien run)
W -- Menze 54 run (Bartzcak drop kick)
W -- O'Brien 6 run (Bartzcak pass from Moder)
W -- Brian Gustafson 10 run (kick failed)
W -- Joe Laubach 26 run (pass failed)
W -- Cainin Brown 13 pass from Zach Moder (run failed)
Bigfork 14, Cotton 6
The visiting Huskies edged the Cardinals in a nonconference game despite Nick Stevenson's 15 tackles.
Bigfork 0-8-0-6--14
Cotton 0-6-0-0--6
B -- Brandon Vail 1 run (Vail run)
C -- Beau Johnson 10 pass from Nick Stevenson (pass failed)
B -- Dakota Klamm 3 run (pass failed)
Onamia 8,
Nashwauk-Keewatin 6
Hakim Betton rushed for 87 yards to help the Panthers edge the Spartans at home in a Great Polar Alliance Red Division game.
Jason Martire had six receptions for 72 yards and the lone touchdown for the Spartans while Brandon Bonderson recorded 16 tackles.
Nashwauk-Keewatin 0-0-6-0--6
Onamia 0-8-0-0--8
O -- Nic Faust 35 pass from Pat Sullivan (Chris Steffenson run)
N -- Jason Martire 30 pass from Justin Peratalo (pass failed)
Mountain Iron-Buhl 36,
Tower-Soudan 8
Nick Pecha rushed 10 times for 196 yards and a touchdown to lead the Rangers to the nonconference win at Mountain Iron.
Brendan Salo rushed for 59 yards and passed for 82 yards for the Rangers (7-1).
Tower-Soudan 0-0-0-8--8
Mountain Iron-Buhl 16-0-13-7--36
MIB -- Nick Pecha 75 run (Andy Nikolanci pass from Brendan Salo)
MIB -- Nikolanci 39 pass from Salo (Salo run)
MIB -- Blake Johnson 8 run (run failed)
MIB -- Jerry Kaivola 3 run (Nick DaRonco kick)
MIB -- Salo 48 run (DaRonco kick)
TS -- Chris Suihkonen 5 run (Ryan Indihar run)
Cook 28, Silver Bay 0
The Little Gophers blanked the host Mariners in a nonconference game to improve to 7-1.
Cook 8-14-0-6--28
Silver Bay 0-0-0-0--0
C -- Lee Kultala 6 run (Kultala run)
C -- Chris Twite 29 run (pass failed)
C -- Isaac Bergstrom 1 run (Kultala run)
C -- Cody Wooster 16 run (pass failed)
Cook County 27,
Ogilvie 2
The Vikings claimed the Great Polar Alliance Red Division title with the road victory.
John Fagerman caught two touchdown passes from Miles Drake in the third quarter and Tait Sande rushed for 74 yards and scored his 22nd touchdown of the season for fifth-ranked Cook County (8-0, 8-0).
Cook County 7-0-14-6--27
Ogilvie 0-0-2-0--2
CC -- Miles Drake 12 run (Alex Senty kick)
O -- Safety, punt blocked out of the end zone
CC -- Tait Sande 64 interception return (Senty kick)
CC -- John Fagerman 22 pass from Drake (Senty kick)
CC -- Fagerman 19 pass from Drake (kick failed)
Ely 28, East Central 21
Andrew Olson caught two touchdown passes from Pat Lekatz as the Timberwolves topped the visiting Eagles. Olson also scored on a 75-yard run.
East Central 7-7-0-7--21
Ely 0-7-13-8--28
EC -- David Baxter 30 run (James Best kick)
E -- Ryan Willis 74 run (Mike Heiman kick)
EC -- Best 46 run (Best kick)
E -- Andrew Olson 26 pass from Pat Lekatz (Heiman kick)
E -- Olson 75 run (kick failed)
EC -- Travis Million 11 run (Best kick)
E -- Olson 14 pass from Lekatz (AJ Pope pass from Lekatz)
Proctor 28, Virginia 0
Quarterback Steve Nelson threw for a touchdown and ran for another as the visiting Rails blanked the Blue Devils in a Sea-Range Conference game.
Nelson completed 6 of 13 passes for 155 yards. Caleb Maki rushed for 79 yards on 11 attempts, helping Proctor (8-0) win its 20th straight regular-season game and wrap up the conference title.
Proctor 7-14-7-0--28
Virginia 0-0-0-0--0
P -- Caleb Maki 9 run (Maki kick)
P -- Derek Solarz 5 pass from Steve Nelson (kick failed)
P -- Jordy Carlson 6 run (Pat Merrier pass from Nelson)
P -- Nelson 1 run (Maki kick)
Littlefork-Big Falls 34,
Cherry 0
The Vikings' Ian Klemetsen ran for two touchdowns and 114 yards in the nonconference home win.
Justin Fraz added two rushing TDs for fourth-ranked Littlefork-Big Falls (8-0). Jay Asuma had 18 carries for 74 yards for Cherry (6-2).
Cherry 0-0-0-0--0
Littlefork-Big Falls 6-20-8-0--34
LBF -- Ian Klemetsen 1 run (run failed)
LBF -- Justin Fraz 10 run (run failed)
LBF -- Klemetsen 17 run (Klemetsen run)
LBF -- Fraz 20 run (run failed)
LBF -- Paul Kennedy 6 run (Kennedy run)
Mesabi East 7, Carlton 6
The Giants won their first game since 2003 in a Great Polar Red game at Aurora.
Nate Holmstrom scored the Giants' touchdown on a 20-yard run, and Alex Loe's extra point proved to be the difference in Mesabi East's first win since the program was disbanded before the 2004 season.
Loe had 18 carries for 100 yards.
Carlton 0-0-0-6--6
Mesabi East 0-7-0-0--7
ME -- Nate Holmstrom 20 run (Alex Loe kick)
C -- Josh Ermatinger 1 run (pass failed)
Orr 48, Mesabi Academy 14
Dylan Mankus ran for two touchdowns in Orr's nonconference home win.
Mesabi Academy 6-0-0-8--14
Orr 6-20-14-8--48
O -- Robert Astelford 10 run (run failed)
MA -- Greg Harris 70 kick return (run failed)
O -- Brandon Anderson 40 pass from Levi Villebrun (Dylan Mankus run)
O -- Jimmy Holman 6 run (pass failed)
O -- Mankus 15 run (run failed)
O -- Mankus 20 run (Lee Warren pass from Villebrun)
O -- Jeremy Wright 14 run (Warren run)
MA -- Pierre Phillips 20 run (Phillips run)
McGregor 43,
Hill City 8
Christopher Pierce ran nine time for 90 yards and three touchdowns as McGregor took a 30-0 halftime time and cruised to the nonconference road win.
Matt Carlstrom added two touchdowns for the Mercuries (7-1) on a 23-yard run and a a 46-yard reception from Luke Sorensen.
McGregor 16-14-6-7--43
Hill City 0-0-0-8--8
M -- Christopher Pierce 33 run (Matt Carlstrom run)
M -- Ethan Cummings 43 pass from Luke Sorensen (Pierce run)
M -- Pierce 8 run (Cummings pass from Sorensen)
M -- Pierce 7 run (run failed)
M -- Carlstrom 46 pass from Sorensen (kick failed)
HC -- Safety
HC -- Matt Niesen 2 run (run failed)
M -- Carlstrom 23 run (Preston Hurd kick)
Barnum 16, Chisholm 8
The Bombers' Kris Adams scored two touchdowns in the Great Polar Red home win. Adams finished with 132 yards rushing for Barnum
(5-3, 5-3).
Chisholm 0-8-0-0--8
Barnum 0-16-0-0--16
B -- Kris Adams 8 run (Adams run)
C -- Trevor Simonson 1 run (Paine pass from Pessenda)
B -- Adams 40 run (Adams run)
Grand Rapids 26,
Duluth Denfeld 20
The Thunderhawks jumped to a 13-point lead and held on for the North Country Conference win at PSS. Denfeld finished the regular season 1-7 and will play Duluth Central in a Section 7AAAA quarterfinal Tuesday at PSS.
Denfeld did not provide a scoring summary.
Grand Rapids 13-7-6-0--26
Duluth Denfeld 0-7-7-6--20
stephen-Argyle 48,
northern freeze 0
Stephen-Argyle set a state record Tuesday in Newfolden, Minn., when it won its 61st straight game.
The Storm, the four-time defending state Nine-Man champions, have gone 61-0 since 2003 to break the old record for consecutive games without a loss set by Minneapolis Washburn, which went 58-0-2 between 1966 and 1972.