Prep football roundup: Late surge sends Central past Ashland

Central defeats Ashland — C.J. Ham of Duluth Central finds an opening in the Ashland defense on Friday evening at Public Schools Stadium. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

By news@duluthnewstribune.com

September 10, 2010 at 11:00 PM

Junior running back Nate Beaulieu's 15-yard run capped Duluth Central's rally in the fourth quarter as the Trojans defeated Ashland 14-6 in a high school football game Friday night at Public Schools Stadium.

Ashland (0-3) took a 6-0 lead on a short run early in the final quarter before C.J. Ham tied it with a 20-yard run for Central (2-0). A blocked extra point left the game tied at 6, setting up Beaulieu's heroics.

Ashland 0-0-0-6--6

Duluth Central 0-0-0-14--14

A -- short run

C -- C.J. Ham 20 run (kick blocked)

C -- Nate Beaulieu 15 run (Beaulieu kick)

Hudson 23, Superior 8

Hudson scored 16 third-quarter points to pull away from the Spartans in a Big Rivers Conference game at home.

Hudson led 7-0 at the half before Jake Denison kicked a 22-yard field goal and Lawrence Pruitt returned a fumble 22 yards for a touchdown and a 23-0 lead.

Superior scored in the final quarter as Zach Erickson caught a 5-yard pass and the two-point conversion from Rob Dembroski.

Superior 0-0-0-8--8

Hudson 7-0-16-0--23

H -- Derek Krumrei 35 pass from Luke Miller (Jake Denison kick)

H -- Spencer Korum 3 run (Jake Denison kick)

H -- Jake Denison 22 FG

H -- Lawrence Pruitt 22 fumble return (pass failed)

S -- Zach Erickson 5 pass from Rob Dembroski (Erickson pass from Dembroski)

Northwestern 42, Spooner 0

Kasey Leggate rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns on six carries and T.J. Polkoski added 117 yards and two scores on 14 carries as the fourth-ranked Tigers (3-0) opened up their Heart O'North Conference schedule with a shutout victory over the Rails in Maple.

Northwestern's starting defense has not allowed a point in three games.

Spooner 0-0-0-0--0

Northwestern 21-21-0-0--42

CLOQUET 28, EVELETH-GILBERT 6

Stefan Pease ran 28 times for 179 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Lumberjacks to the Sea-Range home victory.

Cloquet (1-1, 1-0) had 256 yards in total offense compared to 59 for Eveleth-Gilbert (0-2, 0-1).

Eveleth-Gilbert 0-0-6-0--6

Cloquet 0-16-12-0--28

C -- Stefan Pease 1 run (kick failed)

C -- safety

C -- Pease 8 run (Kellin Lamirande run)

C -- Pease 25 run (kick failed)

EG -- Dalton Johnson 82 return

C -- Adam Hanson 4 pass from Lamirande

Barnum 14, Cook County 6

Josh Hogan scored on a 2-yard run in the third quarter and added a two-point conversion run as the visiting Bombers remained undefeated with the Great Polar Alliance win at Grand Marais.

The Bombers (2-0, 2-0) intercepted a pass with 20 seconds to play to preserve the victory. Cook County is 0-2.

Barnum 0-6-8-0--14

Cook County 0-6-0-0--6

B -- Justin Newman 7 run (run failed)

CC -- Mike Sjogren 32 pass from Kale Boomer (run failed)

B -- Josh Hogan 2 run (Hogan run)

East Central 46, Mesabi East 16

Senior tight end Kevin Klocke caught three touchdown passes and returned an interception for a TD to pace the Eagles to the Great Polar Alliance victory in Aurora.

Garrett Larson led the Giants with 100 yards rushing on 19 carries.

East Central 21-13-12-0--46

Mesabi East 0-0-0-16--16

EC -- Kevin Klocke 19 pass from Tom Battaglia (Battaglia kick)

EC -- Corey Sura 30 run (Battaglia kick)

EC -- Sura 2 run (Battaglia kick)

EC -- Klocke 10 pass from Battaglia (Battaglia kick)

EC -- Bart Johnson 4 run (kick fails)

EC -- Klocke 15 pass from Battaglia (pass failed)

EC -- Klocke 66 interception (run fails)

ME -- Luke O'Neil 10 run (Garrett Larson pass from Alex Rowbottom)

ME -- Austin Berg 20 pass from Rowbottom (Rowbottom run)