Junior running back Elijah Leonard rushed 15 times for 137 yards and three touchdowns to lead Duluth East to a 47-7 Northeast Red high school football victory over Hibbing on Wednesday night at Ordean Stadium.
Junior quarterback Caden Edwards finished 4-for-7 passing for 109 yards and two touchdowns while adding a touchdown on the ground for the Greyhounds (4-4). Classmate Derek Daniels chipped in four carries for 102 yards and another score.
Hibbing 0-7-0-0-7
Duluth East 6-34-7-0-47
DE - Caden Edwards 9 run (kick failed)
DE - Elijah Leonard 4 run (pass failed)
DE - Leonard 7 run (Jacob Carter kick)
DE - Dekarri Davis 51 pass from Edwards (Carter kick)
DE - Derek Daniels 46 run (Carter kick)
H - Anthony Cross 52 pass from Blace Tomberlin (Nick Cicchi kick)
DE - Jon Jones 39 pass from Edwards (Carter kick)
DE - Leonard 3 run (Carter kick)
Two Harbors 45, Eveleth-Gilbert 8
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Two Harbors exploded for 38 first-half points in the easy win in Eveleth.
Two Harbors quarterback Cole Komarek doubled his touchdown pass total in the second quarter with two scoring tosses - 42 yards to Jayden Ruberg and 16 yards to Sam Johnson. Johnson also upped his touchdown total to six in the Agates' last three games.
Two Harbors 14-24-7-0-45
Eveleth-Gilbert 0-0-8-0-8
TH - Ricky Brenna 1 run (Ryan Nowacki kick)
TH - Joey Marker 3 run (Nowacki kick)
TH - Jayden Ruberg 42 pass from Cole Komarek (Nowacki kick)
TH - Andrew Hulst 23 run (Nowacki kick)
TH - Sam Johnson 16 pass from Komarek (Nowacki kick)
TH - Nowacki 23 field goal
TH - Johnson 6 run (Nowacki kick)
EG - Joshua Creer-Oberstar 8 pass from Nick Beaudette (Gavin Maki pass from Beaudette)
South Ridge 28, Cook County 24
The Panthers held off the Vikings in a battle of undefeated nine-man teams in Culver.
South Ridge's Elias Tuominen scored from 71 yards 16 seconds into the game and Cook County's Josh Prom answered from 48 yards a minute later.
Seventh-ranked South Ridge opened up a 28-8 lead thanks to Joe Janke's 72-yard punt return and a 5-yard run.
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Cook County, ranked fifth, started its comeback with Prom's 14-yard touchdown run with 1:51 remaining in the first half. Prom then threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Jack Haussner in the third quarter.
Janke finished with 192 yards rushing for South Ridge.
Prom threw for 188 yards and rushed for another 155 for Cook County.
Cook County 8-8-6-2-24
South Ridge 20-8-0-0-28
SR - Elias Tuominen 71 run (Joe Janke run)
CC - Josh Prom 48 run (Jack Haussner pass from Prom)
SR - Riley Kinsley 8 run (pass failed)
SR - Janke 72 punt return (run failed)
SR - Janke 5 run (Deekon Anvid pass from Janke)
CC - Prom 14 run (Connor Somnis pass from Prom)
CC - Haussner 42 pass from Prom (run failed)
CC - Safety Matt Clark tackled in end zone
Carlton 56, Onamia 8
Ryan Gray threw for 136 yards and three touchdowns as the Bulldogs closed the regular season with a home rout.
Tanner Anderson added 97 yards rushing and three TDs and Austin Davis ran for 75 yards.
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Onamia 0-0-0-6-6
Carlton 15-13-20-8-56
C - Jacob Santkuyl 45 pass from Ryan Gray (J. Santkuyl run)
C - J. Santkuyl 70 punt return (Gray kick)
C - Tanner Anderson run (Gray kick)
C - Anderson 38 run (kick failed)
C - J. Santkuyl 6 pass from Gray (kick failed)
C - Matt Santkuyl 37 pass from Gray (Gray kick)
C - Anderson 10 run (Gray kick)
C - Joe Solomon 9 run (Solomon run)
O - Colin Goor 6 run (pass failed)
Silver Bay 34, Chisholm 30
Mason Ollman gained 264 yards on 34 carries as the host Mariners slipped past the Bluestreaks.
Peyton Westerlund added 94 yards rushing.
Senior Parker Pruitt had two rushing touchdowns for Chisholm.
Chisholm 0-14-0-16-30
Silver Bay 6-8-14-6-34
SB - Mason Ollman 19 run (kick failed)
C - Harrison Reinke 57 run (run good)
SB - Ollman 3 run (Weston Monson run)
C - Parker Pruitt 6 run (run failed)
SB - Peyton Westerlund 38 run (Monson run)
SB - Ollman 37 run (run failed)
C - Eli Sundquist 21 pass from Bryce Warner (run good)
SB - Westerlund 30 run (run failed)
C - Parker Pruitt 5 run (Reinke run)
North Woods 43, Ely 16
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Tanner Kleppe threw a pair of touchdown passes and blocked a punt for a safety to lead the Grizzlies past the Timberwolves in Cook.
Tanner Barto and Trevor Morrison caught Kleppe's TD passes and T.J. Chiabotti added TD runs of 1 and 5 yards.
Nick Mattila and Dalton Schreffler had short TD runs for Ely.
Ely 0-8-0-8-16
North Woods 2-12-15-14-43
NW - Safety, Chase Kleppe blocked punt
NW - Tanner Barto 18 pass from Kleppe (pass failed)
NW - T.J. Chiabotti 1 run (pass failed)
E - Nick Mattila 5 run (Nate Nettifee run)
NW - Chiabotti 5 run (Chiabotti run)
NW - Trevor Morrison 81 pass from Kleppe (Zach Cheney kick)
NW - Nathan Crain 5 run (kick failed)
E - Dalton Schreffler 3 run (Mattila run)
NW - Carter Holman 1 run (Holman run)
