TODAY'S PREP FOOTBALL GAME
BRAHAM (6-0) AT MOOSE LAKE-WILLOW RIVER (6-0)
What: NONCONFERENCE GAME
WHERE: WILLOW RIVER
WHEN: 7 P.M.
OUTLOOK: THE SCOREBOARD OPERATOR SHOULD STAY BUSY IN THIS BATTLE OF TOP-10 UNBEATENS. FIFTH-RANKED BRAHAM LED 43-0 AT THE HALF IN A 49-16 ROUT OF CROSBY-IRONTON LAST WEEK. TYLER VAUGHAN SCORED ON TOUCHDOWN RUNS OF 34 AND 55 YARDS AND RAN BACK AN INTERCEPTION 63 YARDS AND A FUMBLE 47 YARDS FOR TWO MORE TDS FOR THE BOMBERS. VAUGHAN RUSHED FOR 144 YARDS AND WAS 8-FOR-9 PASSING FOR 107 YARDS. CORY AMBROSE ADDED TWO TDS FOR AN OFFENSE AVERAGING 49 POINTS PER GAME. ... SECOND-RANKED MOOSE LAKE-WILLOW RIVER BLEW OUT TWO HARBORS 55-0, SCORING SIX TDS OF AT LEAST 30 YARDS. JAKE DISTERHAUPT (54 CARRIES, 929 YARDS) AVERAGED 37 YARDS AN ATTEMPT AGAINST THE AGATES AND AVERAGES MORE THAN 17 YARDS PER CARRY FOR THE SEASON, WITH A NORTHLAND-LEADING 20 TDS. JOSH CISAR (38-530, 9 TDS) AND CHRIS GASSERT (43-496) ADD EXPLOSIVENESS FOR AN OFFENSE AVERAGING 56 POINTS A GAME. THE REBELS ALLOW JUST EIGHT POINTS PER GAME. MLWR HAS DEFEATED BRAHAM SIX TIMES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS -- ALL BY AT LEAST 27 POINTS -- INCLUDING 54-14 IN THE 2010 REGULAR SEASON AND 35-8 IN THE SECTION 7AA TITLE GAME. THE REBELS HAVE WON 44 STRAIGHT IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND 31 IN A ROW AT HOME.
RADIO: WMOZ-FM 106.9
RICK WEEGMAN, NEWS TRIBUNE
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