(KFGO/KNFL) Both Wheaton/Herman-Norcross and Fertile-Beltrami were defeated in the Minnesota Class 9-Man State Football semifinals today at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Mountain Iron-Buhl outscored Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 22-0 in the second half to defeat the Warriors 36-15. MI-B quarterback Asher Dubich passed for 141 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 99 yards and another score.
W/H-N quarterback Marshall Tolifson found Andrew Walker-Hannemann for touchdown passes of 55 and 31 yards in the first half. A Clint Determann 34-yard field goal gave Wheaton/Herman-Norcross a 15-14 halftime advantage.
A Damian Tapio 8-yard touchdown run in the 3rd quarter gave Mountain Iron-Buhl a 22-15 lead, and the Rangers added a pair of scores late in the 4th quarter to put the game away.
Spring Grove shut down Fertile-Beltrami with 27-6 victory in the second semifinal. Elijah Solum rushed for three touchdowns for Spring Grove.
The Falcons struck first in the opening quarter as Ryan Van Den Einde caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from Caiden Swenby for a 6-0 lead. Spring Grove responded with two scores in 1:10 including a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown to make it 14-6. It remained 14-6 until the fourth quarter when Solum scored on TD runs of two and four yards.
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