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Late football roundup: HLWW runs through Paynesville

joe brown, west central tribune, willmar, minn.
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Sep. 12—HOWARD LAKE — A 246-yard, five-touchdown performance by Collin Boese pushed Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted past Paynesville on Friday night.

The Lakers' football team won the Mid State 2 District matchup, 43-34.

Boese had TDs of 53, 2, 15, 32 and 3 yards. HLWW ran for 382 yards and did not throw a pass in the victory.

Bulldogs quarterback Grayson Fuchs completed 15 of 25 passes for 306 yards, four touchdowns and four interceptions. He also ran for 41 yards and a score. Eli Nelson was Fuchs' top receiver with seven catches for 132 yards.

Paynesville is at home against Sauk Centre at 7 p.m. Friday.

Paynesville (1-1) 12 0 8 14 — 34

HLWW (2-0) 8 7 14 14 — 43

Scoring Plays

HLWW — Collin Boese 53 run (Colton Long run)

P — Eli Nelson 49 pass from Grayson Fuchs (run failed)

P — Austin Pauls 14 pass from Fuchs (pass failed)

HLWW — Boese 2 run (Boese kick)

HLWW — Mitchell Mallak 2 run (kick failed)

HLWW — Boese 15 run (run failed)

P — Fuchs 9 run (Gus Johnson pass from Fuchs)

P — Carter Lieser 36 pass from Fuchs (run failed)

HLWW — Boese 32 run (Boese kick)

P — Johnson 62 pass from Fuchs (Max Athmann pass from Fuchs)

HLWW — Boese 3 run (Boese kick)

Paynesville

First downs: 14 ... Penalties: 5-40 ... Rushing (Individual and team): Grayson Fuchs 9-41, Austin Pauls 8-25. 17-66 ... Passing (Individual and team): Fuchs 15-25-4 306 ... Receiving: Eli Nelson 7-132, Gus Johnson 1-62, Max Athmann 3-45, Carter Lieser 1-36, Pauls 3-31 ... Interceptions: None ... Fumble recoveries: None ... Tackles (solo-assist): Chase Viessman 4-13, Pauls 0-11, Lieser 2-6 ... QB sacks: None

HLWW

First downs: 20 ... Penalties: 1-15 ... Rushing (Individual and team): Collin Boese 29-246, Colton Long 9-70, Mitchell Mallak 9-37, Cam Jones 1-29. 48-382 ... Passing (Individual and team): None ... Receiving: None ... Interceptions: Boese 1, Jones 1, Steven Heber 1, Lance Luchsinger 1 ... Fumble recoveries: None ... Tackles (solo-assist): N/A ... QB sacks: N/A

Pierz and Minnewaska combined for 37 points in the second quarter. Ultimately, the Pioneers prevailed for a Mid State 1 District victory at Glenwood.

The Pioneers outgained the Lakers on the ground 317-85. Derek Stangl ran for 85 yards and a touchdown on nine carries. Quarterback Garrett Cummings ran in three scores for Pierz.

PJ Johnson accounted for both of Minnewaska's touchdowns, with an 82-yard TD pass to Austin Ballhagen and a 2-yard scoring run. Ballhagen had two catches for 134 yards.

The Lakers stay at home to play Melrose at 7 p.m. Friday.

Pierz (2-0) 7 23 6 7 — 43

Minnewaska (0-2) 0 14 0 0 — 14

Scoring Plays

P — Jacob LeBlanc 14 run (Kirby Fischer kick)

P — Derek Stangl 21 run (Fischer run)

M — Austin Ballhagen 82 pass from PJ Johnson (Johnson run)

P — Garrett Cummings 1 run (Tony Gross pass from Fischer)

M — Johnson 2 run (run failed)

P — Cummings 2 run (Fischer kick)

P — LeBlanc 35 fumble recovery (kick failed)

P — Cummings 1 run (Fischer kick)

Pierz

First downs: 23 ... Penalties: 1-10 ... Rushing (Individual and team): Kyle Winscher 2-(-4), Garrett Cummings 5-3, Derek Stangl 9-85, Braden LeBlanc 2-5, Kirby Fischer 7-39, Jacob LeBlanc 13-71, Reese Young 15-95, Travis Gross 2-6, Nathan Nash 4-17. Total: 59-317 ... Passing (Individual and team): Cummings 2-7-2 30 ... Receiving: Young 2-30 ... Interceptions: Mitchell Smude 1 ... Fumble recoveries: J. LeBlanc 1, Nash 1 ... Tackles (solo-assist): N/A ... QB sacks: None

Minnewaska

First downs: 7 ... Penalties: 5-32 ... Rushing (Individual and team): Austin Ballhagen 5-(-4), PJ Johnson 9-30, Conner Stein 1-19, Austin Weber 5-3, Jack Majerus 8-37. Total: 30-85 ... Passing (Individual and team): PJ Johnson 3-10-0 163, Ballhagen 0-5-1 0. Total: 3-15-1 163 ... Receiving: Ballhagen 2-134, Weber 1-29 ... Interceptions: Ballhagen 1, Majerus 1 ... Fumble recoveries: Levi Johnson 1, Weber 1 ... Tackles (solo-assist): N/A ... QB sacks: N/A