Caleb Hansen connected with Brandon Madsen in the fourth quarter for a 49-yard touchdown and then caught the two-point conversion pass to give the MACCRAY Wolverines a 34-33 win over Dawson-Boyd Tuesday night in Dawson.

The Blackjacks jumped out to an early 20-0 lead to open the game, but 14 straight points by MACCRAY to end the half put the Wolverines back in business.

MACCRAY tacked on another touchdown to start the third quarter but Dawson-Boyd's Matt Anderson broke a 12-yard touchdown to put the Blackjacks back on top, 26-20.

Hansen connected with Brandon Condon on a 10-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 26-all heading into the final quarter.

Anderson found the end zone on a 28-yard run but Hansen's touchdown and two-point conversion passes to Madsen proved to be the difference.

Anderson finished the night with 135 yards on the ground and two touchdowns.

Blackjack quarterback Ryan Swenson passed for 121 yards after completing 8-of-13 passes. He also rushed for two touchdowns to open the game.

Jake Bothun also returned an interception 20 yards for a score in the second quarter for the Dawson-Boyd.

The Blackjacks finished the regular season 6-2 and 6-2 in the Little Sioux Conference. They will continue play Tuesday in the opening round of the Section 5A playoffs.

MACCRAY 0 14 12 8-34

Dawson-Boyd 13 7 6 7-33

Scoring

First Quarter

D-Ryan Swenson 6 run (Swenson kick)

D-Swenson 2 run (kick failed)

Second Quarter

D-Jake Bothun 20 interception return (Swenson kick)

M-Alex Wrede 17 pass from Caleb Hansen (failed)

M-Shaun Condon 7 pass from Hansen (Condon pass from Hansen)

Third Quarter

M-Wrede 18 pass from Hansen (failed)

D-Matt Anderson 12 run (failed)

M-Condon pass from Hansen (failed)

Fourth Quarter

D-Anderson 28 run (Swenson kick)

M-Brandon Madsen 49 pass from Hansen (Madsen pass from Hansen)

DAWSON-BOYD INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Matt Anderson 28-135, Jake Bothun 8-39, Ryan Swenson 3-9.

PASSING (comp-att-yds-int): Swenson 18-13-121-0.

RECEIVING: Andrew Roiger 3-89, Kruiz Lindblad 2-22, Bothun 1-3, Zach Stelter 1-9.

Wabasso 42, MLBO 6

It took some time, but the Wabasso offense opened up in the third quarter to defeat Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin 42-6 Tuesday in the final regular season game of the year.

Derek Riley finished with 159 yards rushing and two touchdowns - both in the third quarter, while Jason Plaetz had four catches for 162 yards and two touchdowns.

Plaetz sparked the offense in the third quarter with a 68-yard touchdown from quarterback Jacob Rohlik. Rohlik finished 5-for-11 for 168 yards and two touchdowns.

Plaetz caught his second touchdown of the day to give the Rabbits a 20-6 lead and Riley broke free for 87-yards and a touchdown to give the Rabbits a 27-6 lead. From there, Wabasso never looked back

Wabasso's Cody Welch also rushed for two touchdowns.

Defensively, Jon Knott had 11 tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. Welch also had eight tackles and an interception.

Wabasso finished the season 6-2 and will begin playoffs Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Wabasso 0 6 29 7-42

MLBO 6 0 0 0-6

Scoring

First Quarter

M-Isaac Hildebrandt 14 run (kick no good)

Second Quarter

W-Cody Welch 1 run (kick failed)

Third Quarter

W-Jason Plaetz 68 pass from Jacob Rohlik (pass failed)

W-Plaetz 27 pass from Rohlik (Sam Guetter pass from Rohlik)

W-Derek Riley 87 run (Riley kick)

W-Riley 6 run (Steven Rohlik run)

Fourth Quarter

W-Welch 4 run (Riley Kick)

WABASSO INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Derek Riley 15-159.

PASSING (comp-att-yds-int): Jacob Rohlik 5-11-168-1.

Receiving: Jason Plaetz 4-162.

Tackles: Jon Knott 11, Welch 8

INT: Welch.

MCC 28, RTR 22

The Murray County Central Rebels jumped out to a 22-6 halftime lead en route to a 28-22 Little Sioux Conference victory over Russell-Tyler-Ruthton in Slayton Tuesday night.

With the win, the Rebels improve to 5-3, while the Knights drop to 4-4. Both teams will host a home playoff game on Tuesday.

RTR got on the scoreboard first on Lance Weber's 59-yard touchdown run. But MCC quickly battled back and took the lead for good when Ryan Prahm scampered into the end zone from four yards out and Eric Wieneke ran in for the two-point conversion.

Two touchdowns in the second quarter, a 47-yard run from Travis DeLong and a pass from Kyle DeLong to Wieneke, gave the Rebels an early edge.

But RTR wouldn't back down and scored on Weber's seven-yard run in the third quarter and a pass from Taylor Newton to Brant Etrheim in the fourth to knot the game at 22-all.

Then Derek Platt came up big for MCC and found the end zone on an 88-yard kick return for a touchdown.

The Rebels rushed for 287 yards on 45 carries. Travis DeLong led the offense with 125 yards rushing on 14 carries, while Wieneke added 21 carries for 96 yards.

RTR had 39 carries for 191 yards. Weber had 29 of those carries for 164 yards. Newton was 10-for-17 passing for 117 yards for the Knights.

Jesus Garza led the Rebel defense with 10 tackles, while Kyle DeLong and Kyle Lewis had seven apiece. Platt added six tackles.

RTR6 0 8 8-22

MCC8 14 0 6-28

Scoring

First Quarter

RTR-Lance Weber 59 run (Chad Lingen kick failed)

MCC-Ryan Prahm 4 run (Eric Wieneke run)

Second Quarter

MCC-Travis DeLong 47 run (pass failed)

MCC-Wieneke 3 pass from Kyle DeLong (Travis DeLong run)

Third Quarter

RTR-Weber 7 run (Mike Kent pass from Taylor Newton)

Fourth Quarter

RTR-Brant Etrheim 4 pass from Newton (Etrheim from Newton)

MCC-Derek Platt 88 kick return (Pass failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing: MCC-Travis DeLong 14-125, Wieneke 21-96, Prahm 5-37, Kyle DeLong 1-13. RTR-Weber 29-164, Jason Minett 7-18, Dustin 2-10.

Passing (good-att-yards-int): MCC-Kyle DeLong 3-7-19-0. RTR-Newton 10-17-117-1.

Receiving: MCC-Wieneke 3-19. RTR-Minett 3-48, Dustin King 2-35, Etrheim 3-20, Weber 1-9, Evan Kremin 1-5.

Tackles: MCC-Jesus Garza 10, Kyle DeLong 7, Kyle Lewis 7, Platt 6, Travis Radke 4.

INT: MCC-Kyle DeLong.

WWG 8, Nicollet 0

The Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers made it eight straight as the team picked up an 8-0 win on the road at Nicollet Tuesday.

WWG worked hard to establish a running game with Garett Amundson producing 190 yards on 27 carries. Kyle West had nine carries for 50 yards. Nicollet had success in the air with 153 passing yards, but only 164 total yards of offense.

Mason Comnick's two-yard touchdown run at 2:12 in the second quarter proved to be enough for the Chargers' win. Comnick connected with Patrick Schweim for the two-point conversion.

Comnick passed for 20 yards in the contest and had 14 carries for 30 yards.

Kyle West led the defense with 10 tackles, while Spencer Knott and Patrick Schweim had eight tackles apiece. Schweim also had two sacks. Levi Brummer added six tackles and one sack.

Next up, the Chargers (8-0 Southern Confederacy) will face Southwest United in Westbrook in Section 3A playoffs Tuesday.

WWG0 8 0 0-8

Nicollet 0 0 0 0-0

Scoring

Second Quarter

WWG-Mason Comnick 2 run (Patrick Schweim pass from Comnick)

WWG INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing: Garett Amundson 27-190, Kyle West 9-50, Mason Comnick 14-30.

Passing (good-att-yards-int): Mason Comnick 5-6-20-0.

Receiving: Aaron Theisen 2-12, West 2-5.

Tackles: West 10, Spencer Knott 8, Schweim 8, Levi Brummer 6.

Sacks: Schweim 2, Brummer 1.

Minneota 53, Ortonville 12

The Minneota football team completed its undefeated season with a 53-12 victory over Ortonville Tuesday night in Ortonville. The Vikings (8-0 overall, 8-0 Little Sioux) will open Section 5A play Tuesday, Oct. 27 as the No. 1 seed.

No stats were made available by the time this edition of the Independent went to press.

Check out Thursday's edition for a complete game summary and statistics.

TMB 41, RCW 6

The Tracy-Milroy Balaton Panthers rebounded after losing to Murray Country Central last week in Tracy.

The Panthers trounced Renville County West 41-6 Tuesday night in Renville.

The Panthers finished the season 5-3 overall and 5-3 in the Little Sioux Conference. TMB will open Section 3AA play Tuesday, Oct. 27.

No stats were made available by the time this edition of the Independent went to press.

Check out Thursday's edition for a complete game summary and statistics.