BELLE PLAINE — Marshall defeated Belle Plaine 49-0 on Friday night.

After a slow offensive start for both teams, the Marshall offense kicked into gear in the second quarter.

Bryce Paulsen got the scoring started for Marshall with a 4-yard run. It was an all-around night for the senior quarterback, as he threw for 74 yards and a touchdown while adding 62 yards and a score on the ground.

Gabe Raini added 90 yards and two rushing touchdowns in the win.

Marshall’s defense was stout, holding Belle Plaine to under 50 yards. Josh Deines added an interception return for a score. Yahya Black added a sack and two blocked kicks.

Marshall coach Terry Bahlmann was pleased with the overall performance of his team, including the strides made on defense from Week 1 to Week 2.

“I thought we did a lot of good things tonight, especially on defense with holding Belle Plaine to 41 yards of offense,” Bahlmann said. “Take away the two fumbles and I thought we really improved offensively from last week.”

Marshall (2-0) hosts Worthington on Sept. 14.

Marshall 0 22 21 6 — 49

Belle Plaine 0 0 0 0 — 0

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter

No points scored.

Second Quarter

MAR: Paulsen 4-yard run (PAT good).

MAR: Raini 5-yard run (PAT good).

MAR: Deines 60-yard interception return (2-point good).

Third Quarter

MAR: Raini 29-yard run (PAT good).

MAR: Paulsen to Terfehr 10-yard pass (PAT good).

MAR: Slagel 25-yard run (PAT good).

Fourth Quarter

MAR: Morris 44-yard run (No PAT).

Individual Leaders

PASSING: Paulsen 5-7-74-1.

RUSHING: Raini 14-90-2, Paulsen 9-62-1, Morris 3-53-1, Hughes 6-35.

RECEIVING: Smidt 2-11, Slagel 1-41 Greve 1-24.

RTR 27, CM/C 24

TYLER – The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton football team defeated Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 27-24 on Friday.

Cooper Hansen led the way for the Knights with 279 passing yards and three touchdowns on 12 of 23 passing while also rushing for 68 yards and a score. Jon Lucero added 26 yards on the ground while Carter Hansen led the way in receiving with 124 yards and two touchdowns and Payton Hess chipped in 127 receiving yards and a score as well for RTR.

RTR (2-0) will face WWG on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.

RTR 27, CM/C 24

CM/C 6 6 6 6 – 24

RTR 0 7 14 6 – 27

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter

CM/C: 3-yard run (2-point no good).

Second Quarter

RTR: Cooper Hansen 4-yard run (PAT good).

CM/C: 94-yard run (PAT no good).

Third Quarter

RTR: Cooper Hansen to Carter Hansen 66-yard pass (PAT good).

RTR: Cooper Hansen to Carter Hansen 28-yard pass (PAT good).

CM/C: 4-yard run (2-point no good).

Fourth Quarter

RTR: Cooper Hansen to Hess 35-yard pass (PAT no good).

CM/C: 7-yard run (2-point no good).

Individual Leaders

PASSING: RTR (Cooper Hansen 12-23-279-3).

RUSHING: RTR (Cooper Hansen 16-68-1; Lucero 5-26).

RECEIVING: RTR (Carter Hansen 5-124-2; Hess 6-127-1).

MCC 30,

Springfield 14

SLAYTON – The Murray County Central football team defeated Springfield 30-14 on Friday.

Justin Benda led the way for the Rebels with 153 rushing yards and three touchdowns while Noah Boerboom added 123 yards on the ground and 50 yards through the air on 5 of 5 passing. Danny Blankenship led the way in receiving with 40 yards on a pair of catches.

MCC (2-0) will face Sleepy Eye on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.

MCC 30, Springfield 14

Springfield 7 0 7 0 – 14

MCC 8 15 7 0 – 30

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter

Springfield: 3-yard pass (PAT good).

MCC: Benda 62-yard run (2-point good).

Second Quarter

MCC: Mason Woldt 8-yard pass to Coulter (2-point good).

MCC: Benda 3-yard run (PAT good).

Third Quarter

MCC: Benda 28-yard run (PAT good).

Springfield: 1-yard run (PAT good).

Fourth Quarter

No scoring.

Individual Leaders:

PASSING: MCC (Boerboom 5-5-50; Mason Woldt 4-9-36).

RUSHING: MCC (Benda 17-153-3; Boerboom 22-123).

RECEIVING: MCC (Blankenship 2-40; Benda 6-38).

YME 28,

Wabasso 12

GRANITE FALLS — Yellow Medicine East defeated No. 3-ranked Wabasso 28-12 on Friday.

It was the first career win for YME coach Dave Schueler.

Ethan Peterson led the Sting rushing attack with 101 yards and one touchdown. Ayden Friese added 92 yards and a score.

YME quarterback Angel Jimenez ran for 34 yards and two scoring, while also passing for 37 yards.

YME (1-1) travels to Ortonville on Sept. 14, while Wabasso (1-1) will play at Tracy-Milroy-Balaton.

YME 0 14 7 7 — 28

Wabasso 0 12 0 0 — 12

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER

No points scored.

SECOND QUARTER

YME: Peterson 16-yard run (PAT no good).

WAB: Benz to Carlson 34-yard pass (PAT no good).

YME: A. Jimenez 1-yard run (2-point good).

WAB: Benz to Rohlik 15-yard pass (2-point no good).

THIRD QUARTER

YME: Friese 60-yard run (PAT good).

FOURTH QUARTER

YME: A. Jimenez 1-yard run (PAT good).

Individual Leaders

PASSING: YME (Jimenez 2-6-37-0)

RUSHING: YME (Peterson 22-101-1, Friese 13-92-1, A. Jimenez 15-34-2)

RECEIVING: YME (Sneller 1-37).

WWG 50,

MACCRAY 30

MAYNARD — Westbrook-Walnut Grove outlasted MACCRAY 50-30 on Friday.

WWG quarterback Nathan Ross threw for 250 yards and four touchdowns in the win. His favorite target was Andrew Quade, who caught seven passes for 141 yards and one touchdown.

Quade added 90 yards and one touchdown on the ground, while Jace Paplow ran for 41 yards and two scores.

WWG (2-0) hosts RTR on Sept. 14.

WWG 0 28 14 8 — 50

MAC 0 8 6 16 — 30

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER

No points scored.

SECOND QUARTER

WWG: Ross to Mischke 27-yard pass (No good).

MAC: Schwitters 26-yard fumble return (2-point good).

WWG: Ross to Mischke 16-yard pass (2-point good).

WWG: Ross to Quade 27-yard pass (2-point good).

WWG: Quade 1-yard run (No good).

THIRD QUARTER

WWG: Paplow 1-yard run (No good)

WWG: Paplow 12-yard run (2-point good).

MAC: Kirkema to Zuidema 10-yard pass (No good).

FOURTH QUARTER

WWG: Ross to Krick 25-yard pass (2-point good).

MAC: Kirking to Hoekstra 25-yard pass (2-point good).

MAC: Schwitters 31-yard run (2-point good).

Individual Leaders

PASSING: WWG (Ross 15-29-250-4-0).

RUSHING: WWG (Quade 12-90-1, Paplow 10-41-2).

RECEIVING: WWG (Quade 7-141-1, Mischke 4-76-2, Krick 2-31-1).

THURSDAY

MCC 3, MLA 2

SLAYTON – The Murray County Central volleyball team defeated Mountain Lake Area 3-2 on Thursday, winning by scores of 25-14, 25-9, 17-25, 10-25 and 15-11.

Alyssa Groves led the way for the Rebels with 14 kills while Bryn Hoekman added eight. Laney Brown led in digs with 18 while Brianna Schmitz led in set assists with 21.

MCC will face Canby on Monday at 7:15 p.m.

MCC 3, MLA 2

MLA 14 9 25 25 11

MCC 25 25 17 10 15

SERVING (aces): MCC (Shelby Christensen 5; Courtney Schmitz, Brianna Schmitz 3; Laney Brown 2).

KILLS: MCC (Groves 14; Hoekman 8; Beckmann 7; Rohrer 6; C. Schmitz 4).

DIGS: MCC (Brown 18; C. Schmitz 15; Beckmann 14).

SET ASSISTS: MCC (B. Schmitz 21; Kuball 15).

BLOCKS: MCC (C. Schmitz, Christensen, Groves 1).

TENNIS

Sauk Centre 5,

YME 2

GRANITE FALLS – The Yellow Medicine East tennis team fell to Sauk Centre 5-2 on Thursday.

At No. 1 singles, YME’s Whitney Tennis defeated Sauk Centre’s Emily Primus 6-3, 6-2 while YME’s Emily Johnson fell to Erica Middendorf 6-3, 7-5 at No. 2 singles. At the No. 3 spot, YME’s Chelsea Hoernemann fell to Savanna Marthaler 7-6, 7-6 while YME’s Macie Sik defeated Hannah Mockros of Sauk Centre 7-5, 6-4 at the No. 4 spot.

In doubles action, the YME duo of Ashley Niemeyer and Cherish Hammer fell to Sarah Middendorf and Gabrielle Tschida of Sauk Centre 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 1 spot while YME’s Allie Virnig and Emilee Speh fell to Abigail Olson and Natalie Berndt 6-1, 7-6 at the No. 2 spot. At No. 3 doubles, YME’s Brynn Cherveny and Tiana Rupp fell to Sauk Centre’s Brianna Middendorf and Audrey Zenzen 6-4, 6-2.