The Hayfield football team beat Wabasha-Kellogg (3-5 overall, 3-5 SFA Blue) 26-15 in Hayfield Wednesday.

The Vikings (4-4 overall, 4-4 SFA Blue) tallied a season-high 254 rushing yards and it is the first .500 season for Hayfield in at least a decade.

“It was a big step for us this year and we’ve had a lot of guys put in hard work to turn things around,” Hayfield head coach Andrew Weiers said.

Hayfield’s defense shutout W-K for three quarters until the reserves came into the game into the fourth quarter.

Cole Kruger racked up 195 yards of offense and two TDs for the Vikings.

HAYFIELD STATS

Rushing: Cole Kruger, 21-for-152, TD; Tanner Johnston, 8-for-26; Mason Moreno, 5-for-24; Cam Rutledge, 6-for-20; Drew Streightiff, 1-for-6, TD; Carter Pesch, 2-for-3, TD; passing: Rutledge, 6-for-10, 78, TD; receiving: Kruger, 2-for-43, TD