The Grand Meadow football team opened its season up with a 71-27 win over Nicollet (0-1 overall) on the road Thursday.

Six different players had at least one rushing touchdown for the Superlarks (1-0 overall) and Zach Myhre racked up 249 yards and four scores on just 13 carries. Josh Graves added a kickoff return for a score and a rushing TD for GM.

“I wasn’t very happy with how we played in our scrimmage, but we played quite a bit better today,” GM head coach Gary Sloan said.

GM has now won 51 games in a row.

GM 21  18  14  18  —  71

Nicoleet 0      7   14  6   —  27

GM STATS

Rushing: Zach Myhre, 13-for-249, 4 TDs; Drew Copley, 6-for-63, 2 TDs; Danielle Smith, 9-for-40, TD; Anthony Romero, 3-for-40, TD; Josh Graves, 3-for-17, TD; Blake Ludemann, 1-for-21, TD

Passing: Graves, 4-for-4, 60