Wildcats edge out Awesome Blossoms in Section 1A title game
Published 9:48 pm Saturday, November 4, 2017
- Blooming Prairie’s Lucas Noble turns after the catch in the first half of the Section 1A title game against Goodhue Saturday night in Rochester. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
ROCHESTER — If the No. 3 Awesome Blossoms were underdogs against top-seeded Goodhue in the Section 1A title football game at RCTC Saturday, somebody forgot to tell them.
Blooming Prairie pushed the Wildcats well into the fourth quarter, but they finished their season a play or two short as they lost 19-14.
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Blooming Prairie’s Gabe Hagen hauls in a 35-yard touchdown pass from Seth Peterson in the Section 1A title game Saturday night in Rochester. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com.
Goodhue (11-0 overall) took the lead for good at 19-14 when Mason Huemann, who ran for 229 yards, dove in for a one-yard TD with 11:13 left in the game. BP looked to have an answer when Seth Peterson hit Tim Wolf for a 45-yard strike down the sideline to Goodhue’s 35-yard line on its final possession, but BP’s drive stalled out on downs and Goodhue ran the clock out on its next possession.
“We were playing a great team and we’ve got to make all the plays. There’s three, four, five or six plays we can go back and look at,” BP head coach Chad Gimbel said. “Everybody looks at missed tackles or wide receivers getting open, but there’s missed blocks, and it’s everything. It takes eleven guys to do their jobs on every drive and you need momentum plays. They just made a few more than us. It was a great high school football game.”
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Blooming Prairie’s Payton Simon wraps up Goodhue’s Ryan Schoenfelder in the Section 1A title game Saturday night in Rochester. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com.
The Wildcats had beaten BP 35-13 in the regular season and early on it looked like they were headed for another lop-sided win as they jumped out to a 10-0 lead after Ryan Schoenfelder hauled in a 24-yard pass on third and 17 to set up a six-yard TD run by Huemann. BP pulled to within 10-7 on a 35-yard TD pass from Peterson to Gabe Hagen with 5:08 left in the first half and BP went up 14-13 in the third quarter after Mitchell Oswald blocked a Goodhue field goal and Peterson hit Wolf for a 39-yard TD.
Peterson threw for 277 yards for the Awesome Blossoms (8-3 overall), who had just 43 yards on the ground.
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Blooming Prairie’s Brad Staska tackles Goodhue quarterback Jack Gadient in the Section 1A title game Saturday night in Rochester. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com.
“We looked at what they were doing and we figured we could throw the ball on them. We weren’t having a lot of success running the ball,” Gimbel said. “I’m super proud of these kids. The way they rose the challenge at the end of the season was great. I’m so proud of our kids and how they handled adversity at the end of the season.”
Goodhue’s Schoenfelder is a matchup nightmare at 6-5 and 215 pounds, but BP sophomore Karson Vigeland was able to limit his impact, holding him to four catches for 124 yards.
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Blooming Prairie’s Max Romeo escapes a tackle against Goodhue in the second half of the Section 1A title game Saturday night in Rochester. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com.
“He was a tough matchup,” Gimbel said. “We put Karson on the toughest guy all season long and he’s been up to the challenge. He was tonight too, it’s hard to find anyone to cover [Schoenfelder]. He’s 6-5 and he can out-physical you.”
SCORING SUMMARY
BP 0 7 7 0 — 14
Goodhue 3 10 0 6 — 19
First quarter
(G) Mariano Bigalk 25 field goal
Second quarter
(G) Mason Huemann 6 run (Bigalk kick) (10 plays, 80 yards) 8:32
(B) Gabe Hagen 35 pass (Brad Staska kick) (7 plays, 71 yards) 5:08
Third quarter
(BP) Tim Wolf 39 pass from Peterson (Staksa kick) (10 plays, 77 yards) 2:55
Fourth quarter
(G) Human 1 run (pass failed) (11 plays, 66 yards) 11:13
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Blooming Prairie’s Dylan Nirk hits Goodhue’s Mason Heumann in the Section 1A title game Saturday night in Rochester. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com.
BP STATS
Rushing: Seth Peterson, 9-for-29; Max Romeo, 11-for-14
Passing: Peterson, 17-for-30, 277, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
Receiving: Tim Wolf, 4-for-101; Lucas Noble, 5-for-87; Gabe Hagen, 2-for-48, TD; Romeo, 2-for-15
Defense: Brad Staska (2 sacks)
Penalties: 3-for-20
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Bloomin Prairie quarterback Seth Peterson carries against Goodhue in the Section 1A title game Saturday night in Rochester. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com.
GOODHUE
Rushing: Mason Huemann, 39-for-229, 2 TD; Casey Ryan, 2-for-19; Kaleb O’Reilly, 4-for-18; Jack Gadient, 4-for-7; Ryan Schoenfelder, 1-for-3; Carter Danielson, 1-for-1; Mariano Bigalk, 1-for-(-2)
Passing: Gadient, 9-for-14, 168
Receiving: Schoenfelder, 4-for-124; Bigalk, 1-for-24; Ryan, 1-for-16; Carter Danielson, 3-for-14
Penalties: 4-for-35
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Blooming Prairie’s Tim Wolf, right, celebrates with Gabe Hagen after Hagen’s touchdown reception against Goodhue in the Section 1A title game Saturday night in Rochester. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com.