BOLD scores six touchdowns in win at MACA

The BOLD Warriors were mighty bold in turning back the Tigers of Morris Area Chokio Alberta Friday. It was the MACA home opener at Big Cat Stadium in Morris. The home fans had little to cheer as their Tigers were dealt a 42-7 loss by the surging Warriors.
The Warriors surged to the tune of a 35-7 halftime lead. My attitude as always, is that I really don't care about the score, I just care about all the players keeping their health in this dangerous sport. Odds are high that not all of them will. That is a shame. One of the biggest blessings in my life is that I never had the talent or the interest in playing football.
Anyway, back to the game: Tim Peppel got the first BOLD touchdown on the board with a one-yard run. Braeden Tersteeg kicked the extra point. The Tigers got their lone score of the night in the first quarter. Kenny Soderberg broke loose on a 50-yard run for six. Eli Grove kicked the PAT so for the time being, a very short time, the game was close.
BOLD struck with a 42-yard pass from Jordan Sagedahl to Blake Plass. Tersteeg's toe was true for the conversion. BOLD rolled on. Gavin Vosika found the end zone on a run from the six, and Tersteeg booted the PAT. Plass hauled in an aerial from Sagedahl: 31 yards and a score. The busy Tersteeg kicked. Then it was Vosika making a TD reception: ten yards from Sagedahl. BOLD's final score was a 20-yard pass from Sagedahl to Plass. Tersteeg found the middle of the uprights, and BOLD had its nifty 42-7 victory wrapped up.
Two Warriors flirted with 100 yards rushing on the night: Sagedahl chalked up 99 yards in ten carries from his quarterback post. Peppel covered 95 yards in ten carries. Vosika's stats were 49 yards in ten. Also gaining yards were Plass, David Garcia, Anthony Maher, Joey McMath, Connor Plumley and George Garcia.
Sagedahl engineered a most productive passing game with his 16 completions in 19 attempts for 201 yards and no interceptions. Matthew Moorse had two pass attempts and completed both. Braeden Tersteeg flung the ball also. The cogs in receiving were Plass with six catches for 129 yards, and Moorse with eight catches for 57 yards. Other receiving work was done by Drew Sagedahl, Vosika and David Garcia.
Soderberg is reported as the MACA rushing leader with 36 yards on seven carries. He had a touchdown run reported as 50 yards (by the Willmar paper), so he must have lost yardage on other plays. Ethan Lebrija had 16 rushing yards in four carries, and Payton Larson 12 yards in two. Durgin Decker and Brandon Jergenson carried the football as did Toby Gonnerman. Gonnerman? Isn't that a Benson name? Well it's nice to have him on board.
Jergenson's passing was pretty well contained by BOLD: he had two completions in eight attempts for 34 yards. Gonnerman had one incomplete pass. Jackson Loge had one catch for 27 yards, and Soderberg had the other catch for seven yards. MACA had just four first downs on the night. Our total offense: 78 yards.
The score by quarters report in the Willmar paper was inaccurate. MACA will travel to Montevideo next.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com