HS Football: West Salem mucks up MVC with upset over Logan

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The Mississippi Valley Conference championship game took place a week ago when Holmen and Logan high schools’ football teams played one another.

The Rangers pulled out the come-from-behind victory and just had to get through the rest of the conference for the crown.

Friday, West Salem ruined that plan with a dominating second half and a 35-21 win at Logan.

Zach Pierce rushed 20 times for 118 yards and scored two touchdowns, while quarterback Tim Schauf threw for 133 and ran for 88 and two scores in leading the Panthers (3-4, 2-3).

Manny Buchanan had 161 yards on 25 carries for Logan (5-2, 4-1), which led 14-8 at half, before West Salem went on a 27-0 run to pull away.

HOLMEN 48, CENTRAL 19

HOLMEN, Wis. – It was 7-7 after a quarter, before Zac Rusk woke the Vikings (5-2, 4-1) up with back-to-back touchdown runs of 80 and 44 yards in the second quarter. Rusk finished with 150 yards on just five carries, while teammate Connor Duncan had 11 carries for 112 yards and two TDs.

Holmen outgained Central (0-7, 0-5) 429-306 on the ground.

SPARTA 21, AQUINAS 20

A Jacob Edwards 27-yard touchdown in the third quarter was enough to fend off the Blugolds. Edwards finished with 100 yards on 18 carries.

Tyler Young was 10-for-22 for 203 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions for Aquinas.

TOMAH 20, ONALASKA 14 (OT)

On third-and-goal from the 2, Ben Venner gave Tomah the overtime win.

Onalaska, which threw three incompletes, then an interception, to begin overtime, tied the game with 3:11 remaining when Luke Hackner threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Turriff.

Josh Peardot had 34 rushes for 208 yards and a TD, while Venner scored two TDs in the win.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

• Quarterback Zach Wolfe had 33 carries for 309 yards with back-to-back-to-back, fourth-quarter touchdown runs of 85, 28 and 76 yards to lead Wabasha-Kellogg to the comeback 29-20 win over Southland. Wolfe also threw a 15-yard TD pass.
• La Crescent scored first in overtime on a Kyle Colsch run, and Tanner Duffy kicked the extra point, but Byron answered with a touchdown of its own. The extra point, however, was blocked, giving the Lancers 28-27 the win.
• Back-to-back fourth-quarter touchdown passes from Kody Gunderson to Lucas Scherr gave G-E-T a 26-20 win over Westby. Those two also connected for a 73-yard score in the first quarter. Scherr had 112 yards receiving, while Gunderson was 5 of 9 for 125 yards with no interceptions.
• Zach Zillmer had three TD runs in the first quarter (4, 77, 2 yards) and two TD receptions in the second (5, 4 yards) in leading Black River Falls to a 62-14 win over Onalaska Luther. Zillmer had 169 yards rushing on seven carries.
• Colton Lampert caught touchdown passes of 28, 16, 24 and 47 yards from Owen King in leading unbeaten Caledonia to a 45-2 win over Dover-Eyota. Lampert had six catches for 142 yards, while King was 9-for-14 for 188 yards with one INT.
• Andrew Piske had 23 carries for 197 yards and two TDs in leading unbeaten Bangor to a 42-14 win over Hillsboro.
• Tanner Remlinger had a pair of TD runs, finishing with 189 yards on 19 carries for undefeated Winona in a 42-7 win over Mankato East.
• Noah Carlson had touchdown runs of 45 and 14 yards, rushing eight times for 123 yards in the 59-24 Rushford-Peterson win over Kingsland.
• Rob Hoesley threw three TD passes in the first quarter, finishing 6 of 9 for 150 yards in leading unbeaten Arcadia to a 62-8 win over winless Viroqua.

OTHER SCORES

Cashton 27, New Lisbon 20
De Soto 21, Kickapoo/La Farge 14
Cochrane-Fountain City 14, Melrose-Mindoro 8
Whitehall 20, Blair-Taylor 8
Lewiston-Altura 21, Goodhue 14
St. Charles 19, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 14
Chatfield 61, Winona Cotter 14
Grand Meadow 67, Houston 12