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Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton hosted Perham in a battle that featured two unbeaten teams on Friday night in Glyndon. The Rebels got off to a great start, taking a 14-0 first quarter lead and let 30-18 at the half. Perham battled back to within 36-34 after three quarters but DGF scored the only points of the fourth quarter to improve to 5-0 with a 42-34 victory over the Yellowjackets.
Aiden Leach delivered a 45 yard touchdown pass to Carter Kohler at the 8:50 mark of the first quarter to complete a six-play, 90-yard scoring drive. Leach added the two-point conversion run to give the Rebels an early 8-0 advantage. They added six points on a 7-yard run by Cade Sogge, capping an 8-play, 80-yard drive and making it a 14-0 lead.
In the second quarter, Perham got on the board when Finn Diggins hauled in a 25 yard scoring pass from Colton Hackel, cutting the Rebels lead to 14-6. Justin Wang ran the ball in from four yards out and then caught a two-point conversion pass from Kohler to push the DGF lead to 22-6 at 7:53 of the second quarter. Hackel hooked up with Diggins again, this time on a 7 yard pass at 5:45 to make it a 22-12 game. A one yard Sogge run and two-point conversion run by Leach gave DGF a 30-12 lead at 1:46 of the second. The final score of the first half came with just 27 seconds remaining as Maddux Kovash was on the receiving end of a nine yard pass from Hackel.
Perham pulled to within four points at 30-26 at 10:47 of the third quarter when Hackel ran the ball into the end zone from five yards out and also added the two-point conversion. Sogge’s third TD run of the game, a one-yard plunge at 2:11 of the quarter pushed the lead up to 36-26, however, Perham scored on yet another Hackel pass, this time a 43-yard bomb to Dylan Lysne. Hackel’s two-point conversion run cut the lead down to two points at 36-34.
The final score of the night came with 8:07 remaining in the game when Wang broke free for a 20 yard touchdown run
DGF had 360 rushing yards, led by Sogge (22 carries, 152 yards, 3 TDs) and Wang (11 carries, 117 yards, 2 TDs) who both broke the century mark, and Kohler with 99 yards on 16 carries. Leach was 3-for-4 throwing the ball for 107 yards and one score. DGF finished with 479 total yards.
Perham had 212 rushing yards and 315 yards passing for a total of 527 yards. Hackel ran for 191 yards on 20 carries and completed 23-of-40 passes for 315 passing yards. Diggins hauled in a Perham record 12 receptions for 149 yards and two scores. Lysne had three catches for 81 yards and Noah Rooney caught seven passes for 76 yards. Hackel’s 506 offensive yards is also a single game record for the Yellowjackets.