Norby’s first TD, a 4-yard run with 6:18 left in the first quarter, capped an 11-play, 64-yard drive, and his two-point conversion run gave the Knights an 8-0 lead.  Long Prairie-Grey Eagle responded with a drive of their own that was stopped on downs at the Knights ten-yard line when Connor Nadgwick made a big stop.

The first play of the second quarter was a 7-yard run by Norby for a touchdown, increasing the Knights lead to 14-0.  A 28-yard run by Anthony Sykora with 8:34 left in the half gave West Central Area/Ashby a 20-0 lead.  Norby’s pick-six pushed the halftime lead to 28-0.

Norby found the end zone for the final time on the twelfth play of a 66-yard scoring drive, scoring from three yards out with just 45 seconds left in the third quarter, giving the Knights a 34-0 lead heading into the fourth.  They put the game into running time thirteen seconds into the fourth on an interception return for a touchdown by Jordan Lohse and a two-point conversion pass from JJ Sabolik to Lohse.  Gabe Pesta recorded the lone LPGE TD on a 5-yard run at 10:10 of the fourth.

The Knights ran for 386 yards and passed for 57, giving them a total yardage figure of 443.  They had 23 first downs, 19 of them on the ground.  Norby completed 2-of-7 passes for 23 yards and ran for 79 yards on 12 carries.  Two Knights, Sykora (10 carries, 109 yards) and Lohse (10 carries, 104 yards) broke the century mark on the ground.  Norby and Devin Stone each recorded a sack.  Norby led the team with 6.5 tackles.  Matson Hoff and Hunter Norby were each in on four tackles.

West Central Area/Ashby will play at Osakis on Saturday at 2:00pm in the Section 6AA semifinals.