The Yellowjackets built a 40-0 halftime lead behind 16 first quarter points and 24 second quarter points.  The scoring started with 8:47 left in the first quarter when Colton Hackel found the end zone on a 2-yard run, capping a 9-play, 70 yard scoring drive.  A team safety increased the Yellowjackets lead to 8-0 just twelve seconds later.  Perham then extended their lead to 16-0 when Noah Rooney hauled in a 35-yard pass from Hackel with 7:35 left in the half, and also caught the two-point conversion pass.

In the second quarter Hackel connected with Rooney on a 51-yard TD pass and Hackel carried the ball in for the two-point conversion to put the lead at 24-0.  Hackel then hooked up with Finn Diggins on a 6-yard scoring toss with 7:41 left in the half.  A Josh Peterson rush added two more points and the Yellowjackets led 32-0.  Peterson then capped the Perham scoring with a 2 yard run, followed by a Hackel two-point conversion run to kick the lead up to 40-0 with just 56 seconds remaining in the first half.

The only scoring of the second half came with 2:58 to play in the game when Sam Reish caught a 15 yard pass from Noah Morris to cap an 11-play, 89 yard scoring drive for Park Rapids Area.  The extra point kick was added by R. DeLaCruzGomez to put the final score at 40-7.

Perham recorded 16 first downs and had 402 yards (125 rushing, 277 passing) of total offense on the night.  Hackel completed 14-of-22 pass attempts for 277 yards and 3 TDs.  He also ran for 40 yards on 12 carries.  Peterson led the ground attack with 79 yards on 16 rushing attempts.  Diggins was the leading receiver with 6 catches for 100 yards.  Defensive leaders were Brian Ramos (5 solo tackles, 1 assisted tackle), Blake Lorentz (3 solo tackles, 2 assisted tackles), Caleb Lung (2 solo tackles, 1 forced fumble, 2 sacks) and Diggins (3 solo tackles, 1 sack).  Aaron Burr recovered a fumble for the Yellowjackets.

Morris led Park Rapids Area with 37 rushing yards on 4 attempts.  He also completed 5 of 7 passes for 51 yards.  Josiah May was 3-for-10 throwing the football for 70 yards.  Nick Michaelson was the Panthers top receiver with 2 catches for 73 yards.