Pelican Rapids quarterback Timmy Guler scored the first TD of the game just three minutes in on a 2 yard run and Carter Johnson increased the lead to 8-0 with a two-point conversion run.  At 5:37 of the first quarter the Vikings upped their lead to 16-0 on an 11 yard TD run by Johnson and a Guler two-point conversion run.  They kicked the lead to 24-0 at 2:35 of the opening quarter when Guler connected with Peyton Blakeway on a 22 yard touchdown pass and Johnson scored on the 2-point try.  The touchdown was setup by a strip sack by Kaden Holt, who recovered the football.

In the second quarter the Vikings scored on a 5 yard run by Guler, which was setup by a bad snap in a punting situation.  That was followed by a 73 yard pass from Guler to Blakeway and a 2-point conversion pass from Guler to Johnson, allowing Pelican Rapids to take a 38-0 halftime lead.

Blakeway caught a one-yard scoring toss from Guler on the first possession of the second half and Johnson added the two-point conversion for a 46-0 lead.  Hunter Williams then registered a sack, scooped up the football when it came out and raced 35 yards for a score, making it 52-0.

Underwood scored the final two touchdowns of the night, the first on a 14-yard run by Drew Evavold and the second on a 1 yard TD run by Colin Lukken, putting the final score at 52-12.

Pelican Rapids was led by Guler who completed 8-of-13 passes for 146 yards and 3 scores.  Blakeway caught 5 passes for 116 yards, including all 3 TD’s to lead the Viking receivers.  Their top rusher was Johnson with 53 yards on 7 attempts.  Guler ran for 41 yards on 8 carries, scoring twice.  Johnson led the defensive effort with 8 solo tackles, one assisted tackle and two tackles for loss.  Channing Russman had 7 solo tackles and three assisted tackles, Williams had 5 solo tackles and a pair of sacks.  Other sacks were recorded by Holt, Anthony Checco De Souza and Ian Fahje.

For the Rockets, Lukken ran for 49 yards on 6 touches and Brock Hastling had 43 rushing yards on 8 carries.  Conner Nelson completed 2-of-5 passes for 53 yards and Owen Harig hauled in a 53 yard reception.  Defensively, Hunter Haugen registered a sack, and Hastling and Kale Rich combined on a sack.  Harig led the Rockets with 4 solo tackles and one assisted tackle, while Haugen had 4 solo tackles, including two tackles for loss.

Pelican Rapids will host Frazee on Friday, September 9 and Underwood will host Roseau at 6:00pm in their first home game of the season.