Carter Johnson had a huge night, carrying the football 11 times for 145 yards and two scores, and hauling in two passes for 67 yards and another TD. Quarterback Timmy Guler completed 15-of-19 passes for 303 yards and 3 scores. Top receivers for the Vikings were Peyton Blakeway with 126 yards and one TD on 7 receptions, and Jack Kapenga with 3 catches for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Frazee finished with 247 yards, 237 of it coming on the ground. They were led by Jake Nagel with 163 rushing yards on 32 carries, including a pair of TD runs.
The Vikings scored the only touchdown of the first quarter on a 12 yard run by Kapenga, and Frazee tied the game 6-6 on Nagel’s 11 yard run to start what turned out to be a wild second quarter. Less than a minute later Johnson found the end zone on a 5-yard run for a 12-6 Pelican Rapids lead. The Vikings took a 20-6 advantage when Guler hit Johnson with a 46 yard scoring toss on a 3rd down and 11 play. Johnson increased the lead to 20-6 with a two-point conversion run. Frazee recovered a fumble by Pelican Rapids on a punt return and turned it into points when Tyler Moe carried the ball over the goal line from the one yard line. Nagel tacked on the two-point conversion to cut the lead to 20-14. The Hornets tied the game at 20-20 on an 11-yard run by Nagel with just 54 second left in the first half, however, the high-powered Vikings offense broke loose for a 58 yard TD pass from Guler to Kapenga to regain the lead at the half, 26-20.
Pelican Rapids scored the only points of the second half with Johnson going 94 yards midway through the third quarter and Guler scoring the two-point conversion, and Guler hitting Blakeway with a 37-yard pass in the fourth quarter. Guler carried the ball into the end zone for the two-point conversion to make the final 42-20.