Fergus Falls capped a 4-play, 48-yard scoring drive with a 37 yard TD pass from Henry Bethel to Levi King and a Shane Zierden kick for a 7-0 lead with 2:20 left in quarter number one.

Griffin Babolian scored the next two touchdowns on runs of 25 yards and 4 yards.  Zierden added both PAT kicks for a 21-0 advantage at the half.

The third quarter saw Henry Bethel break free for a 41 yard TD run.  Zierden’s kick gave the Otters a 28-0 lead.

Perham scored both of their touchdowns in the third quarter as Gage Aanenson hauled n a 75 yard TD pass from Blaiz Schmidt.  Hudson Hackel booted the extra point and it was 28-7.  Blaiz Schmidt then scored on a one yard run with just 2:28 remaining in the third quarter to cut the Otters lead to 28-14.  The fourth quarter was scoreless.

Fergus Falls was led on the ground by Babolian who had 145 yards on 27 carries and Bethel with 46 yards on 8 carries (5.8 yards per carry).  King was the top receiver with 3 catches for 67 yards and a score.  Alex Ellison caught two passes for 34 yards.  Bethel was 7-for-12 throwing the football for 106 yards.

Defensive leaders were Bethel (Interception) and Elijah Tollerson (3 solo tackles, 3 sacks).  Kellen Stenstrom, Ethan Gronwald, Carston Fronning and Treyson Dillon also had one sack.

Perham was led by Hudson Hackel (11 solo tackles, 3 assisted tackles, Interception), Jaxon Vetch (6 total tackles, interception), Schmidt (13 completions, 18 attempts, 1 TD, 167 yards), Gage Aanenson (6 catches, 114 yards, TD).

Fergus Falls (2-3) will host Little Falls on Friday and Perham (2-3) has a game at Thief River Falls.