The No. 3-4A Detroit Lakes football team clinched the Heart O’ Lakes North Conference championship in blowout fashion defeating the No. 10-3A Pequot Lakes Patriots 41-7 Wednesday night at Mollberg Field. The Patriots came into the game with the highest points per game average in the conference but left Detroit Lakes with seven points. Christian Hedstrom threw three touchdown passes and freshman Ben Nordmark had his best game of the season rushing for 163 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown. “The lineman were blocking good; my brother was blocking awesome,” Nordmark said. “The holes were just huge.” Nordmark has gotten more touches as the season has progressed and he was featured Wednesday night by a Laker offense that rushed for 285 yards. Hedstrom completed five of eight passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns. Pequot Lakes had opportunities early but miscues doomed the Patriot offense. After stopping the first Laker drive on downs at the Patriot 30, quarterback C.J. Borleis found Joel Ebnet wide open on a bomb but Ebnet dropped the pass.
Pequot Lakes punted to Ryan Cihak at the Laker 10 and Cihak sprinted 90 yards to the end zone for the opening score at 4:49 of the first quarter. On the first play of the second quarter, Borleis faked a punt and had Alex Tangen wide open on a long pass hitting Tangen in the hands but the senior tight end could not haul in what would have been a big first down. The Laker defense stuffed the Patriot running game and the DL offense put up points rapidly forcing Pequot Lakes to pass the ball. The Lakers forced four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble recovery. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226104","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"357","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]] Nordmark scored from the five at 9:17 with the eventual game winning score. “I just took the ball, ran it where I was supposed to and got big yards,” said Nordmark. Nordmark has made his mark early in his career on a team that has four upperclassmen who have all run the ball successfully this season. “It’s amazing,” Nordmark said.”That doesn’t happen in Laker football. It’s just awesome.” Hedstrom scored on a one-yard dive at 5:30 of the second quarter to cap a seven-play 71-yard drive and put the Lakers up 20-0. DL ran the final three minutes of the half off the clock culminating in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Hedstrom to Cihak for his second score of the game and a 27-0 lead at halftime. Hedstrom threw touchdown passes to Sam Champa and Matt Haire in the third quarter for the Lakers final two scores. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226102","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"311"}}]] Champa’s score was set up by a crazy play on the opening kick of the second half. Ebnet returned the kick from the five and was met by Forrest Schleske. Ebnet cut trying to avoid Schleske, who reached out and stole the ball returning it back to the Patriot five-yard line. Hedstrom hit Champa four plays later on fourth and goal. The win negated any chance of Pequot Lakes or Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton grabbing a share of the conference title. DL has won the HOL-North three straight seasons. “It hasn’t even sunk in yet,” said Nordmark. The Lakers earn a bye in the first round of the Section 8-4A playoffs as the top seed and are the 10th Laker football team to finish the regular season undefeated. The No. 2 seed Albany will also receive a bye. The opening quarterfinal games begin Tuesday with No. 6 Fergus Falls at No. 3 Rocori and No. 5 Thief River Falls playing at No. 4 Little Falls. Detroit Lakes 7 20 14 0 - 41Pequot Lakes 0 0 7 0 - 7 Scoring: First quarter:DL- Cihak 90 return (Payne kick) 4:49 Second quarter:DL- Nordmark 5 run (kick failed) 9:17DL - Hedstrom 1 run (Payne kick) 5:30DL - Cihak 29 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 0:39 Third quarter:DL - Champa 5 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 10:15DL - Haire 12 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 4:33PL- N/A 15 pass from Borleis (Borleis kick) 0:11 Fourth quarter:None TEAM STATISTICS DL PL First downs 17 11Rushes-yards 52-285 23-67Passing 93 144Comp-Att-Int 5-8-0 10-24-3Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 9-60 3-17 [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1226965","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"162","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"756"}}]] Seeding graphic courtesy minnesota-scores.net Tweets by @DLNewspapersThe No. 3-4A Detroit Lakes football team clinched the Heart O’ Lakes North Conference championship in blowout fashion defeating the No. 10-3A Pequot Lakes Patriots 41-7 Wednesday night at Mollberg Field. The Patriots came into the game with the highest points per game average in the conference but left Detroit Lakes with seven points. Christian Hedstrom threw three touchdown passes and freshman Ben Nordmark had his best game of the season rushing for 163 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown. “The lineman were blocking good; my brother was blocking awesome,” Nordmark said. “The holes were just huge.” Nordmark has gotten more touches as the season has progressed and he was featured Wednesday night by a Laker offense that rushed for 285 yards. Hedstrom completed five of eight passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns. Pequot Lakes had opportunities early but miscues doomed the Patriot offense. After stopping the first Laker drive on downs at the Patriot 30, quarterback C.J. Borleis found Joel Ebnet wide open on a bomb but Ebnet dropped the pass. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226101","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"448","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]] Pequot Lakes punted to Ryan Cihak at the Laker 10 and Cihak sprinted 90 yards to the end zone for the opening score at 4:49 of the first quarter. On the first play of the second quarter, Borleis faked a punt and had Alex Tangen wide open on a long pass hitting Tangen in the hands but the senior tight end could not haul in what would have been a big first down. The Laker defense stuffed the Patriot running game and the DL offense put up points rapidly forcing Pequot Lakes to pass the ball. The Lakers forced four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble recovery.
Nordmark scored from the five at 9:17 with the eventual game winning score. “I just took the ball, ran it where I was supposed to and got big yards,” said Nordmark. Nordmark has made his mark early in his career on a team that has four upperclassmen who have all run the ball successfully this season. “It’s amazing,” Nordmark said.”That doesn’t happen in Laker football. It’s just awesome.” Hedstrom scored on a one-yard dive at 5:30 of the second quarter to cap a seven-play 71-yard drive and put the Lakers up 20-0. DL ran the final three minutes of the half off the clock culminating in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Hedstrom to Cihak for his second score of the game and a 27-0 lead at halftime. Hedstrom threw touchdown passes to Sam Champa and Matt Haire in the third quarter for the Lakers final two scores. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226102","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"311"}}]] Champa’s score was set up by a crazy play on the opening kick of the second half. Ebnet returned the kick from the five and was met by Forrest Schleske. Ebnet cut trying to avoid Schleske, who reached out and stole the ball returning it back to the Patriot five-yard line. Hedstrom hit Champa four plays later on fourth and goal. The win negated any chance of Pequot Lakes or Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton grabbing a share of the conference title. DL has won the HOL-North three straight seasons. “It hasn’t even sunk in yet,” said Nordmark. The Lakers earn a bye in the first round of the Section 8-4A playoffs as the top seed and are the 10th Laker football team to finish the regular season undefeated. The No. 2 seed Albany will also receive a bye. The opening quarterfinal games begin Tuesday with No. 6 Fergus Falls at No. 3 Rocori and No. 5 Thief River Falls playing at No. 4 Little Falls. Detroit Lakes 7 20 14 0 - 41Pequot Lakes 0 0 7 0 - 7 Scoring: First quarter:DL- Cihak 90 return (Payne kick) 4:49 Second quarter:DL- Nordmark 5 run (kick failed) 9:17DL - Hedstrom 1 run (Payne kick) 5:30DL - Cihak 29 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 0:39 Third quarter:DL - Champa 5 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 10:15DL - Haire 12 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 4:33PL- N/A 15 pass from Borleis (Borleis kick) 0:11 Fourth quarter:None TEAM STATISTICS DL PL First downs 17 11Rushes-yards 52-285 23-67Passing 93 144Comp-Att-Int 5-8-0 10-24-3Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 9-60 3-17 [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1226965","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"162","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"756"}}]] Seeding graphic courtesy minnesota-scores.net Tweets by @DLNewspapersThe No. 3-4A Detroit Lakes football team clinched the Heart O’ Lakes North Conference championship in blowout fashion defeating the No. 10-3A Pequot Lakes Patriots 41-7 Wednesday night at Mollberg Field. The Patriots came into the game with the highest points per game average in the conference but left Detroit Lakes with seven points. Christian Hedstrom threw three touchdown passes and freshman Ben Nordmark had his best game of the season rushing for 163 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown. “The lineman were blocking good; my brother was blocking awesome,” Nordmark said. “The holes were just huge.” Nordmark has gotten more touches as the season has progressed and he was featured Wednesday night by a Laker offense that rushed for 285 yards. Hedstrom completed five of eight passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns. Pequot Lakes had opportunities early but miscues doomed the Patriot offense. After stopping the first Laker drive on downs at the Patriot 30, quarterback C.J. Borleis found Joel Ebnet wide open on a bomb but Ebnet dropped the pass. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226101","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"448","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]] Pequot Lakes punted to Ryan Cihak at the Laker 10 and Cihak sprinted 90 yards to the end zone for the opening score at 4:49 of the first quarter. On the first play of the second quarter, Borleis faked a punt and had Alex Tangen wide open on a long pass hitting Tangen in the hands but the senior tight end could not haul in what would have been a big first down. The Laker defense stuffed the Patriot running game and the DL offense put up points rapidly forcing Pequot Lakes to pass the ball. The Lakers forced four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble recovery. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226104","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"357","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]] Nordmark scored from the five at 9:17 with the eventual game winning score. “I just took the ball, ran it where I was supposed to and got big yards,” said Nordmark. Nordmark has made his mark early in his career on a team that has four upperclassmen who have all run the ball successfully this season. “It’s amazing,” Nordmark said.”That doesn’t happen in Laker football. It’s just awesome.” Hedstrom scored on a one-yard dive at 5:30 of the second quarter to cap a seven-play 71-yard drive and put the Lakers up 20-0. DL ran the final three minutes of the half off the clock culminating in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Hedstrom to Cihak for his second score of the game and a 27-0 lead at halftime. Hedstrom threw touchdown passes to Sam Champa and Matt Haire in the third quarter for the Lakers final two scores.
Champa’s score was set up by a crazy play on the opening kick of the second half. Ebnet returned the kick from the five and was met by Forrest Schleske. Ebnet cut trying to avoid Schleske, who reached out and stole the ball returning it back to the Patriot five-yard line. Hedstrom hit Champa four plays later on fourth and goal. The win negated any chance of Pequot Lakes or Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton grabbing a share of the conference title. DL has won the HOL-North three straight seasons. “It hasn’t even sunk in yet,” said Nordmark. The Lakers earn a bye in the first round of the Section 8-4A playoffs as the top seed and are the 10th Laker football team to finish the regular season undefeated. The No. 2 seed Albany will also receive a bye. The opening quarterfinal games begin Tuesday with No. 6 Fergus Falls at No. 3 Rocori and No. 5 Thief River Falls playing at No. 4 Little Falls. Detroit Lakes 7 20 14 0 - 41Pequot Lakes 0 0 7 0 - 7 Scoring: First quarter:DL- Cihak 90 return (Payne kick) 4:49 Second quarter:DL- Nordmark 5 run (kick failed) 9:17DL - Hedstrom 1 run (Payne kick) 5:30DL - Cihak 29 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 0:39 Third quarter:DL - Champa 5 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 10:15DL - Haire 12 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 4:33PL- N/A 15 pass from Borleis (Borleis kick) 0:11 Fourth quarter:None TEAM STATISTICS DL PL First downs 17 11Rushes-yards 52-285 23-67Passing 93 144Comp-Att-Int 5-8-0 10-24-3Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 9-60 3-17 [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1226965","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"162","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"756"}}]] Seeding graphic courtesy minnesota-scores.net Tweets by @DLNewspapersThe No. 3-4A Detroit Lakes football team clinched the Heart O’ Lakes North Conference championship in blowout fashion defeating the No. 10-3A Pequot Lakes Patriots 41-7 Wednesday night at Mollberg Field. The Patriots came into the game with the highest points per game average in the conference but left Detroit Lakes with seven points. Christian Hedstrom threw three touchdown passes and freshman Ben Nordmark had his best game of the season rushing for 163 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown. “The lineman were blocking good; my brother was blocking awesome,” Nordmark said. “The holes were just huge.” Nordmark has gotten more touches as the season has progressed and he was featured Wednesday night by a Laker offense that rushed for 285 yards. Hedstrom completed five of eight passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns. Pequot Lakes had opportunities early but miscues doomed the Patriot offense. After stopping the first Laker drive on downs at the Patriot 30, quarterback C.J. Borleis found Joel Ebnet wide open on a bomb but Ebnet dropped the pass. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226101","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"448","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]] Pequot Lakes punted to Ryan Cihak at the Laker 10 and Cihak sprinted 90 yards to the end zone for the opening score at 4:49 of the first quarter. On the first play of the second quarter, Borleis faked a punt and had Alex Tangen wide open on a long pass hitting Tangen in the hands but the senior tight end could not haul in what would have been a big first down. The Laker defense stuffed the Patriot running game and the DL offense put up points rapidly forcing Pequot Lakes to pass the ball. The Lakers forced four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble recovery. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226104","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"357","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]] Nordmark scored from the five at 9:17 with the eventual game winning score. “I just took the ball, ran it where I was supposed to and got big yards,” said Nordmark. Nordmark has made his mark early in his career on a team that has four upperclassmen who have all run the ball successfully this season. “It’s amazing,” Nordmark said.”That doesn’t happen in Laker football. It’s just awesome.” Hedstrom scored on a one-yard dive at 5:30 of the second quarter to cap a seven-play 71-yard drive and put the Lakers up 20-0. DL ran the final three minutes of the half off the clock culminating in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Hedstrom to Cihak for his second score of the game and a 27-0 lead at halftime. Hedstrom threw touchdown passes to Sam Champa and Matt Haire in the third quarter for the Lakers final two scores. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226102","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"311"}}]] Champa’s score was set up by a crazy play on the opening kick of the second half. Ebnet returned the kick from the five and was met by Forrest Schleske. Ebnet cut trying to avoid Schleske, who reached out and stole the ball returning it back to the Patriot five-yard line. Hedstrom hit Champa four plays later on fourth and goal. The win negated any chance of Pequot Lakes or Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton grabbing a share of the conference title. DL has won the HOL-North three straight seasons. “It hasn’t even sunk in yet,” said Nordmark. The Lakers earn a bye in the first round of the Section 8-4A playoffs as the top seed and are the 10th Laker football team to finish the regular season undefeated. The No. 2 seed Albany will also receive a bye. The opening quarterfinal games begin Tuesday with No. 6 Fergus Falls at No. 3 Rocori and No. 5 Thief River Falls playing at No. 4 Little Falls. Detroit Lakes 7 20 14 0 - 41Pequot Lakes 0 0 7 0 - 7 Scoring: First quarter:DL- Cihak 90 return (Payne kick) 4:49 Second quarter:DL- Nordmark 5 run (kick failed) 9:17DL - Hedstrom 1 run (Payne kick) 5:30DL - Cihak 29 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 0:39 Third quarter:DL - Champa 5 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 10:15DL - Haire 12 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 4:33PL- N/A 15 pass from Borleis (Borleis kick) 0:11 Fourth quarter:None TEAM STATISTICS DL PL First downs 17 11Rushes-yards 52-285 23-67Passing 93 144Comp-Att-Int 5-8-0 10-24-3Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 9-60 3-17
Seeding graphic courtesy minnesota-scores.net Tweets by @DLNewspapersThe No. 3-4A Detroit Lakes football team clinched the Heart O’ Lakes North Conference championship in blowout fashion defeating the No. 10-3A Pequot Lakes Patriots 41-7 Wednesday night at Mollberg Field.The Patriots came into the game with the highest points per game average in the conference but left Detroit Lakes with seven points.Christian Hedstrom threw three touchdown passes and freshman Ben Nordmark had his best game of the season rushing for 163 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown.“The lineman were blocking good; my brother was blocking awesome,” Nordmark said. “The holes were just huge.”Nordmark has gotten more touches as the season has progressed and he was featured Wednesday night by a Laker offense that rushed for 285 yards.Hedstrom completed five of eight passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns.Pequot Lakes had opportunities early but miscues doomed the Patriot offense.After stopping the first Laker drive on downs at the Patriot 30, quarterback C.J. Borleis found Joel Ebnet wide open on a bomb but Ebnet dropped the pass.
Pequot Lakes punted to Ryan Cihak at the Laker 10 and Cihak sprinted 90 yards to the end zone for the opening score at 4:49 of the first quarter.On the first play of the second quarter, Borleis faked a punt and had Alex Tangen wide open on a long pass hitting Tangen in the hands but the senior tight end could not haul in what would have been a big first down.The Laker defense stuffed the Patriot running game and the DL offense put up points rapidly forcing Pequot Lakes to pass the ball. The Lakers forced four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble recovery.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226104","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"357","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]Nordmark scored from the five at 9:17 with the eventual game winning score.“I just took the ball, ran it where I was supposed to and got big yards,” said Nordmark.Nordmark has made his mark early in his career on a team that has four upperclassmen who have all run the ball successfully this season.“It’s amazing,” Nordmark said.”That doesn’t happen in Laker football. It’s just awesome.”Hedstrom scored on a one-yard dive at 5:30 of the second quarter to cap a seven-play 71-yard drive and put the Lakers up 20-0.DL ran the final three minutes of the half off the clock culminating in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Hedstrom to Cihak for his second score of the game and a 27-0 lead at halftime.Hedstrom threw touchdown passes to Sam Champa and Matt Haire in the third quarter for the Lakers final two scores.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226102","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"311"}}]]Champa’s score was set up by a crazy play on the opening kick of the second half. Ebnet returned the kick from the five and was met by Forrest Schleske. Ebnet cut trying to avoid Schleske, who reached out and stole the ball returning it back to the Patriot five-yard line. Hedstrom hit Champa four plays later on fourth and goal.The win negated any chance of Pequot Lakes or Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton grabbing a share of the conference title. DL has won the HOL-North three straight seasons.“It hasn’t even sunk in yet,” said Nordmark.The Lakers earn a bye in the first round of the Section 8-4A playoffs as the top seed and are the 10th Laker football team to finish the regular season undefeated.The No. 2 seed Albany will also receive a bye. The opening quarterfinal games begin Tuesday with No. 6 Fergus Falls at No. 3 Rocori and No. 5 Thief River Falls playing at No. 4 Little Falls. Detroit Lakes 7 20 14 0 - 41Pequot Lakes 0 0 7 0 - 7Scoring:First quarter:DL- Cihak 90 return (Payne kick) 4:49Second quarter:DL- Nordmark 5 run (kick failed) 9:17DL - Hedstrom 1 run (Payne kick) 5:30DL - Cihak 29 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 0:39Third quarter:DL - Champa 5 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 10:15DL - Haire 12 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 4:33PL- N/A 15 pass from Borleis (Borleis kick) 0:11Fourth quarter:NoneTEAM STATISTICS DL PLFirst downs 17 11Rushes-yards 52-285 23-67Passing 93 144Comp-Att-Int 5-8-0 10-24-3Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 9-60 3-17[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1226965","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"162","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"756"}}]]Seeding graphic courtesy minnesota-scores.netTweets by @DLNewspapersThe No. 3-4A Detroit Lakes football team clinched the Heart O’ Lakes North Conference championship in blowout fashion defeating the No. 10-3A Pequot Lakes Patriots 41-7 Wednesday night at Mollberg Field.The Patriots came into the game with the highest points per game average in the conference but left Detroit Lakes with seven points.Christian Hedstrom threw three touchdown passes and freshman Ben Nordmark had his best game of the season rushing for 163 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown.“The lineman were blocking good; my brother was blocking awesome,” Nordmark said. “The holes were just huge.”Nordmark has gotten more touches as the season has progressed and he was featured Wednesday night by a Laker offense that rushed for 285 yards.Hedstrom completed five of eight passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns.Pequot Lakes had opportunities early but miscues doomed the Patriot offense.After stopping the first Laker drive on downs at the Patriot 30, quarterback C.J. Borleis found Joel Ebnet wide open on a bomb but Ebnet dropped the pass.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226101","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"448","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]Pequot Lakes punted to Ryan Cihak at the Laker 10 and Cihak sprinted 90 yards to the end zone for the opening score at 4:49 of the first quarter.On the first play of the second quarter, Borleis faked a punt and had Alex Tangen wide open on a long pass hitting Tangen in the hands but the senior tight end could not haul in what would have been a big first down.The Laker defense stuffed the Patriot running game and the DL offense put up points rapidly forcing Pequot Lakes to pass the ball. The Lakers forced four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble recovery.
Nordmark scored from the five at 9:17 with the eventual game winning score.“I just took the ball, ran it where I was supposed to and got big yards,” said Nordmark.Nordmark has made his mark early in his career on a team that has four upperclassmen who have all run the ball successfully this season.“It’s amazing,” Nordmark said.”That doesn’t happen in Laker football. It’s just awesome.”Hedstrom scored on a one-yard dive at 5:30 of the second quarter to cap a seven-play 71-yard drive and put the Lakers up 20-0.DL ran the final three minutes of the half off the clock culminating in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Hedstrom to Cihak for his second score of the game and a 27-0 lead at halftime.Hedstrom threw touchdown passes to Sam Champa and Matt Haire in the third quarter for the Lakers final two scores.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226102","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"311"}}]]Champa’s score was set up by a crazy play on the opening kick of the second half. Ebnet returned the kick from the five and was met by Forrest Schleske. Ebnet cut trying to avoid Schleske, who reached out and stole the ball returning it back to the Patriot five-yard line. Hedstrom hit Champa four plays later on fourth and goal.The win negated any chance of Pequot Lakes or Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton grabbing a share of the conference title. DL has won the HOL-North three straight seasons.“It hasn’t even sunk in yet,” said Nordmark.The Lakers earn a bye in the first round of the Section 8-4A playoffs as the top seed and are the 10th Laker football team to finish the regular season undefeated.The No. 2 seed Albany will also receive a bye. The opening quarterfinal games begin Tuesday with No. 6 Fergus Falls at No. 3 Rocori and No. 5 Thief River Falls playing at No. 4 Little Falls. Detroit Lakes 7 20 14 0 - 41Pequot Lakes 0 0 7 0 - 7Scoring:First quarter:DL- Cihak 90 return (Payne kick) 4:49Second quarter:DL- Nordmark 5 run (kick failed) 9:17DL - Hedstrom 1 run (Payne kick) 5:30DL - Cihak 29 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 0:39Third quarter:DL - Champa 5 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 10:15DL - Haire 12 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 4:33PL- N/A 15 pass from Borleis (Borleis kick) 0:11Fourth quarter:NoneTEAM STATISTICS DL PLFirst downs 17 11Rushes-yards 52-285 23-67Passing 93 144Comp-Att-Int 5-8-0 10-24-3Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 9-60 3-17[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1226965","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"162","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"756"}}]]Seeding graphic courtesy minnesota-scores.netTweets by @DLNewspapersThe No. 3-4A Detroit Lakes football team clinched the Heart O’ Lakes North Conference championship in blowout fashion defeating the No. 10-3A Pequot Lakes Patriots 41-7 Wednesday night at Mollberg Field.The Patriots came into the game with the highest points per game average in the conference but left Detroit Lakes with seven points.Christian Hedstrom threw three touchdown passes and freshman Ben Nordmark had his best game of the season rushing for 163 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown.“The lineman were blocking good; my brother was blocking awesome,” Nordmark said. “The holes were just huge.”Nordmark has gotten more touches as the season has progressed and he was featured Wednesday night by a Laker offense that rushed for 285 yards.Hedstrom completed five of eight passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns.Pequot Lakes had opportunities early but miscues doomed the Patriot offense.After stopping the first Laker drive on downs at the Patriot 30, quarterback C.J. Borleis found Joel Ebnet wide open on a bomb but Ebnet dropped the pass.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226101","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"448","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]Pequot Lakes punted to Ryan Cihak at the Laker 10 and Cihak sprinted 90 yards to the end zone for the opening score at 4:49 of the first quarter.On the first play of the second quarter, Borleis faked a punt and had Alex Tangen wide open on a long pass hitting Tangen in the hands but the senior tight end could not haul in what would have been a big first down.The Laker defense stuffed the Patriot running game and the DL offense put up points rapidly forcing Pequot Lakes to pass the ball. The Lakers forced four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble recovery.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226104","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"357","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]Nordmark scored from the five at 9:17 with the eventual game winning score.“I just took the ball, ran it where I was supposed to and got big yards,” said Nordmark.Nordmark has made his mark early in his career on a team that has four upperclassmen who have all run the ball successfully this season.“It’s amazing,” Nordmark said.”That doesn’t happen in Laker football. It’s just awesome.”Hedstrom scored on a one-yard dive at 5:30 of the second quarter to cap a seven-play 71-yard drive and put the Lakers up 20-0.DL ran the final three minutes of the half off the clock culminating in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Hedstrom to Cihak for his second score of the game and a 27-0 lead at halftime.Hedstrom threw touchdown passes to Sam Champa and Matt Haire in the third quarter for the Lakers final two scores.
Champa’s score was set up by a crazy play on the opening kick of the second half. Ebnet returned the kick from the five and was met by Forrest Schleske. Ebnet cut trying to avoid Schleske, who reached out and stole the ball returning it back to the Patriot five-yard line. Hedstrom hit Champa four plays later on fourth and goal.The win negated any chance of Pequot Lakes or Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton grabbing a share of the conference title. DL has won the HOL-North three straight seasons.“It hasn’t even sunk in yet,” said Nordmark.The Lakers earn a bye in the first round of the Section 8-4A playoffs as the top seed and are the 10th Laker football team to finish the regular season undefeated.The No. 2 seed Albany will also receive a bye. The opening quarterfinal games begin Tuesday with No. 6 Fergus Falls at No. 3 Rocori and No. 5 Thief River Falls playing at No. 4 Little Falls. Detroit Lakes 7 20 14 0 - 41Pequot Lakes 0 0 7 0 - 7Scoring:First quarter:DL- Cihak 90 return (Payne kick) 4:49Second quarter:DL- Nordmark 5 run (kick failed) 9:17DL - Hedstrom 1 run (Payne kick) 5:30DL - Cihak 29 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 0:39Third quarter:DL - Champa 5 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 10:15DL - Haire 12 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 4:33PL- N/A 15 pass from Borleis (Borleis kick) 0:11Fourth quarter:NoneTEAM STATISTICS DL PLFirst downs 17 11Rushes-yards 52-285 23-67Passing 93 144Comp-Att-Int 5-8-0 10-24-3Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 9-60 3-17[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1226965","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"162","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"756"}}]]Seeding graphic courtesy minnesota-scores.netTweets by @DLNewspapersThe No. 3-4A Detroit Lakes football team clinched the Heart O’ Lakes North Conference championship in blowout fashion defeating the No. 10-3A Pequot Lakes Patriots 41-7 Wednesday night at Mollberg Field.The Patriots came into the game with the highest points per game average in the conference but left Detroit Lakes with seven points.Christian Hedstrom threw three touchdown passes and freshman Ben Nordmark had his best game of the season rushing for 163 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown.“The lineman were blocking good; my brother was blocking awesome,” Nordmark said. “The holes were just huge.”Nordmark has gotten more touches as the season has progressed and he was featured Wednesday night by a Laker offense that rushed for 285 yards.Hedstrom completed five of eight passes for 93 yards and three touchdowns.Pequot Lakes had opportunities early but miscues doomed the Patriot offense.After stopping the first Laker drive on downs at the Patriot 30, quarterback C.J. Borleis found Joel Ebnet wide open on a bomb but Ebnet dropped the pass.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226101","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"448","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]Pequot Lakes punted to Ryan Cihak at the Laker 10 and Cihak sprinted 90 yards to the end zone for the opening score at 4:49 of the first quarter.On the first play of the second quarter, Borleis faked a punt and had Alex Tangen wide open on a long pass hitting Tangen in the hands but the senior tight end could not haul in what would have been a big first down.The Laker defense stuffed the Patriot running game and the DL offense put up points rapidly forcing Pequot Lakes to pass the ball. The Lakers forced four turnovers, three interceptions and a fumble recovery.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226104","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"357","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]Nordmark scored from the five at 9:17 with the eventual game winning score.“I just took the ball, ran it where I was supposed to and got big yards,” said Nordmark.Nordmark has made his mark early in his career on a team that has four upperclassmen who have all run the ball successfully this season.“It’s amazing,” Nordmark said.”That doesn’t happen in Laker football. It’s just awesome.”Hedstrom scored on a one-yard dive at 5:30 of the second quarter to cap a seven-play 71-yard drive and put the Lakers up 20-0.DL ran the final three minutes of the half off the clock culminating in a 29-yard touchdown pass from Hedstrom to Cihak for his second score of the game and a 27-0 lead at halftime.Hedstrom threw touchdown passes to Sam Champa and Matt Haire in the third quarter for the Lakers final two scores.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1226102","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"311"}}]]Champa’s score was set up by a crazy play on the opening kick of the second half. Ebnet returned the kick from the five and was met by Forrest Schleske. Ebnet cut trying to avoid Schleske, who reached out and stole the ball returning it back to the Patriot five-yard line. Hedstrom hit Champa four plays later on fourth and goal.The win negated any chance of Pequot Lakes or Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton grabbing a share of the conference title. DL has won the HOL-North three straight seasons.“It hasn’t even sunk in yet,” said Nordmark.The Lakers earn a bye in the first round of the Section 8-4A playoffs as the top seed and are the 10th Laker football team to finish the regular season undefeated.The No. 2 seed Albany will also receive a bye. The opening quarterfinal games begin Tuesday with No. 6 Fergus Falls at No. 3 Rocori and No. 5 Thief River Falls playing at No. 4 Little Falls. Detroit Lakes 7 20 14 0 - 41Pequot Lakes 0 0 7 0 - 7Scoring:First quarter:DL- Cihak 90 return (Payne kick) 4:49Second quarter:DL- Nordmark 5 run (kick failed) 9:17DL - Hedstrom 1 run (Payne kick) 5:30DL - Cihak 29 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 0:39Third quarter:DL - Champa 5 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 10:15DL - Haire 12 pass from Hedstrom (Payne kick) 4:33PL- N/A 15 pass from Borleis (Borleis kick) 0:11Fourth quarter:NoneTEAM STATISTICS DL PLFirst downs 17 11Rushes-yards 52-285 23-67Passing 93 144Comp-Att-Int 5-8-0 10-24-3Fumbles-Lost 2-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 9-60 3-17
Seeding graphic courtesy minnesota-scores.netTweets by @DLNewspapers
