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rival North Star.
' North Prairie’s Nicholas Mears had a huge night or the Cougars as
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North [Prairie downs North'Star in wild display of nfiense
By Jason Nordmark
Of The Star
Defense was at a premium last
week when the North Prairie
Cougars took on the North Star
Bearcats, but one player overcame it
to record a career-making night.
On a-near perfect night for foot-
ball, two teams with explosive of-
fenses went toe—to-toe. In the end the
Cougars played enough defense, in-
cluding forcing three turnovers, to
come home with a 64-44 victory.
For a contest played in August, it
had a little bit of a late season edge.
Both teams were called for a late hit
in the first quarter and it was readily
apparent both teams were hyped for
the action.
NP Head Coach Josh Keller
talked about the atmosphere sur-
rounding the game.
“North Star gets up to play us and
we get» up too,” Keller said. “It’s
turned into kind of a little bit of a ri-
valry and both sides- really give it
their best." I
. The Cougars best was enough on
Friday. North Star took to their air on
August 30, 2021
Kelly Davis, left, and Zoey Weasel bounce up into pass protection formation
during Friday night’s
home game against Williston. Below: Wyatt Goulet blew by a blocker to get
at the quarterback.
Houston Davis and Parket Walette
each stand about 6’4”, giving Mon-
ette a pair of big targets.
“Both those kids are so tall and so
athletic,” Gourneau said. “You can
throw it up to them and more often.
then not they can come up with a big
play.”
Gourneau said Williston would
double one of the wideouts but
couldn’t double them both.
Whomever was open was getting an
opportunity to make a big play. Wal-
lette came up with two of the three
scores for the Braves. Receiver
Stephen Leonard came up with the
third.
Despite the loss, Gourneau said
his team showed flashes of competi-
tiveness throughout the game.
“We had Williston coaches credit
us for being as sharp as we were for
not playing at all last year and that
Was nice to hear. Our defense played
well at times and we had a few
chances'to score but just didn’t make
the big play,” Gourneau said. i
V The Bravest. will hit the road this
Friday and play in Jamestown.
Braves
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almost every play, trying to use their ' ‘
speedy receivers to chUrn through the
Cougar defense. North‘Prairie came
Above: Zyler LaRocque rushes the Four Winds
quarterback and forces a quick release. At left: Jay-
dyance McCloud gets an unassisted taCkle at mid-
irp with two interceptions to halt a
pair of drives. Junior Mitchell Leas
came up with one while sophomore
Blake Mattson picked off the second. '
Mattson turned his'interception into
a pick six. The Cougars forced a third
turnover late in the first half by forc-
ing and recovering a fumble. Keller
talked about the effort his defense
had to put up in the face of a relent-
less Bearcat aerial attack.
“We were in position to make
some plays and we did, but Dane
(Hagler) was throwing some terrific
balls right where they should be and
sometimes you just have to give them
credit for completing those passes.
We tried to make some adjustments, 1
including using a safety that We don’t
normally do, and we came up with
enough plays to get the job done.”
Hagler did complete a variety of
passes, but the Cougars also let their
presence be known. On North Star’s
first possession, Hagler dropped back
to pass and although he got the at-
tempt off, he was hit, rather hard, by
fellow sophomore Nate Tastad. The.
early knockdown was almost like
Tastad’s way of saying “I’ll be here
all night.”
Conversely, NP’s offense never
gave away a possession and in a high
scoring affair,'the extra possessions
were key.
“I was happy with how we took
care of the ball,” Keller said. “I was
also happy with how the team re-
sponded when they did give up some
points. We’re a yOung team but if we
got beat on defense, the kids didn’t
hang their heads and instead went
right back to work offensively and
found a way to move the ball.”
The entire Cougar offense was un-
stoppable through most of the game.
With Tastad, Wyatt Dunlop and Isaac
Herbel anchoring the line, a bevy of
Cougar speedsters cut through the ,
Bearcat defense at will.
Mears had his way with the North
Star defense all game long. When-
ever he wanted, Mears picked up
huge chunks of yardage on the
ground. By the time the lights went
out in Cando, the Rolla junior had
compiled 375 yards‘of total offense
while rushing for six touchdowns and
passing for one.
Tyrell Yoder continued his solid
play early in the Season with a strong
rushing performance. Receivers
Carter Cassavant, Leas and Deryk
Thomas, gave the Bearcats fits as
they zipped, darted and at times ran
through the defense.
Tyrell Yoder turned the corner on a ig gain against North Star.
The 2—0 Cougars will stay on the
road this Friday when they play in
Leeds. The game was be played at 4
pm. instead of the usual 7 pm. kick-
off. The Wildcats are 0-2 on the
young season.
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Guarding the outside was
LaRocque, who’s listed as 165
pounds in the program but that’s ei-
ther a typo or he was weighed wear-
ing all his equipment.
No ‘matter the case, the quick-
footed sophomore was in the backfield
as often as the Four Winds quarterback
and disrupted several plays. ,
The Woodchucks are now 1-1 on
the season and will hit the road for
New Rockford on Friday for a show-
down with the Rockets.
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