With 4:30 left in the second quarter, Kingsland’s Bently Wiersma scored on a 19-yard TD run. With a Collin Stuart conversion run, the Knights pulled even with visiting Mabel-Canton at 8-8. Just minutes later overall on the game clock, and less than three minutes into the second half, Trent Aarsvold scored on a 1-yard TD run to put Matt Kolling’s Knights up 30-8. The 30-point scoring spree pushed Kingsland past Mabel-Canton in a game that was not high scoring in the beginning, but ended that way. Kingsland scored just before halftime (0:25) on a Stuart to Aarvold 8-yard pass. With a Wiersma conversion, the Knights went to break up 16-8. Team double-K then scored out of the intermission with a three-play, all Wiersma drive (three carries, 51 yards). The senior had a huge game. His second TD run, a 25-yarder, made it 22-8 Knights. Kingsland then recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, leading to Aarvold’s TD run and a 30-8 Knight lead. With the teams scoring eight second-half TDs, the Knights prevailed 49-28. Wiersma had a huge game with 23 carries for 286 yards, three TDs, and two conversions rushing. He surpassed 1,000 yards rushing for the season. Stuart was 10 of 13 passing for 100 yards and a TD passing plus a conversion rushing. Aarsvold (6-30, TD rushing, 8-yard TD reception) had two scores. Lennon Falck (3-75, TD rushing) and KD Reiland (2-35 receiving, 2-yard TD run) also scored. Riley Treat had a 36-yard reception to check in as the Knights’ leading receiver. For M-C, which played without All-District back Kale Eiken, Josh Whitney (3-94, 2 TDs receiving), Brevyn Tollefsrud (17-72 rushing, 24-yard reception, 14 tackles), Carter Hershberger (21-71, TD rushing), and Nolan Garness (4 of 10, 118 yards, 2 TDs passing) carried the torch. Jayce Austin (3-36 rushing) added a 43-yard TD run to cap the scoring. The Knights improved to 4-3 in the South-East/overall. M-C fell to 2-5, 2-5.
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