Spring Grove blitzed Kingsland with 35 first-half points on the way to an eventual 41-20 decision on Oct. 14 at Spring Valley. Elijah Solum (13-for 17, 266 yards passing) threw four touchdown passes over the Kingsland secondary to four different receivers. Also, a 27-yard pass and run to Tysen Grinde went to the Knight 12-yard-line. Solum scored on the next play, one of his two rushing scores and therefore statistically responsible for all six Lion touchdowns. State-ranked No. 6 Spring Grove remained undefeated at 7-0 (7-0 sub-district) while the Knights left the field at 3-4 (3-3 sub-district). The Lions have won all four contests versus Kingsland.
Photo by Lee Epps
While Kingsland had the ball most of the night (66 plays), Spring Grove was highly efficient while running only 44 plays to score 41 points. The Lions needed only five plays while scoring on their first three possessions, all passes: 66 yards to Caleb Griffin (4-88 yards receiving), 25 yards to Ethan Crouch (3-42 yards receiving) and 46 yards to Grinde (5-95 yards receiving). It was 35-0 at halftime after Solum’s four-yard TD run and 37-yard TD pass to Jaxon Strinmoen. It was 41-0 after the Lions’ first possession of the second half. A 21-yard interception return by Strinmoen set up the second Spring Grove TD. Griffin kicked 5 of 6 extra points.
Burdened by five turnovers, Kingsland finally got on the scoreboard with a 12-play, 60-yard drive late in the third quarter. The Knights scored again after returning a Lion fumble to the 2 yard-line. Another 12-play possession covered 74 yards for the third Kingsland score with just over a minute to play. All three KHS touchdowns came on short runs by Mason Kolling, Kale Mensink and Kaaleem Reiland.
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Team totals
YARDAGE (rush + pass): SG 308 (36+272); KHS 238 (89+149)
RUSHING: att.-yards (avg.): SG 24-36, 2TD (1.5); KHS 43-89, 3 TD (2.1)
PASSES: comp-att.-int, yds. (TD): SG 15-20-0, 272, 4TD; KHS 14-23-2, 149
Sacks allowed: SG 1, KHS 2
TD: SG 6 (rush 2, pass 4); KHS 3 (rush 3)
PAT: SG 5-6 (kick 5-6); KHS 1-3 (rush 1-2, pas 0-1)
TOTAL PLAYS: SG 44, KHS 66
AVG. yards per play: SG 7.0, KHS 3.6
FUMBLES – LOST: SG 2-1, KHS 4-3
TURNOVERS: SG 1, KHS 5
PENALTIES: SG 4-40, KHS 5-30
3rd downs: SG 7-10, KHS 6-14
4th downs: SG 0-0, KHS 3-5
Red zone: SG 2-2, KHS 3-5
First downs: SG 14, KHS 13
Plays of 20+ yards: SG 5, KHS 4
LION INDIVIDUALS:
RUSHING 24-36, 2TD: Hunter Holland 8-36; Elijah Solum 7-27, 2TD; Zach Brumm 3-7; Jacob Solum 2-2; Caleb Griffin 1-(-2); Team 3-(-34)
PASSING 15-20-0, 272 4TD: Elijah Solum 13-17-0, 266, 4TD; Zach Brumm 2-2-0, 6 yards; Caleb Griffin 0-1-0
RECEIVING 15-272, 4TD:; Tysen Grinde 5-95, TD; Caleb Griffin 4-86, TD; Jaxon Strinmoen 2-44, TD; Ethan Crouch 3-42; Jacob Solum 1-5
KICKOFF RETURNS: Caleb Griffin 1-24, Tysen Grinde 2-21
PUNT RETURNS: Tysen Grinde 1-11
XP KICKING: Caleb Griffin 5-6
SCORING 41: Elijah Solum 12, Caleb Griffin 11, Tysen Grinde 6, Ethan Crouch 6,, Jaxon Strinmoen 6
PUNTING: Tysen Grinde 2-55 (27.5), Caleb Griffin 1-22
INTERCEPTIONS 2: Jaxon Strinmoen 1-21 yards, Jacob Olerud 1-touchback
PASS BREAKUPS: Ethan Crouch 1
FUMBLES FORCED: Jacob Olerud 1
FUMBLE RECOVERIES: Noah Blackburn 1, Caleb Griffin 1
SACKS 2: Logan Brumm 1, Ben Udstuen 1
TACKLES for LOSS (incl. sacks) 8: Logan Brumm 4.0; Jacob Olerud 1.5; Elijah Solum 1.0; Ben Udstuen 1.0; Ethan Crouch 0.5
TACKLES (solo + assists): Elijah Solum 16 (5+11), Jacob Olerud 10 (5+5), Logan Brumm 8 (3+5), Emmet Engeldinger 8 (3+5), Tysen Grinde 7 (5+2), Caleb Griffin 4 (3+1), Noah Blackburn 4 (0+4), Troy Reinhardt 3 (3+0), Jaxon Strinmoen 3 (2+1), Ethan Crouch 3 (1+2), Sylas Flatin 2 (2+0), Noah Heppner 2 (2+0), Ben Udstuen 2 (2+0),, Jacob Solum 2 (2+0), Zach Brumm 1 (1+0), Shawn Crouch 1 (1+0)
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Spring Grove football 2021
7 wins, 0 losses (7-0 sub-district)
W vs. Houston 60-30
W at Lyle/Pacelli 48-20
W vs. Mabel-Canton 56-14
W at Grand Meadow 47-16
W at Southland (Adams) 33-14
W vs. LeRoy-Ostrander 50-21
W at Kingsland 41-20
Wed. Oct. 19…Lanesboro—last year, LHS 72, SG 27 (Burros have won last two; SG leads series 27-23-3)
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B-team Football
5 wins, 1 loss
W at Mabel-Canton 54-0
L vs. Kingsland 6-14
W vs. Mabel-Canton 44-6
W vs. Houston 32-0
W vs. Grand Meadow 38-14
W at Lanesboro 56-36
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Junior High Football
2 wins, 3 losses
L at LeRoy-Ostrander 6-26
L vs. Kingsland 14-40
W vs. Mabel-Canton 41-7
L vs. Houston 14-32
W at Lanesboro 48-12
10/17 vs. Southland – home
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