Sec 8A FB Bagley at Polk Co West

Recap

Polk County West 42, Bagley 14

On Tuesday, Bagley and Polk County West met in the Minnesota 8A football playoffs for the fourth time in 5 years.  Polk County West made it 4 wins out of 4 Tuesday as the Thunder rolled past the Flyers 42-14 in Grand Forks.

It was a night of big plays for Polk County West.  Ti Davis intercepted a Bagley pass on the first play from scrimmage, setting up the first of 2 touchdown runs for Jace Motl.  Motl ran 15 times for 111 yards.  On the last play of the first quarter, Micah Zavoral threw a 14 yard TD pass to Grady Horken to give the Thunder a 12-0 lead.

In the second quarter, Davis scored on a 27 yard run and caught a pass for the 2 point conversion to put PCW up 20-0.  From the ensuing kickoff, Bagley drove to the PCW 6 yard line with 15 .  seconds to play in the half.  But on fourth down, William Gray’s pass was intercepted by Zavoral, who ran untouched 99 yards for a Thunder touchdown.  Davis kicked the extra point to make the halftime score 27-0 in favor of Polk County West.

With no scoring in the third quarter, Davis began the fourth quarter with an interception.  Five plays later, Motl scored his second touchdown of the night on a 6 yard run, then ran for the PAT to put PCW up 35-0. Bagley responded with a 10 play, 61 yard drive that ended when Gray connected with Gunner Nolan on a 34 yard TD pass with 2:35 to play, making the score 35-6.  On the ensuing kickoff, Davis returned it 90 yards for a touchdown.  His extra point kick made it 42-6 in favor of the Thunder.

Bagley responded with a 57 yard TD pass from Gray to Nolan with 1:34 to play.  A pass to Hayden Hansey for the 2 point conversion made the final score 42-14 in favor of Polk County West.

Bagley’s Gray completed 11 of 23 passes for 162 yards, 2 TDs and 2 INTs.  Nolan caught 3 passes for 91 yards and 2 TDs.  The Flyers’ (4-5) top rusher was William Strandberg with 33 yards on 3 carries.

Zavoral completed 2 of 7 passes for PCW (6-3) for 23 yards, one TD and 2 INTs.  Ti Davis ran 9 times for 62 yards and a TD besides his interception and kickoff return TD.

Polk County West plays at Park Christian Saturday afternoon at 2.  The two teams met on opening night in Moorhead and Park Christian won 33-6.

First down: Bagley 13, PCW 15

Rushing yards: Bagley 75, PCW 252

Passing yards: Bagley 162, PCW 23

Penalties: Bagley 4/25, PCW 5/25

Fumbles: Bagley 1 (none lost), PCW 4 (lost one)

comments from PCW coach Darrin Byklum Byklum 5511J