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PEQUOT LAKES — Quarterback Grant Loge threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns as the Patriot football team topped the Perham Yellowjackets 22-12 in the regular season finale on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
"They are a very good team," senior quarterback Grant Loge said. "They came in knowing they were going to have to stop the pass ... but we had John Paul (Elsenpeter) come in and run very hard, and we ran it right down their throats."
John Elsenpeter rushed for 189 yards for the Patriots while Cullen Kratchovil caught two touchdown passes for the Patriots.
The 6-2 Patriots now move into the postseason with an opening round home game against Greenway at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
"It's a new season now," Loge said. "No one has a win and no one has a loss, and the loser goes home. We definitely don't want to lose."
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Perham 0 12 0 0 – 12
Pequot Lakes 7 8 7 0 – 22
First quarter
PL-Riley Larson 17-yard pass from Grant Loge (Tommy Blommer kick) 8:52
Second quarter
P-Hudson Hackel 34-yard pass from Blaiz Schmidt (kick blocked) 11:16
P-Colton Hackel 16-yard pass from Blaiz Schmidt (run failed) 7:13
PL-Cullen Kratochvil 13-yard pass from Grant Loge (John Elsenpeter run) 2:54
Third quarter
PL-Cullen Kratochvil 4-yard pass from Grant Loge (Tommy Blommer kick) 7:58
Team statistics
Rushes-yards: PL 47-234, P 29-106
Pass comp-att-int-yds: PL 14-26-0-200, P 12-22-2-190
Total offense: PL 73-434, 51-296
Individual leaders
Rushing: PL-John Elsenpeter 26-189, Darby Boelter 9-33, Bryer Nordby 8-18, Cullen Kratochvil 1-4
Passing: PL-Grant Loge 14-26-200
Receiving: PL-Bryer Nordby 4-63, Riggs Magnuson 5-60, Cullen Kratochvil 3-40, Darby Boelter 1-20, Riley Larson 1-17
Overall: PL 6-2.
Pequot Lakes will face Esko in the section championship on Thursday, Nov. 3
After winning just one game in 2021, the Patriots are 6-2 so far
The high-scoring affair saw the Patriot second-stringers play in the first half
