Litchfield overwhelms Smith, Staples-Motley

LITCHFIELD -- Joe Smith rushed for 113 yards and passed for 101 as the Staples-Motley Cardinals opened their football season Thursday with a 42-22 loss to Litchfield.

Eric Huber scored on a touchdown pass from Smith, who also ran for a 4-yard score. Caleb Nurnberger scored the other Cardinals touchdown on a 4-yard run.

Litchfield's Daren Sangren and Josh Rose each rushed for more than 100 yards. Rose scored three touchdowns and Sangren two. Kent Johnson passed for 124 Litchfield yards and two scores.

Staples-Motley 0 0 6 16 -- 22

Litchfield 22 6 16 0 -- 42

Litch-Josh Rose 12 run (Alex Euerle pass from Kent Johnson)

Litch-Rose 2 run (Johnson run)

Litch-Daren Sangren 42 run (run fails)

Litch-Sangren 4 pass from Johnson (run fails)

Litch-Johnson 55 run (Sangren pass from Johnson)

Litch-Rose 63 pass from Johnson (Dustin Calendar kick)

SM-Eric Huber 12 pass from Joe Smith (run fails)

Sm-Caleb Nurnberger 4 run (Nurnberger run)

SM-Smith 4 run (Smith run)

Team statistics

Rushes-yards -- SM 44-199, Litch 59-285

Pass comp-att-int-yards -- SM 5-13-2-101, Litch 5-10-0-124

Total offense -- SM 300, Litch 409

Individual statistics

Rushing -- SM, Smith 21-113, Matt Edin 9-41, Nathan Warner 12-27; Litch, Daren Sangren 16-116, Josh Rose 24-105

Passing -- SM, Smith 5-13-2-101; Litch, Kent Johnson 5-7-0-124

Receiving -- SM, Huber 2-30, Derek Peterson 1-44, Chris Jansson 1-21, Nathan Rinas 1-6; Litch, Sangren 3-34, Rose 1-63, Jess Housman 1-27

Overall -- SM 0-1. Next game -- East Grand Forks at S-M 7 p.m. Sept. 9.