S-M opens with 24-7 win over East Grand Forks

EAST GRAND FORKS - Brandon Wing rushed for 144 yards and scored a touchdown as Staples-Motley started its season with a 24-7 win over East Grand Forks Thursday.

The Cardinals scored 24 unanswered points after the Green Wave took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.

Cody Hoemberg found the end zone on a pair of short touchdown runs in the second and fourth quarters while Alex Jansson hit Tanner Roberts with a 59-yard touchdown strike to round out the Cardinals' scoring plays.

Dylan Hales also helped pace the Staples-Motley rushing attack with 95 yards on 13 carries.

Staples-Motley 0 12 6 6 - 24

East Grand Forks 7 0 0 0 - 7

First quarter

EGF-Luke Misialek 25 pass from Darin Hager (kick good)

Second quarter

SM-Cody Hoemberg 2 run (kick no good)

SM-Brandon Wing 4 run (conversion failed)

Third quarter

SM-Tanner Roberts 59 pass from Alex Jansson (conversion failed)

Fourth quarter

SM-Hoemberg 2 run (conversion failed)

Team statistics

Rushing yards: SM 57-320

Pass comp-att-int-yards: SM 3-5-1 99, EGF 4-10-1 65

Total Yards: SM 419

Individual statistics

Rushing: SM-Wing 25-144, Dylan Hales 13-95, Hoemberg 10-35, Jansson 5-41, Gavin Cadlek 3-14

Passing: SM-Hager 3-5 99

Receiving: SM-Roberts 1-59, Seth Haaland 1-26, Jason Johnson 1-14

Overall: SM 1-0. Next: Staples-Motley vs. West Central at Barrett 7 p.m. Sept. 11.