Tigers pounce on Bagley

PINE RIVER - The Bagley Flyers held a 284-136 advantage in total offense, but the Pine River-Backus Tigers made the most of their opportunities to pick up a 22-6 Northern Plains Conference win Friday.

Sophomore quarterback Nathan Holm completed only three passes for 47 yards, but two went for touchdowns in the second quarter. The first was a 14-yard strike to Mitchell Kline at 6:46 and then a 47-yarder to Byron Stark with 2:38 left in the half.

A 77-yard interception return by Derek Sonenstahl late in the third completed the scoring for PR-B.

Bagley 6 0 0 0 - 6

Pine River-Backus 0 14 8 0 - 22

First quarter

Bagley: Austin Bellefy 13 run (kick fail) 1:16

Second quarter

PRB: Mitchell Kline 14 pass from Nathan Holm (Kline pass from Holm) 6:46

PRB: Byron Stark 27 pass from Holm (pass failed) 2:38

Third quarter

PRB: Derek Sonenstahl 77 interception return (Kline pass from Holm) 2:38

Team statistics

Rushes-yards: PRB 33-89 , B 81

Pass comp-att-int-yards: PRB 3-15-1-47, B 18-25-2-203

Total offense: PRB 136 , B 284

Individual statistics

Rushing: PRB-Aaron Kottschade 1-2, Levi Allen 18-62, Sonenstahl 7-16, Holm 7-10

Passing: PRB-Holm 3-14-1-47

Receiving: PRB-Kline 2-20, Stark 1-27

Conference: PRB 1-0. Overall: PRB 1-1. Next game: Pine River-Backus hosts Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 7 p.m. Friday.