The matchup: BHS vs. Buffalo
Brainerd Warriors
(7-2)
Offense
QB: 15-Scott Ramey, 18-Reid Mimmack
RB: 40-Colby Ring, 27-Jon Wiese, 36-Carsten Nelson, 26-Chris Swanson, 34-Jaron Hanson
WR: 82-Mike Gervenak, 5-Ben Gervais, 84-TJ Struss, 14-Tyler Kline, 83-Dylan Wheeler
OT: 67-David Titus, 74-Jared Erickson, 66-Pat Metzler
G: 61-Tyler Blong, 78-Mitch Weideman, 73-Taylor Hradsky, 75-Kurt Fahlen
C: 63-Clint Dwire, 73-Hradsky
TE: 80-Cole Stegora, 88-Aaron Pavek, 89-Dennis Summers
Defense
DL: 91-Nick Boettcher, 92-Cody Granley, 88-Pavek, 93-Sam Lastovich, 43-Chad Ohman, 72-Dan Wheeler, 76-Kris Garin
OLB: 22-Andy Mans, 41-Alex Rahn, 23-Barry Nelson, 21-Chris Moon, 38-Bruce London, 38-Caleb Goodew, 24-Austin Metzger
ILB: 40-Ring, 54-Sam Pagel, 42-Jordan Goos, 44-Taylor Bateman, 46-Cooper Aakhus, 47-Jaime Barry, 18-Mimmack, 32-Taylor Main, 45-Clark Eggen
CB: 17-Desmond Janousek, 20-Kyle Crocker, 31-Logan Stall, 30-Nate Gervenak, 5-Gervais
FS: 11-Tate Rusk, 16-Mike Wisniewski, 20-Crocker, 84-Struss
Special teams
KR: 20-Crocker, 17-Janousek, 84-Struss
P: 15-Ramey
KO/PK: 64-Zach Cadwell
Buffalo Bison (8-1)
Offense
TE-84-Nick Vetrano
LT-73-Bruce Manz
LG-58-Mark Fenning
C-74-Brandon Puffer
RG-66-Casey Druar
RT-76-Ben Henson
WR-9-Buzz Tryggeseth
WR-5-Dan Ngandali
RB-24-Austin Perkins
RB-25-Josh Gaughan
QB-7-Brooks Beilke
FB-17-Taylor Vick
Defense
E-81-Aaron Duske
T-92-Jesse Campa
NG-72-Terell Johnson
T-61-Michael Ortenblad
E-11-Jacob Dick
LB-34-Bobbie French
LB-58-Fenning
CB-1-Colton Carter
CB-28-Luke Myre
S-5-Ngandali
S-31-Erik Olson
Special teams
PK-10-Cole Meyer
Section 8-5A playoffs
Opening round
Tuesday, Oct. 21
No. 3 Brainerd 55, No. 6 Elk River 7
No. 2 Buffalo 31, No. 7 Alexandria 7
No. 4 Moorhead 30, No. 5 Bemijdi 14
No. 1 St. Cloud Tech, bye
Semifinals
Saturday, Oct. 25
No. 3 Brainerd at No. 2 Buffalo, 2 p.m.
No. 4 Moorhead at No. 1 St. Cloud Tech, 7 p.m.
Championship
Saturday, Nov. 1
St. John's University, Collegeville, 1:30 p.m.
Warriors statistics
9 GAMES
RUSHING Att Yds Avg TD
Colby Ring 145 1032 7.1 19
Scott Ramey 108 506 4.7 7
Nate Smolke 35 158 4.5 0
Carsten Nelson 24 85 3.5 0
Jon Weise 24 64 2.7 1
Reid Mimmack 12 50 4.2 0
Chris Swanson 15 26 1.7 1
Jaron Hanson 5 21 4.2 0
Desmond Janousek 3 14 4.7 0
Kyle Crocker 1 0 0.0 0
PASSING Com Att Yds TD
Scott Ramey 69 117 1149 9
Reid Mimmack 2 3 30 1
RECEIVING No Yds Avg TD
Mike Gervenak 23 317 13.8 3
Kyle Crocker 19 320 16.8 5
Ben Gervais 10 165 16.5 0
Colby Ring 8 189 23.6 1
Nate Smolke 4 58 14.5 0
Desmond Janousek 2 50 25.0 0
Jaron Hanson 2 35 17.5 1
Cole Stegora 1 21 5.0 0
Dylan Wheeler 1 17 17.0 0
Tyler Kline 1 11 11.0 0
Jon Weise 1 5 5.0 0
SCORING TD 2PT EPK TP
Colby Ring 20 0 0 120
Scott Ramey 7 2 0 46
Kyle Crocker 7 0 1 44
Zach Cadwell 0 0 24 24
Mike Gervenak 3 0 0 18
Jon Wiese 1 0 1 8
Desmond Janousek 2 0 0 12
Jaron Hanson 2 0 0 12
Chris Swanson 1 0 0 6
Brian Sexton 0 0 2 2
Cole Stegora 0 1 0 2
Nate Smolke 0 1 0 2
Fumble recoveries (8): Tate Rusk 2, Cody Granley, Janousek, Crocker, Barry Nelson, Dan Wheeler, Taylor Main
Interceptions (13): Janousek 6, Rusk 2, Crocker 2, Ring 2, Main
Points per game average: Brainerd 32.9, opposition 11.8
Yards per game average: Brainerd 344.1, opposition 261.7