Section 8, Class 5A semifinals
Lineups
CAMBRIDGE BLUEJACKETS (5-4)
OFFENSE
QB-John Gillquist; SE-Ben Bradley, Jake Thiry; HB-Phil Porta; FB-Ryan Olson; SB-Ethan Anderson; C-Justin Vetos; G-Micah Becker, Andy Hermes; T-Andy Mix, Clint Wolcyn; TE-Matt Hartung
DEFENSE
DE-Wolcyn, Hartung; DT-Cory Torell, Becker; OLB-Mike Vaught, Ben Holmberg; ILB-DeJon Bunnell, Anderson; CB-Bradley, Gillquist; FS-Erik Yerigan
Brainerd Warriors (9-0)
Offense
WR-Justin Mueller, Mike Huesmann, Nate Maaske; LT-Chris Miller; LG-Derek Franz; C-Alex Hondl; RT-Scott Johnson; RG-Jake Thesing, Steve McMullen; TE-Justin Huether, Garrett Warren; QB-Chris Klabo, Morgan Shepherd; FB-Cliff Edberg, Tim Severson; HB-Luke Furda, Gregg Day, Tom Zelinske, Brady Prince; P-Klabo
Defense
DL-David Jones, Brandon Freihammer, Nate Lucas, Clinton Strothers, Kiel Browne, Kevin O'Grady; LB-Fred Weiss, Chad Weiss, Brandon Kraemer, Andy Pickar, Paul Erickson; SS-Pat Kiffmeyer, Kory Horn; CB-Kevin Mertens, Darin Eller; FS-Jake Phillips
Warriors schedule
AUGUST
30-at Sartell, W 29-19
SEPTEMBER
6-ALEXANDRIA, W 27-14
13-MOORHEAD, W 8-7 ot
20-at St. Cloud Apollo, W 35-0
27-St. Cloud Tech, W 24-6
OCTOBER
4-at Sauk Rapids, W 36-6
11-WILLMAR, W 30-7
16-at Bemidji, W 34-14
22-Section quarterfinals, Apollo, W 28-6
26-Section semifinals, Cambridge, 2 p.m.
NOVEMBER
1-Section championship, TBA
Section tournament
Quarterfinals
Tuesday's Games
Brainerd 28, St. Cloud Apollo 6
Alexandria 42, Bemidji 21
Duluth East 20, St. Cloud Tech 13
Cambridge 40, Moorhead 15
Semifinals
Saturday, Oct. 26
No. 4 Cambridge at No. 1 Brainerd, 2 p.m.
No. 6 Duluth East at No. 2 Alexandria, 7 p.m.
Championship
Friday, Nov. 1
At Fargodome or high seed, TBA
Warriors statistics
NINE GAMES
RUSHING Att Yds Avg TD
Chris Klabo 179 892 5.0 6
Luke Furda 187 824 4.4 9
Gregg Day 75 394 5.3 4
Drew Herman 13 61 4.7 2
Zach Toms 4 45 11.3 1
Brady Prince 6 19 3.2 0
Morgan Shepherd 4 18 4.5 0
Geoff Roberts 2 9 4.5 0
Tom Zelinske 6 6 1.0 0
Tim Severson 2 2 1.0 0
Cliff Edberg 1 1 1.0 0
PASSING Com Att Yds TD
Chris Klabo 37 84 623 11
Morgan Shepherd 1 3 23 0
RECEIVING No Yds Avg TD
Justin Mueller 21 430 20.5 8
Luke Furda 6 66 11.0 1
Tim Severson 4 14 3.5 0
Kevin Mertens 3 80 26.7 1
Brady Prince 2 23 11.5 0
Justin Huether 2 21 10.5 1
SCORING TD 2PT EPK TP
Luke Furda 10 2 0 64
Justin Mueller 8 0 0 48
Chris Klabo 6 2 0 40
Sam Gervais 0 0 21 30
Gregg Day 4 1 0 26
Drew Herman 2 0 0 12
Kevin Mertens 1 0 0 6
Darin Eller 1 0 0 6
Matt Radniecki 1 0 0 6
Zach Toms 1 0 0 6
Justin Huether 1 0 0 6
Tim Severson 0 0 1 1
Note: Gervais' total includes 3 field goals
Fumble recoveries (12): Pat Kiffmeyer (Sartell), Jake Thesing (Alex), Nate Lucas (Alex), David Jones (Alex), Chad Weiss (Moorhead), Kevin Mertens (SCA), Alex Hondl (SCA), Matt Radniecki 2 (SCA), Mertens (SCT), Jake Phillips (SCT), Andy Pickar (Bem)
Interceptions (14): Darin Eller (Sartell), Phillips (Alex), Mertens (Alex), Phillips (SCA), Eller 2 (SR), Phillips (SR), Mertens (SR), Radniecki (SR), Mertens 2 (W), Gervais (Bem), Mertens (Bem), Eller (SCA)
Points scored: Brainerd 251 (27.9 average), opponent 79 (8.8)
Total yards: Brainerd 2,907 (323.0 average), opponent 1,844 (204.9)
The series
This will be the 13th game between the schools. Cambridge leads the series 9-3. The teams last played in 1996 when Brainerd won 14-6 for the section championship.