PREP GAME OF THE WEEK

continued from page 8 turned it into an 11-yard touchdown.

Mathies added a 41yard scoring strike to Alex Harren and a 6-yard connection to his brother, Andrew Harren, on the first play of the second quarter for a 29-0 lead. When SRR turned over Tech on downs with less than 10 seconds left in the first half, Mathies hit Andrew Harren for a 21-yard touchdown on the next play, sending the large home crowd into a frenzy.

“We have a lot of respect for Zimmerman and their staff and they were extremely well prepared for us.” lowed Klaphake to give several players their varsity debut.

“The second half was a lot of kids getting some learning experiences,” Klaphake said. “Everbody’s first experience in varsity football isn’t that good. We know that’s going to happen. There were some frustrating moments, but there’s a lot of talent there. That’s why we throw them out there. We let them take their lumps so next time they’re not so new.”

Sauk Rapids-Rice senior tight end Jayce Walrath gets around the end on his way to an 11-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter of the Storm’s 42-21 victory over St. Cloud Tech Sept. 10 at Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School Stadium. Walrath set up the touchdown by intercepting a pass from his linebacker position a few plays earlier.

“Our offense is clicking,” said Andrew Harren, who caught four passes for 73 yards. “We all know each other and hang around outside of football. We’re just having fun. We knew we wanted to be really physical against them and they played a lot of man-toman defense, so we threw the ball a lot. Our game plan worked.”

The five touchdown passes for Mathies broke a school record previously held by John Cloeter, Tyler Bjork and Cade Milton-Baumgardner.

“I had no idea that was possible,” said Mathies, who completed 13 of 18 passes for 268 yards. “I didn’t see that coming at all. It felt great. We’ve got so many people that play well together. I distributed the ball and everybody caught it. I can count every one of these guys. We just have that connection. We all know each other so well and that makes it so fun.”

The Storm were coming off a momentum-building win over rival Sartell but did not let over-confidence become a factor against a Tech team that entered the game 0-2 after losses to Sartell and Moorhead.

The first-team defense for SRR has yet to give up a point.

“We’ve got a lot of two- and three year-starters, so we’ve got great chemistry,” said junior Travis Biery, who had five tackles. “We communicate at a high level and we do whatever we can to get ready.”

The Storm finished with 425 yards of total offense while giving up 244.

Austin Horn added a 13-yard touchdown run on SRR’s first drive of the second half. The large lead al-

The Storm put their unbeaten record on the line at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 when they took on 1-1 Alexandria. The Cardinals opened the season with a 36-20 loss to state powerhouse Hutchinson before beating Bemidji Sept. 11.

Sauk Rapids-Rice 42, Tech 21

First quarter: SRR – Alex Harren 69 pass from Dom Mathies (Walker Loesch 2-point conversion). SRR –Jayce Walrath 11 pass from Mathies (Owen Arndt kick). SRR – Alex Harren 41 pass from Mathies (Arndt kick).

Second quarter: SRR – Andrew Harren 5 pass from Mathies (Arndt kick). SRR – Andrew Harren 21 pass from Mathies (Arndt kick). Third quarter: Tech – 2-yard run (kick good). SRR – Austin Horn 13 run (kick blocked). Fourth quarter: Tech – 10 pass. Tech – 12 run.

SRR rushing: Horn 5-47, Alex Harren 4-32, Mathies 4-14, Zach Kosloske 6-10, Broden Flakne 3-8. SRR passing: Mathies 13-18-276 0, Jack Klein 3-6 48 0. SRR receiving: Alex Harren 3-124, Andrew Harren

4-73, Carter Loesch 2-36, Walrath

3-29, Mason Welch 1-26, Bryce Lund

1-16, Cole Paulson 1-10, Ethan Anderson 1-25. SRR tackles (solo-assists): Max Loesch 5-1, Matthew Golembeski 4-0, Cole Ackerman 3-4, Alex Harren 2-0, Walker Loesch 2-0, Travis Biery 2-3, Chayce Laroque 2-2, Graham Doherty 2-1, Kosloske 1-2, Flakne 1-1, Carter Loesch 1-5, Will White 1-4.