“Their coach [Joe Bartos] started the conversation of going to running time for the second half,” Becker coach Dwight Lundeen said. “I was in full agreement, and I was hoping he would have that conversation. Because we had a mismatch today.”
MN high school football section playoff scores for Oct. 26, 2024
Even the sharpest football observer likely wrote off Saturday’s Class 4A, Section 8 football semifinal victory as another lopsided victory for the favorite: In this case, top-seeded and No. 1 ranked Becker, against an overmatched foe, in this case, Little Falls (3-7).
And while Little Falls conceded at halftime of what became a 56-14 Becker rout, the coach who the stadium honors, Dwight Lundeen, threaded the needle with the moxie of a coach drawing from more than 50 seasons on the sidelines.
For more on Becker's victory, click here to read the story on startribune.com.
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Football Hub Headlines
MN high school football prognosticators pick winners for Eden Prairie vs. Maple Grove and Edina vs. Eagan state tournament tilts
- By Jim Paulsen and David La Vaque, The Minnesota Star Tribune 10/31/2024, 3:00pm CDT
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- By Ron Haggstrom, The Minnesota Star Tribune 10/25/2024, 11:30pm CDT
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