Alex Folz closed out his high school career in a glorious way as he scored four touchdowns and ran for 263 yards to lead the Spring Grove Lions to a 40-12 win over the Mountain Lake Area Wolverines in the Nine Man title game Friday at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
It was the second consecutive Nine Man football championship for the Lions in their fourth trip to state.
Folz put Spring Grove on the board on a seven yard keeper run. Mountain Lake Area got their first touchdown as quarterback Abraham Stoesz kept the ball, ran down the right side of the field and cut to the center to head toward the end zone. It wasn't all Folz for the Lions as the senior quarterback pitched the ball to Tyler Kersten and he would score on a 58 yard run to put Spring grove Ahead 14-6.
Neither team would tally in the second quarter but the Wolverines looked like they would cut the Lion lead as Sam Paulson hauled in a 46 yard touchdown pass. But after a replay review, the official ruling was he stepped out of bounds and Mountain Lake Area was called for illegal participation. So the score remained 14-6 in favor of Spring Grove at halftime.
Kersten would account for the only third quarter scoring as he scored his second touchdown on a two yard left side pitch from Folz.
In the fourth quarter, Folz would score three times to clinch the championship trophy. His first touchdown looked like he was headed for the light rail station as he scored on an 88 yard run. He reached the end zone a third time on a four yard run up the middle. But Mountain Lake Area wasn't finished yet. Stoesz would throw a 10 yard touchdown pass to Drake Harder and run 51 yards for another score. Folz would wrap up the scoring on a 50 yard keeper with 1:08 left to play.
Stoesz would finish with 20 carries for 244 yards.
Spring Grove ended their season with a 14-0 record and Mountain Lake Area concluded their season with a 12-1 record.
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