The final day of the 2019 Prep Bowl began with the Mountain Lake Area Wolverines returning to US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis for the Nine Man Football final and they avenged last year's loss to Spring Grove with a five yard run by Abe Stoesz with :42 left in the third quarter that led them to a 22-14 win over the Hancock Owls Saturday morning.
Neither team would erase the zeros from the gigantic stadium scoreboard but the Wolverines had a great shot on their opening drive. But it would go for naught when Stoesz's pass to the end zone was intercepted by Daniel Milander, ending a 6:45 drive.
Milander would go on offense in the second quarter and caught a five yard pass from Preston Rohloff to put the Owls ahead 7-0 Defense would be a big factor for Hancock as they forced three Mountain Lake Area turnovers in the first half. One would result in a touchdown when Matt Thompson scored on a 33 yard interception return to boost the Owl lead to 14-0. Would the Wolverines, who never trailed at any juncture this season fall farther behind? The answer would be no as they came back to tie the game with two touchdowns. The first was sparked by Stoesz rushing for 62 yards on the drive and Mace Herrig putting the finishing touch with a three yard run. Stoesz would conclude the first half scoring on a 11 yard pass to tight end Adam Karschnik and the same combination connected on the two point conversion with :02 left in the first half.
To the second half and the Wolverine defense would prevail with Herrig spraying through the Owl defense to sack Rohloff twice. On offense, it was Stoesz, who would finish the game with with 140 rushing yards on 22 carries enter the end zone with :42 in the quarter and it would be the eventual game winner.
Mountain Lake Area ended their season 14-0 and Hancock finished with a record of 13-1.
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