If you pardon the cliche, Axel Arnold was firing on all cylinders. He passed for three touchdowns and rushed for one to lead the Hastings Raiders to a 42-31 win over the Two Rivers Warriors Saturday afternoon in Mendota Heights.
The Raiders would tally twice in the first quarter. Arnold would play a role in the first as he ran the ball to Warriors two yard line and reached the end zone on the next play. Hastings got the ball back on an interception by Luke Chorlton. It would pass off on Arnold's 11 yard touchdown pass to Stephen Reifelsberger to put the Raiders ahead 14-0.
Two Rivers would get their only points of the first half on Eric Lail's blocked punt that landed in the end zone for a safety. Hastings forged further ahead with three touchdowns, capitalizing on Two Rivers turnovers. The first would come after Thomas Reifelsberger recovered a fumble and Rico Cooper caught a six yard touchdown pass from Arnold. The second came on a seven yard score from Brenden Freiermuth. Defense would help set up the final first half points thanks to Will Meyer's sack of Warrior quarterback Jonny Youness that forced a fumble and returned the ball to Hastings. Once again, it was Arnold's arm that factored in the equation as he fired a 34 touchdown pass to Jonathan Bezdicek and the Raiders led 35-2 at halftime.
Both teams reached the end zone in the third quarter. First came the Raiders, as Bezdicek would score his second touchdown of the game, a 31 yard run around left end. The Warriors would get a two yard touchdown run from Carl Strohofer and Hasting led 42-9 at the end of the third quarter.
If you thought the game was over and considered heading to your car to beat the post game traffic, think again as Two Rivers would extend their scoring run to 29 with three more touchdowns. Hastings turnovers would also be part of the Two Rivers run. The first came following a fumbled Raider punt that awarded the ball to the Warriors and Mason Moynihan ran around right end for a 10 yard touchdown run. Moynihan would strike again as Two Rivers got the ball back on a fumbled onside kick and the junior ran around left guard for a 34 yard touchdown run. The Warriors regained possession on Arnold's fumbled kickoff return and Gabriel Golderman ran 35 yards down the left sideline and into the end zone. Could there be a miracle on Delaware Ave.? The answer would be no as Arnoild returned to quarterback and ran out the clock to preserve the win.
The Raiders improved their record to 4-2 and will head to Bloomington Stadium on Thursday, October 14 for a 7 PM game against the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars. The Warriors fell to 0-6 and will also be in action on the 14th against the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders at Seafoam Stadium on the Concordia University campus in St. Paul. Game time is also 7 PM.
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