The Crookston Pirate Football team is hosting rival East Grand Forks on homecoming tonight. We have the game on KROX Radio and the live stream below.
1st Quarter
The Green Wave received the opening kickoff and started their opening drive at their own 35. The Green Wave stuck to the ground to begin a long-lasting drive for their first six plays with John Anderson and Drew Carpenter sneaking ahead to quickly get down to the Pirates 25 yard line. The Green Wave continued to travel on the ground to eat the clock and push into the Pirates’ Red Zone before the Pirates finally stopped the Green Wave short of a first down at their 10 yard line to have them turn the ball over on downs and start the Pirates at their own 10 with 3:25 left. The Pirates struck back with their own running game with Running Back Ethan Boll, who pushed them out of their own red zone and got a fresh set of downs in just two plays. The Pirates continued with the running game, but with a trick play with a 12-yard run by Tight End Carter Coauette to get the Pirates to their own 35 yard line. The Pirates continued to push to past the 40 yard line, but time expired in the first quarter with no score by either team.
2nd Quarter
The Pirates continued to move on the ground and got a first down off a short run by Tanner Giese. The Pirates then struck a major blow on the Green Wave defense with a deep pass to George Widman to set the Pirates up inside the Green Wave Red Zone. However, the Green Wave swallowed the Pirates rushing attack to get into the red zone, so the Pirates tried for a field goal, but kicker Jake Erickson’s kick sailed wide left of the post to keep the game scoreless. After the missed Field Goal, the Green Wave took over at their 20-yard line and they returned to their running attack again, and pushed their way up to their own 30 yard line. The Green Wave then took made a quick pass through the air to get another first down to Samuel Schumacher, who made a short-armed catch to move the chains and get the Green Wave to midfield. The Pirates were able to hold the Green Wave inside their own territory and forced them to punt it away, but the Green Wave was able to prevent the ball from going into the endzone forcing the Pirates to start from their own 2 yard line with 2:56 left in the half. The Pirates stuck with their ground game with Ethan Boll pushing them out of their own endzone to get them a first down at their own 14 yard line. However, the Green Wave defense came crashing down on Quarterback Jack Doda and Ethan Boll to prevent them from getting a first down and forced the Pirates to punt. The Green Wave’s Cooper Smith took the return around mid-field and was able to move the ball forward to start the Green Wave at the Pirates’ 40 yard line with about 2 minutes left in the half. The Green Wave gave a quick screenplay to Smith again, who charged down to the Pirates 22 yard line to give the Pirates another first down just outside of the Pirates’ Red Zone. The Pirates’ defense brought the pressure on Drew Carpenter, who fired a lob to the end zone, but Sophmore Linebacker Rylan Lubarski snatched the ball out of the air to stop the drive and end the half with the score still tied at 0.
3rd Quarter –
4th Quarter –
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| East Grand Forks | 0 | 0 | |||
| CROOKSTON | 0 | 0 |
1st Quarter –
No scoring
2nd Quarter –
No scoring
3rd Quarter –
4th Quarter –
| TEAM STATS | CROOKSTON | EGF |
| Rushing Yards | ||
| Passing Yards | ||
| Total Yards | ||
| Fumbles-Lost | ||
| First Downs | ||
| Penalties-Yards | ||
| Punts |
INDIVIDUAL STATS
| CROOKSTON | East Grand Forks | |
| Rushing | Rushing | |
| Passing |
Passing |
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| Receiving | Receiving | |
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