<div>The Frazee Hornets were even with the Barnesville Trojans at halftime, 6-6, on Wednesday night, however, the Trojans came alive in the second half and finished a perfect 8-0 regular season with a 44-12 victory. “We played a very lackluster first half, and Frazee did a great job of putting together long drives keeping the ball out of our hands,” said head coach Bryan Strand of Barnesville. “A lot of credit to Frazee on how hard they played in that first half, they executed well and played very hard. Not having Cameron Halverson and Brenden Thorkildson on the defensive side of the ball tonight was tough, both are major impact players.”Major Ness scored the first touchdown of the night on a 32 yard run in the first quarter to give Barnesville a 6-0 lead. Frazee tied the game on a 16 yard TD pass from Adam Vigen to Carter Sonnenberg in the second quarter.“At halftime we changed some things up, had a heart to heart about playing with passion and to quit arguing with each other,” stated Coach Strand. “The boys responded very well.”Ness added a pair of touchdown runs in the third quarter as the Trojans lead increased to 22-6. His first TD was on a 10 yard run and he followed that with a two-point conversion run. The second TD came from 17 yards and Gannon Bolgrean ran in the two-point conversion.In the fourth quarter, Cade Nagel scored on a 9 yard run pulled the Hornets to within ten at 22-12. Jacob Strand’s 31 yard TD run and another two-point conversion run by Ness upped the Barnesville lead to 30-12. Ness found the end zone again from 4 yards out and Bolgrean ran the ball in for the two-point conversion and a 38-12 advantage for the Trojans. Strand carried the ball in from 14 yards out for his second score of the night, putting the final score at 44-12.“We had another great game from Major Ness who truly took a huge step forward tonight, he ran very hard, blocked hard and had a good night defensively,” noted Coach Strand. “Jacob Strand also had a very nice games, scoring twice, set us up right away with a long kickoff return, and an interception return that went 61 yards to the 4 yard line. For a freshman he has really filled some holes for us this year. Offensive line played well in the 2nd half, and Gannon was solid at QB.Ness led the ground attack with 106 yards on 7 attempts. Strand ran for 78 yards on 5 carries and Bolgrean finished with 57 yards on 10 touches. Barnesville had 303 total yards, all on the ground. The defense held Frazee to 236 total yards with 152 coming on the ground and 84 through the air. Derfensively, Strand and Bolgrean each picked off a pass and Thorkildson recovered a fumble which was caused by Alex Dorton. Nick Robideau led the team with a dozen tackles and Collin Morey added 9. Parker Strom blocked a punt for the Trojans.“We now move on to the Section 8AA playoffs and hoping to be close to full strength next week,” concluded Coach Strand. “We have Crookston at home Tuesday and then the winner of Frazee vs Park Rapids on Saturday at home at 2:00 p.m. Pelican Rapids, Hawley, and Park Rapids are the other top seeds in 8AA, all of which are playing very good football right now. It is going to be a dogfight to the end this year. Should be exciting.”</div>

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Trojans Ride Strong Second Half to Victory Over Frazee

The Frazee Hornets were even with the Barnesville Trojans at halftime, 6-6, on Wednesday night, however, the Trojans came alive in the second half and finished a perfect 8-0 regular season with a 44-12 victory. “We played a very lackluster first half, and Frazee did a great job of putting together long drives keeping the ball out of our hands,” said head coach Bryan Strand of Barnesville. “A lot of credit to Frazee on how hard they played in that first half, they executed well and played very hard. Not having Cameron Halverson and Brenden Thorkildson on the defensive side of the ball tonight was tough, both are major impact players.”