Flyers rally past Spuds for second straight triumph
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MOORHEAD - Zach Horejsi scored both overtime touchdowns and Sam Klinker's two extra-point kicks sealed the Little Falls Flyers 34-33 double overtime victory over the Moorhead Spuds Friday.
It's the Flyers second-straight win after losing 21 straight.
Flyers quarterback Alex Scott, who scored the game's first touchdown on a 10-yard run, threw for 164 yards on 13-of-21 passing. Scott hit Hunter Hanowski on an 8-yard pass in the fourth quarter followed by Horejsi's first of three touchdowns to send the non-conference game into overtime.
In the first overtime, Horejsi scored from 10 yards out after Moorhead's Taylor Burns caught an 8-yard TD pass from Luke Gotta. Both teams converted on the point-after kick.
Horejsi scored from two yards out in the second overtime. The Spuds matched the touchdown, but missed on the two-point conversion.
Little Falls 7 0 0 13 7 7 - 34
Moorhead 0 6 7 7 7 6 - 33
First quarter
LF-Alex Scott 10 run (Sam Klinker kick)
Second quarter
M-Michael Holtan 5 pass from Luke Gotta (kick failed)
Third quarter
M-Levi Tompkins 4 run (Julin kick)
Fourth quarter
M-Braden Rahman 1 run (Julin kick)
LF-Hunter Hanowski 8 pass from Scott (Klinker kick)
LF-Zach Horejsi 1 run (kick failed)
Overtime
M-Taylor Burns 8 pass from Gotta (Julin kick)
LF-Horejsi 10 run (Klinker kick)
LF-Horejsi 2 run (Klinker kick)
M-Gotta 2 run (pass failed)
Individual statistics
Rushing: LF Horejsi 11-76; M Matt Duginski 20-151
Passing: LF Scott 13-21-0-164; M Gotta 7-16-0-99
Overall: LF 1-1. Next: Willmar at Little Falls 7 p.m. Friday.
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