WADENA-Jake Dykhoff passed for 181 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score as the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines opened the season Friday with a 48-14 loss to Parkers Prairie.
W-DC's Lee Spencer caught five passes for 110 yards and a TD.
Josh Daigneault led the Wolverines' defense with eight solo stops and eight assisted tackles.
Parkers Prairie's Harry Samuelson passed for 102 yards and a score. The Panthers' Josh McKeown rushed for 125 yards and a TD.
Parkers Prairie 14 14 14 6-48
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Wadena-Deer Creek 8 6 0 0-14
First quarter
PP-Harry Samuelson 8 run (Samuelson kick)
PP-Andrew Johnson 15 run (Colton Booker kick)
WDC-Jake Dykhoff 10 run (Lee Spencer run)
Second quarter
PP-Josh McKeown 9 run (Booker kick)
WDC0-Spencer 40 pass from Dykhoff (conversion fails)
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PP-Travis Yohnke 13 pass from Samuelson (Booker kick)
Third quarter
PP-Johnson 2 run (Booker kick)
PP-Joseph Hewitt 1 run (Casey Peterson run)
Fourth quarter
PP-Austin Koep 8 run (conversion fails)
Team statistics
Rushing yds: WDC 96, PP 314
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Passing yds: WDC 181, PP 120
Total offense: WDC 277, PP 434
Individual leaders
Rushing: WDC-Dykhoff 10-60, Spencer 3-20, Preston Warren 2-9, Colby Schertler 1-7
Passing: WDC-Dykhoff 11-24-1-181
Receiving: WDC-Spencer 5-110, Dylan McManigle 1-39, Cody Wegscheid 1-30, Isaac Witthuhn 2-2, Warren 2-4,
Overall: WDC 0-1. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek hosts Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 7 p.m. Friday.