GREENBUSH - Zach Struss completed 9 of 14 passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns as the Pine River-Backus Tigers secured their first win with a 27-8 non-conference victory Friday over the Badger/Greenbush-Middle River Gators.
Henry Kreklau ran 58 yards for two touchdowns and caught a 36-yard TD pass from Struss for a third.
Zach Semmler caught a 5-yard pass from Struss for the other score.
Pine River-Backus 8 6 13 0 - 27
Badger/Greenbush-MR 0 0 0 8 - 8
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First quarter
PRB-Henry Krecklau 35 run (Krecklau run)
Second quarter
PRB-Zach Semmler 5 pass from Zach Struss (kick failed)
Third quarter
PRB-Kreklau 36 pass from Struss (Nick Gravdahl kick)
PRB-Kreklau 23 run (kick failed)
Team statistics
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Rushes-yards: PRB 136, BGMR 252
Pass comp-att-int-yds: PRB 9-14- 211, BGMR 4-11-34
Total offense: PRB 347, BGMR 286
Individual leaders
Rushing: PRB-Kreklau 11-76, Tim Bardeaux 3-23, Don Owen 2-11, Nick Gravdahl 6-14
Passing: PRB-Struss 9-14-211
Receiving: PRB-Semmler 4-93, Kreklau 2-76, Gravdahl 2-22, Hank Raff 1-21
Overall: PRB 1-1. Next: Pine River-Backus hosts Pillager 7 p.m. Friday.
