PEQUOT LAKES -- Nic Kotaska scored on runs of eight and seven yards in the fourth quarter for the Pequot Lakes Patriots who rallied to defeat the Pillager Huskies 28-20 Thursday, Aug. 29.
Zach Jorgens scampered in from 15 yards to give Pequot a 7-0 lead before Pillager scored twice before halftime on a 10-yard pass to Jack Bentson from Erik Peterson and a 6-yard run by Luke Woidyla.
The Patriots tied the score 14-14 in the third with a 29-yard pass from Cale Wolf to Bode Magnuson and Kotaska’s first TD put them up for good at 21-14.
A 21-yard pass from Peterson to Griffin Decker pulled the Huskies to 21-20 before Kotaska wrapped up the scoring with a five-yard run.
Kotaska rushed 20 times for 84 yards. He caught three passes for 33 yards and returned three kickoffs for 83 yards.
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Pillager 8 6 0 6 -- 20
Pequot Lakes 7 0 7 14 -- 28
First quarter
PL-Zach Jorgens 15 run (Daltin Ackerman kick)
Pill-Jack Bentson 10 pass from Erik Peterson (Tucker Peterson run)
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Second quarter
Pill-Luke Woidyla 6 run (pass fail)
Third quarter
PL-Bode Magnuson 29 pass from Cale Wolf (Ackerman kick)
Fourth quarter
PL-Nic Kotaska 8 run (Ackerman kick)
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Pill-Griffin Decker 21 pass from Erik Peterson (pass fail)
PL-Kotaska 7 run (Ackerman kick)
Team statistics
Rushes-yards: PL 44-192, Pill 39-126
Pass comp-att-int-yds: PL 12-20-1-163, Pill 4-11-0-46
Total offense: PL 289, Pill 238
Individual leaders
Rushing: PL-Nic Kotaska 20-84, Zach Jorgens 13-48; Pill-Tucker Peterson 13-93, Luke Woidyla 15-54, Jack Bentson 5-23
Passing: PL-Cale Wolf 12-19-1-163; Pill-Erik Peterson 4-11-0-46
Receiving: PL-Bode Magnuson 5-87, Nic Kotaska 3-33, Alex Morgan 2-23, Carter Sjoblad 1-12, Zach Jorgens 1-8; Pill-Griffin Decker 1-21, Tucker Peterson 1-17, Jack Bentson 2-8
Overall: PL 1-0; Pill 0-1. Next: Pequot Lakes hosts East Grand Forks 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6; Pillager hosts Crookston 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6.
