VERNDALE-Matt Steege ran 4 yards for a score and caught a 13-yard pass from Tate Bounds for another TD for the Verndale Pirates, who opened their season Friday, Aug. 31, with a 20-14 win over the Brandon-Evansville Chargers.
The game was a repeat of last year's Section 4, Nine-Man final, which Verndale won 26-16.
The Pirates trailed 8-6 after three quarters, but pulled the game out with two fourth-quarter TD passes from Bounds to Steege and Quinn Kern.
Brandon-Evansville 0 0 8 6-14
Verndale 0 6 0 14-20
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Second quarter
V-Matt Steege 4 run (run fail)
Third quarter
BE-Marshall Riedel 6 run (Keagan Schiele run)
Fourth quarter
V-Steege 13 pass from Tate Bounds (run fail)
BE-Riedel 67 run (run fail)
V-Quinn Kern 29 pass from Bounds (Jackson Weniger pass from Bounds)
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Team statistics
Rushes-yards: V 36-146, BE 37-231
Pass comp-att-int-yds: V 8-17-1-139, BE 7-20-1-100
Total offense: V 285, BE 331
Individual leaders
Rushing: V-Jarret Kveton 14-69, Matt Steege 14-48
Passing: V-Tate Bounds 8-17-1-139
Receiving: V-Brayden Vertina 1-51, Quinn Kern 2-46
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Overall: V 1-0. Next: Verndale hosts Park Christian 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.
