PIERCE - A touchdown that wasn't ended up being the difference between Pierce and Aurora on Friday.

A 48-yard touchdown run by Husky senior Ian Jensen was called back by a holding penalty in the third quarter on a drive that stalled at the two, and the Blue Jays held off Aurora by a one-touchdown margin, 27-21.

Twice Aurora found itself down two scores, and each time the Huskies would find a way to respond. But after junior transfer Wyatt Pollett connected with wideout Ryan Staehr on a 33-yd touchdown pass with 3:35 to go, Aurora would not get the ball back, as Pierce's dominant rushing attack ran out the clock.

The Blue Jays finished with 424 yards rushing, and defeated Aurora for the second straight season.

SCORING SUMMARY

AURORA (0-1)  -  8  0  0 13 - 21

PIERCE (1-0)    -  6  8  7   6 - 27

FIRST QUARTER

4:37 - Ethan Nordby (PIE) 9-yd run (XP no good)

3:09 - Wyatt Pollett (AUR) 53-yd pass to Canon Allen (2-pt conversion good)

SECOND QUARTER

1:24 - Kaiden Fritz (PIE) 3-yd run (2-pt conversion good)

THIRD QUARTER

10:54 - Kaiden Fritz (PIE) 58-yd run (XP good)

FOURTH QUARTER

10:02 - Wyatt Pollett (AUR) 7-yd pass to Collin Stolpe (XP good)

3:59 - Ryder Theisen (PIE) 5-yd run (2-pt conversion no good)

3:35 - Wyatt Pollett (AUR) 33-yd pass to Ryan Staehr (XP no good)

STATS

PIERCE

RUSHING

- Kaiden Fritz: 29 carries, 229 yds, 2 TD

- Brock Collison: 7 carries, 50 yds

- Gavin Lubischer: 7 carries, 49 yds

- Ryder Theisen: 6 carries, 55 yds, 1 TD

- Ethan Nordby: 3 carries, 18 yds, 1 TD

- Bryce Lindstrom: 4 carries, 25 yds

- Brody Scholting: 2 carries, -3 yds

PASSING

- Brock Collison: 2-for-7, 30 yds

- Brody Scholting: 1-for-1, 5 yds

RECEIVING

- Ryder Theisen: 2 rec, 11 yds

- Keaton Frazier: 1 rec, 24 yds

AURORA

RUSHING

- Wyatt Pollett: 14 carries, 80 yds

- Ian Jensen: 17 carries, 58 yds

- Canon Allen: 1 carry, 3 yds

PASSING

- Wyatt Pollett: 10-for-15, 174 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT

RECEIVING

- Canon Allen: 7 rec, 133 yds, 1 TD

- Ian Jensen: 1 rec, 1 yd

- Collin Stolpe: 1 rec, 7 yds, 1 TD

- Ryan Staehr: 1 rec, 33 yds, 1 TD

 

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