ELY TOOK ON UNDERWOOD IN THE 9 MAN STATE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Ely and Underwood went up against each other in the semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s state football tournament.

 

Ely kicked off to start the game.Underwood got the ball on their own 33 yard line. Underwood looked to keep the ball on the ground on their first drive. Underwood’s Noah Thompson was all over the field. He was able to run past the Ely defenders. Underwood was not able to get a first down and they turned it over on downs.

 

Ely got the ball on their own 31 yard line. Ely’s quarterback Sean Jordan was able to get the ball to his receivers. Mark Heiman rushed 27 yards for a touchdown. Akira Inomata’s extra point attempt was good.

 

With 3:33 left in the first quarter the score was Ely 7, Underwood 0.

 

Underwood got the ball back on their own 40 yard line. The Ely defense stepped up and was able to stop the Underwood offense. They punted on fourth-and-14.

 

After one quarter of play the score was Ely 7, Underwood 0.

 

Ely punted on fourth down. Underwood kept the ball into the hands of Thompson. Thompson found the end zone on a six-yard run. The extra point attempt was good.

 

With 7:04 left in the second quarter the score was tied at 7.

 

Ely got the ball on their own 35 yard line. Ely was picked off by Adam Creek. That gave Underwood the ball back. Creek found a hole and ran 61 yards for a first down. Matt Biegler found the endzone on a four-yard run with 1:15 left in the second quarter.

 

That made the score Underwood 14, Ely 7.

 

Ely fumbled the kickoff and Underwood got the ball back. Thompson found the end zone on a 13-yard touchdown run. The extra point attempt was good.

 

With 18 seconds left in the second quarter the score was Underwood 21, Ely 7. That was the score at halftime.

 

Underwood kicked off to Ely to start the third quarter. Ely got the ball on their own 18 yard line.  Ely was not able to move the ball so they punted. Underwood also was not able to move the ball on their drive so they punted the ball back to Ely.

 

Both defenses stepped up big early in the third quarter. Ely’s Louis Gerzin rushed 75 yards for a touchdown. The extra point attempt was good. With 6:40 left in the third quarter the score was Underwood 21, Ely 14.

 

Underwood fumbled the ball and Ely took over.  Ely’s Gerzin picked up a first down as Ely looked to get into the endzone. Ely turned the ball over on downs.

 

Thompson found the end zone on a 25-yard touchdown run. The extra point attempt was no good.

 

With 54 seconds left in the third quarter the score was Underwood 27, Ely 14.

 

Ely got the ball as they looked to get into the endzone in the fourth quarter. Sean Jordan found

 

Michael Lah in the endzone on a 15-yard reception.

 

With 8:24 left in regulation the score was Underwood 27, Ely 20.

 

Underwood got the ball deep in the Ely zone as they looked to chew up yardage. On fourth-and-two,

 

Underwood was picked off and Ely took over.

 

Underwood’s Collins found the end zone on a 13-yard run. The extra point attempt was good.

 

With that touchdown the score was Underwood 34, Ely 20 with 54 seconds left to go. That was the final of the game.

 

After the game I was able to talk to Underwood’s head coach Chuck Ross about the victory.