The Eagles tied it 6-6 at halftime on a 16-yard run.
The home team took a 12-6 lead in the third.
A one-yard touchdown run by Geoff Ramaker tied it in the fourth quarter. Lundberg passed to Dillon Parpart for the two-point conversion and the winning margin.
Ramaker, a senior playing only his second game of the season because of injury, had his second straight 100-yard game, totaling 103 on 27 carries. Lundberg hit eight of 15 passes for 131 yards and two interceptions. David Lassahn caught four passes for 79 yards.
Defensively, Casey Rosacker had an interception and a fumble recovery for the Panthers. Kevin Minter also had an interception and Parpart, who led the team with nine tackles, recovered a fumble.
“It was a total team effort tonight,” said Stork. “I made the comment in the huddle after the game that if we handed out game balls I would need about 15 of them. Samo said, ‘We just need one team ball.’ He nailed it. It was a total team effort.”
NRHEG 14, MAPLE RIVER 12
NRHEG 0 6 0 8 — 14
MR 0 6 6 0 — 12
First Quarter
No scoring
Second Quarter
NRHEG — Meyer 26 pass from Lundberg (PAT failed)
MR — Minks 16 run (PAT failed)
Third Quarter
MR — Minks 8 run (PAT failed)
Fourth Quarter
NRHEG — Ramaker 1 run (Parpart pass from Lundberg)
NRHEG MR
First Downs 14 13
Rushing attempts 33 49
Yds. Rushing 133 136
Passing 8-15-2 8-24-2
Yds. Passing 131 120
Total plays 60 52
Total Yds. 264 256
Penalties 6-40 4-20
Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-2
Punts-Avg. 2-28.0 2-36.0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — NRHEG: Ramaker 27-103; Staloch 4-26; Krohn 1-3; Lassan 1-1; Lundberg 12-0; MR: Minks 20-111; Fitzsimmons 7-20; Denn 1-5
Passing — NRHEG: Lundberg 8-15-2, 131; MR: Fitzsimmons 8-24-2, 120
Receiving — NRHEG: Lassahn 4-79; Meyer 1-26; Parpart 1-16; Staloch 1-5; Ramaker 1-5; MR: Sohre 4-60; Denn 3-52; Streit 1-8
NRHEG DEFENSE (tackles)
Parpart 9, 1 fumble recovery; Lundberg 6; Ramaker 5; Minter 4, 1 interception; Rosacker 3, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovery; Staloch 3; Meyer 2; Petranek 2; Erickson 2; Tollefson 2; Lassahn 1
