ND 11AAA TITLE
Bismarck Century defends state 11AAA championship
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Jacob Olson threw three touchdown passes in the second half as Bismarck Century beat Bismarck High 27-12 Friday for its second straight state 11AAA football championship.
Century (10-2), which won its first state championship last season, is the first back-to-back 11AAA champion since Bismarck High (9-3) turned the trick in 2011-12.
The Patriots led 6-0 at half on Jacob Rader’s 2-yard run, but quickly went up 21-0 on TD passes to Luke Little and Kade Lynch.
After Jalen Sprecher scored on a 13-yard run for BHS (9-2), Olson tossed a scoring pass to Jake Zittleman.
Olson was 11-for-19 for 200 yards, while Rader ran for 50 yards.
Century beat Bismarck High 21-13 in the regular season.
Bismarck’s Will Madler threw for 212 yards, including a 20-yard TD pass to Connor Piatz.
The Demons ran for just 87 yards.
ND 11AA TITLE
Bismarck St. Mary’s beats Kindred 47-6 for state 11AA title
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck St. Mary’s spotted Kindred a six-point lead, but then rolled over the Vikings 47-6 Friday in the state 11AA championship game.
Kurt Dickhut and Cole Spies scored three touchdowns each as the Saints (12-0) won their third championship in four years. Kindred (9-3) was seeking its first state title.
Kindred marched 96 yards after a St. Mary’s fumble and scored on a 6-yard pass from Ethan Lingen to Brock Benson in the first quarter.
But the Saints responded with 28 points in the second quarter, including a TD pass from Cole Gendreau to Spies with four seconds left.
Kurt Dickhut scored twice on the ground and Spies once as the Saints took a 28-7 lead into the break.
Spies added a short run with 8:15 left in the third to make it 34-6 and Dickhut made it 41-6 before the end of the third quarter.
