Owatonna Races by New Prague 52-0 for Homecoming Victory

The Huskies used a punishing ground attack and strong defense to win their sixth straight game and get a win in front of a big homecoming crowd Friday night.

Owatonna ran the ball more than 50 times for more than 450 yards. A couple of long touchdown dashes highlighted the night. Sam Hylle went for 48 yards late in the first quarter that staked the Huskies to a 21-0 lead by the quarter break. Late in the fourth, Bryce Goodwin capped the scoring on a similar-looking 58-yard run up the hash marks for the final touchdown in the 52-0 win.

OHS held the Trojans to fewer than 100 total yards and got their second shutout of the season. Owatonna forced New Prague into four first-half turnovers. The first was an interception by Jake Borchert that he returned for about 25 yards for the first score of the game.

The Huskies are 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the Red Division of the Big Southeast District. Owatonna closes out its regular season Friday, October 9, against Rochester Century (2-5, 2-2). New Prague (0-7, 0-4) closes out their season hosting Rochester JM (4-3, 2-2).

The Blue Division of the district has a battle of unbeaten teams set up for next week with Mankato West playing at Winona. Each team is 7-0.

Friday night high school football scores:

Big Southeast, Red Division:
Owatonna 52, New Prague 0
Rochester Century 20, Northfield 17 (overtime)
Rochester Mayo 21, Rochester JM 13

Big Southeast, Blue Division:
Mankato West 52, Faribault 7
Winona 42, Mankato East 7
Red Wing 56, Austin 50 (double overtime)

Mid Southeast, West Division:
Blooming Prairie 18, USC 6
St. Clair 37, Medford 20
Faribault BA 34, Mankato Loyola 20
Kenyon-Wanamingo 28, JWP 6

Mid Southeast, East Division:
Lewiston-Altura 21, Goodhue 14
Fillmore Central 59, Hayfield 7
Rushford-Peterson 59, Kingsland 24
Wabasha-Kellog 29, Southland 9

South Central, Red Division:
Marshall 34, Tri-City United 0
Waseca 45, Worthington 14
Fairmont 35, Albert Lea 8

South Central, Blue Division:
NRHEG 24, LCWM 6
WEM 52, GFW 15

Southeast District, White Division:
Pine Island 30, Triton 29, overtime
Caledonia 45, Dover-Eyota 2
Chatfield 61, Winona Cotter 14
St. Charles 19, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 14

Southeast District, Red Division:
Plainview-Elgin-Millville 48, Rochester Lourdes 21 (ending the Eagles' 19-game winning streak)