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Mike Isola
10/01/2011 - 6:52pm

Andy Bounds scored on a 18-yard run with 2:22 left in the game and Colton Moyer’s late interception gave Verndale its second win of the season in Friday’s 14-8 Pheasant Conference victory over rival Bertha-Hewitt.

The Pirates struck first on a nine-yard pass from Dillon Card to Kory Stave and Dallas Ehrmantraut snagged the conversion pass for the 8-0 lead at 6:00 of the first quarter.

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Mike Isola
09/23/2011 - 11:48pm
Andy Bounds (19) was Verndale's leading rusher with 49 yards and a touchdown during the Pirates' 27-14 homecoming loss to Hillcrest Lutheran on Friday night.
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Mike Isola
09/18/2011 - 5:00pm

Kyle Jensen accounted for all four touchdowns as the Rockets rolled to a 28-6 Pheasant Conference victory over Verndale on Friday.

Jensen rushed for 243 yards on 28 carries and tacked on a pair of conversion runs in the victory. The senior running back ignited the Rockets’ with a 65-yard touchdown and conversion run in the first quarter to spot the home team the 8-0 lead.

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Mike Isola
09/09/2011 - 11:57pm
Verndale tight end Kory Stave (41) flips forward for some additional yardage after being tackled by an ECHO defensive player during the Pirates' 60-0 rout of the Rockets Friday night.
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Mike Isola
08/27/2011 - 12:51pm
The Verndale football team geared up for the upcoming season by hosting eight teams during their annual scrimmage Saturday morning. The Pirates' football opener for Friday has been cancelled but the team continues to prepare for their first game, now scheduled for September 9th at E.C.H.O Charter School.
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Mike Isola
10/27/2010 - 7:50am

The No. 2-seeded Underwood Rockets scored three unanswered touchdowns to fend off defending champion Verndale 22-6 in the Section 4 Nine-man quarterfinals Tuesday.

Zach Meidinger burst through the snow for a 80-yard touchdown rumble that gave the seventh-seeded Verndale Pirates the 6-0 lead at 7:20 of the second quarter.

The lead would be short-lived as the Rockets answered on their next possession on a 33-yard run from quarterback Dalton Jampsa two minutes later. Brett Collins added the conversion run, giving Underwood the lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

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Mike Isola
10/26/2010 - 11:00pm

Area Prep Football Scoreboard from October 26

Section Quarterfinals

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Mike Isola
10/21/2010 - 12:02am

It's MEA Week, so that means the Friday Night Lights traditionally lit up the countryside on Wednesday night instead.

Here are the Area Prep Football Scoreboards from October 20.

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Mike Isola
10/19/2010 - 3:03pm

Zack Meidinger rushed for 114 yards on 21 carries and scored two touchdowns to help Verndale snap a five-game losing streak with the 38-6 Pheasant Conference victory over Lincoln HI Wednesday night.

The Pirates outscored the Rebels 24-0 in the first half and got another 137 yards rushing and a touchdown from Cody Yungbauer in the victory.

Yungbauer notched a six-yard run in the first quarter while quarterback Nate Bart punched in from two-yards out and Meidinger ran for a 22-yard touchdown scamper in the Pirates’ first-half outburst.

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Mike Isola
10/17/2010 - 12:09pm

Mitchell Andrews—who had 106 yards rushing on 20 attempts—rumbled for two touchdowns to help Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley escape the Verndale Pirates 20-12 in a Pheasant Conference game Friday night.

Andrews gave the Wolverines the 6-0 lead with a 20-yard scamper in the first quarter and scored the only touchdown of the second half with a one-yard run.

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