Hawley Nuggets versus Pelican Rapids on Oct. 6, 2023. (David Kinderman / KRCQ)

Football: Hawley loses to Pelican Rapids 14-13 on blocked second half extra point

By Michael Achterling Oct 9, 2023 | 9:31 AM

Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – The Hawley Nuggets hosted the Pelican Rapids Vikings on a dreary Friday night in the Nuggets Homecoming game.

The Nuggets received the opening kickoff and traded offensive drives with the Vikings until the first play of the 2^nd quarter, when the Vikings plunged in from 1 yard out to take a 6-0 lead.

The Vikings also scored a second time in the first half and finished it off with a 2pt conversion, to take a 14-0 halftime lead.

The Nuggets then held the Vikings to a three and out on the first drive, before scoring on a 16yd pass from Noah Nelson to Zach Libak TD and then a Brock Hines extra point, makes it 14-7.

The Nuggets got their second fumble recovery and hen scored only 1:02 after their first TD. This time Noah Nelson hit Zach Libak on a 59yd TD score, but the extra point was blocked by Pelican Rapids, thus the Vikings held a 14-13 lead with over 18 minutes left in the game.

Unfortunately the Nuggets could not get another score and the Vikings move to 5-1 with a 14-13 victory.

The Homecoming King and Queen coronation took place at halftime. Issac Huseman was named the Homecoming King and Leah Tibbetts was named the Homecoming Queen.

Hawley falls to 2-4 and will travel to Warroad on Friday 10/13 at 6pm on KRCQ. QB Noah Nelson was the Muscatell Burns Ford MVP of the game.

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