Non-league football: Prairie 20, Mark Morris 12

On a night dominated by turnovers and rain, Prairie was able to pull out non-league the victory against Mark Morris 20-12.

Quarterback Kevin Aguirre ran for two touchdowns and finished with 76 rushing yards, while Lukas Daniel added another score. Aguirre also completed seven of his nine pass attempts for 93 yards.

Mark Morris scored with three minutes left in the game and missed the two-point conversions by inches. Down by eight, the Monarchs forced a fumble inside their own red zone.

Led by quarterback Will Burghardt, the team vied for a late fourth quarter comeback. However, with 30 seconds left, Eric Creamer intercepted an errant pass on fourth-and-14 to seal the victory for the Falcons.

The Monarchs offense outgained Prairie’s 330-267, but was hindered by untimely turnovers. Prairie collected two interceptions and recovered three fumbles.

Prairie added four fumbles of their own, but Aguirre and the defense was clutch when the team needed it.

Aside from running for the score, Daniel also blocked a punt that eventually gave way to the team’s second and go-ahead score in the third quarter.

Prairie 20, Mark Morris 12

Mark Morris 0 6 0 6—12

Prairie 0 6 14 0—20

Second Quarter

Pr — Lukas Daniel 1 run (pass faied)

MM — Max Dawkins 5 run (kick failed)

Third Quarter

Pr — Kevin Aguirre 3 run, (Tyler Feeney run)

Pr — Kevin Aguirre 12 run (pass failed)

Fourth Quarter

MM – Dawson St. Jean pass from Will Burghardt 11 pass (run failed)

Individual Statistics

Rushing — Mark Morris, Kyle Johnson 9-53, Burghardt 13-53, Dawkins 11-50, Brent Myklebust 7-42. Prairie, Aguirre 6-76, Carson Slagle 6-51, Daniel 5-28, Kyle Schulson 3-9, Kody Keyt 1-7, Feeney 2-7, Alec Gawley 3- -4

Passing — Mark Morris, Burghardt 12-24-2-123. Prairie, Aguirre 7-9-0-93

Receiving — Mark Morris, Devin St. Jean 2-31, Dawson St. Jean 3-31, Zach McCarthy 3-20, Caleb Delamarter 1-17, Cody Guernsey 1-13, Easton McClung 1-7, Dawkins 1-4. Prairie, Jaelen Stephen 1-44, Feeney 2-27, Reuvim Ponomarenko 1-9, Keyt 2-9, Isaiah Conley 1-4