Jarrett Bennett ran for his fourth touchdown with 1 minute, 36 seconds left in regulation to give St. Michael-Albertville a 38-35 victory over visiting Centennial in the second round of the Class 6A football state tournament.
Bennett ran for two touchdowns and Riley Purcell kicked a field goal to help the Knights score 17 unanswered points in the third quarter to take a 31-28 lead.
Lance Nielsen Jr. scored his second touchdown of the game with 8:33 left in the fourth quarter to give the Cougars a 35-31 lead.
In other Class 6A second-round games:
Eden Prairie 14, Lakeville North 10: Noah Ekness scored his second touchdown of the game with 9:21 left to give the Eagles their first and only lead over the visiting Panthers. Ekness scored late in the first quarter to tie the score at 7-7.
Shakopee 20, Blaine 13: The Sabers scored 14 consecutive points in the third quarter to pull away from the visiting Bengals. Ryan Schweiger kicked a field goal with 9:24 left to get the Bengals within a score, but they could not get the tying touchdown. Jadon Hellerud ran for two Sabers touchdowns.
Woodbury 20, Rosemount 3: The Royals scored 20 unanswered points to defeat the visiting Irish. Joey Gerlach ran for two touchdowns for the Royals.
Maple Grove 42, East Ridge 13: The Crimson scored 42 straight points to defeat the visiting Raptors. Jacob Kilzer threw for a touchdown and had two touchdowns to lead the Crimson, Tanner Albeck had a rushing and receiving touchdown and Derrick Jameson ran for two touchdowns. Tanner Zolnosky threw for two touchdowns for the Raptors.
