Sartell-St. Stephen Football

Sartell-St. Stephen has hired Scott Hentges as their new head football coach. The decision was announced today on the Sartell-St. Stephen website. Hentges replaces John Ross who remains at Sartell as the Athletic Director. Hentges has held many different positions within the Sartell-St. Stephen football program. He has coached quarterbacks, running backs, linebackers, defensive backs and most recently defensive coordinator.

Longtime football coach at Sartell-St. Stephen John Ross is stepping down as head football coach after 17 seasons. He made the announcement to his team at their football banquet this weekend. Ross led the Sabres to State runners-up finishes in 2004 and 2009 and won Central Lakes Conference titles in 2006 and 2009.

Section 85A Quarterfinals Tech 35, Buffalo 28 (Jake Peterson ran for 158 yards and 2 touchdowns and Bryant Amundson ran for 145 yards and 2 touchdowns for Tech. The Tigers are 7-2 and will play at Brainerd at 2pm Saturday)

The high school football playoffs begin tonight throughout the area. In the section 84A quarterfinals WJON will broadcast the Little Falls at Sartell-St. Stephen game at 7pm, pregame at 6:50 with Ty James. The Flyers are seeded #6 while Sartell is the #3 seed. Elsewhere #5 seed Sauk Rapids-Rice plays at #4 Alexandria and #7 Apollo plays at #2 Fergus Falls.

Sartell-St. Stephen 21, Willmar 20 (Willmar went for 2 and the win after scoring a late touchdown but thier 2-point conversion attempt failed. Sartell is 2-4) #5 Bemidji 43, Sauk Rapids-Rice 6 (Aaron Sutliffe scored the lone Sauk Rapids touchdown. The Storm are 2-4. Bemidji is 6-0)