Sauk Rapids-Rice Football

The Sauk Rapids-Rice football team is off to a 4-0 start after downing Cambridge-Isanti 33-7 last Friday. The Storm will host Bemidji at 7 p.m. tonight. Bemidji is 1-2 but is coming off a 19-6 win over Brainerd last week.

The Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm put their unbeaten 3-0 record on the line tonight when they play at Cambridge-Isanti. Hear the game tonight on AM 1390/93.9 FM Granite City Sports. Dave Overlund will call the action with the pregame starting at 6:45.

Prep Football Results: Sauk Rapids-Rice 23, Hutchinson 22 (The Storm are 5-3.  Hutchinson is now 6-2) Tech 49, Bemidji 7 (Tech is 6-2) Brainerd 54, Sartell-St. Stephen 0 (Sartell is 0-8) ROCORI 28, Willmar 26 (Rocori is 8-0) Becker 21, Apollo 17 (Apollo is 4-4) Foley 24, Cathedral 10 Albany 38, New London-Spicer 36

On a cold and windy night in central Minnesota, the St. Cloud Tech Tigers stood tall and defeated the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm, 26-14.

The Apollo Eagles Defeated the Sauk Rapids Rice Storm tonight with a final score of 42-20.

The High School Football section quarterfinals will be played tonight throughout the area. AM 1390-the Fan will broadcast the section 85A quarterfinal game between Sauk Rapids-Rice and St. Cloud Apollo. The Eagles have won 3 straight games and are 3-5 while Sauk Rapids-Rice is 1-7. Apollo beat Sauk Rapids-Rice earlier this season 9-6 to at the time snap their 22-game school losing streak. The Eagles have since beat Tech and Fergus Falls.

Tech 28, Sauk Rapids-Rice 6 (Jacob Peterson ran for 188 yards and 2 touchdowns and Tanner Skaja had a 47-yard touchdown run. Brandon Morrison had a 90-yard punt return touchdown. Tech is 3-1. Sauk Rapids-Rice is 0-4) Sartell-St. Stephen 27, Grand Rapids 8 (Eric McAfee ran for 103 yards on 9 carries and a touchdown for the Sabres. McAfee left the game after the first quarter with hip flexor injury and head coach Scott Hentges says McAfee is expecting to play next week. Sam Neeser and Mathew Worzala each scored rushing touchdowns for the Sabres. Sartell-St. Stephen is 4-0).

The High School football regular season will be half over after this weekend. The week 4 schedule includes St. Cloud Tech playing at Sauk Rapids-Rice at 7pm. The game is a "Tackle Cancer" game with opportunities to contribute to the battle against Cancer. Randy Shaver of KARE 11 and the Minnesota High School football coaches have gotten together to help fight cancer.

Week 3 of the High School Football season is tonight. The matchups this week include a showdown between Sartell-St. Stephen and Sauk Rapids-Rice, Rocori at Apollo, Grand Rapids at Tech, and Cathedral at Albany. Tech will play a home game at St. Cloud State's Husky Stadium because of mold and lead paint concerns at the Clarke Field concessions stands and in the locker rooms.

The Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm underachieved and battled key injuries in 2011 and finished with a 2-7 record including a 42-16 loss to Alexandria in the first round of the section playoffs. Storm are focused on improvement with head coach Bill Magnuson.