Eagles fall to Cowboys48-12 in section opener
News | Published on October 28, 2025 at 2:41pm GMT+0000 | Author: Tucker Henderson
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The eighth seeded New York Mills Eagles had their season come to an end on Tuesday, Oct. 21 as the top seeded and sixth ranked Breckenridge Cowboys came away with a 48-12 win in the opening round of the Section 6A tournament.
While the loss ends the Eagles season with a record of 2-7 overall, the final score was closer than the 65-6 loss the Eagles suffered at the hands of the Cowboys just 11 days prior.
Breckenridge struck first with a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter. The Cowboys scored at the 7:43 mark of the first quarter when Riley Kappes completed an eight-yard touchdown pass to Cooper Roberts for a touchdown. The extra point was good to give the Cowboys a 7-0 lead.
Just two minutes later, Finn Roder scored on a nine-yard run, but the two-point conversion was no good to leave the score at 7-6 in favor of Breckenridge.
The Cowboys would score five more touchdowns in the first half on a pair of David Erlandson runs, two Kappes touchdown passes and a Kappes 39-yard touchdown run to take a 42-6 lead at halftime.
After a scoreless third quarter, Creed Mursu scored NY Mills’ second touchdown of the game at the 8:09 mark of the fourth quarter to leave the score at 42-12.
The Cowboys scored a touchdown with just 29 seconds remaining the game to end the score at 48-12.
The Eagles were led offensively by Everrett Ruther who rushed 11 times for 34 yards, while Gage Brasel rushed two times for 28 yards, Roder rushed four times for 26 yards, Ryder Davis rushed four times for 26 yards and Mursu rushed three times for one yard.
Mursu went 7-14 passing in the loss for 44 yards with Brasel catching four passes for 41 yards, while Ruther caught two passes for four yards and Roder catching one pass for -1 yards.
Offensively the Cowboys rushed 42 times for 320 yards, while the Eagles rushed 24 times for 115 yards. The Cowboys passes for 73 yards, while the Eagles passes for 44 yards. NY Mills also lost three fumbles in the game, compared to just one for the Cowboys.
Defensively, the Eagles were led by Roder with eight tackles, while Eli Vaughn finished with seven, Brasel with six and Davis with five. Mursu, Tony Nichols and Bergen Roder each finished with three tackles; Blake Hiltner finished with two and Ruther, Grady Roberts, Brock Ruther, Henry Oakes, Grayson Meyer and Jacoby Wilhelmi finished with one tackle apiece.
Breckenridge would go on to defeat Otter Tail Central 35-0, while second seeded Parkers Prairie defeated third seeded Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 52-0 to advance to Friday’s Section 6A championship game at the FargoDome. Friday’s game is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m.