Adrian-Ellsworth stays hot on gridiron with 60-6 home victory

Charger Erlandson and Jackson Jenniges scored three touchdowns apiece Wednesday night and the Adrian-Ellsworth Dragons won their fifth consecutive football game, routing Nicollet 60-6 in Adrian.

Jenniges picked off a Raider pass less than a minute into the contest and returned it down to the 2-yard line. He promptly scored on the next play and added the two-point conversion to give A-E a quick 8-0 lead.

Erlandson then broke free for TD runs of 48 and 31 yards before the first quarter was finished, and Jenniges ran five yards for another score with slightly less than eight minutes left before halftime. Erlandson connected with Tayden Jackson on a 40-yard TD pass later in the half, and a Robben Funez-Padilla 32-yard field goal put the Dragons up 39-0 at the break.

The second half began with Erlandson running Nicollet's kickoff back 70 yards for another TD. Jenniges later got his third TD on a 10-yard run, and Aiden Timmer added another score on a 26-yard sprint to the end zone.

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At Trojan Field Wednesday night, visiting Belle Plaine blanked WHS 21-0. Worthington is now 2-5 on the season.

In Jackson, state Class 2A No. 1 Jackson County Central was beaten by No. 7 Luverne 36-30.

In Truman, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda cruised past Granada-Huntley-East Chain-Truman 37-8.

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In other area high school football Wednesday:

Edgerton 50, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 8

Hills-Beaver Creek 62, Mountain Lake Area 0

Wabasso 54, Red Rock Central 20

Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 46, Kerhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 0

Martin County West 56, United South Central 0

LeSueur-Henderson 42, Windom Area 0

Pipestone Area 42, Sibley East 22

Tri-City United 26, Fairmont 25

Marshall 48, Fergus Falls 0