North Star Football Conference Honors Players of the Week

The North Star Football Conference has announced the East and West
Division Football Players of the Week.

East Division honorees include:
Nathan Holm (Pine River-Backus) and Kris Skersick (Bagley) as Co- Offensive Players of the Week, Torrey Swenson (Bagley) as Defensive Player of the Week and Trevor Willberg (Bagley) as the Special Teams Player of the Week.

For the West Division, Zach Riopelle (Warren- Alvarado-Oslo) was named the Offensive Player of the Week and Mitch Kochmann (Mahnomen) was selected as the Defensive Player of the Week.

Nathan Holm led Pine River-Backus to a 56-6 win over Lake of the Woods. Holm was 5 for 11 passing for 184 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also had 7 rushes for 32 yards and 3 rushing touchdowns.

Kris Skersick had 5 carries for 53 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Flyers in their 55-6 win over Blackduck.

Torrey Swenson led the Flyer defense as they held Blackduck to six points. Swenson was all over the field preventing passes and was in on 14 tackles.

Trevor Willberg had 3 returns for 107 yards and 1 touchdown in the Flyers game agains Blackduck.

Zach Riopelle had 198 yards on 19 carries and scored 4 touchdowns. His performance put him over 1000 yards on the season and he broke the all time Pony career rushing record previously set at 3910 yards. Zach currently had 4070 career yards. W-A-O defeated Fosston 34-0.

Mitch Kochmann returned 2 kicks for touchdowns in a win over Red Lake County. He ran the opening kick back for 83 yards and had another 80 yard return, both for touchdowns. Mahnomen defeated RLC 47-8.