Apollo Football

The Apollo football team looks improve on last season's 1-8 season with plenty of experience returning. Apollo head coach Michael Beehler joined me on WJON. He says they return a bunch of 3-year starters. Senior Davion Jackson returns as the starting quarterback for the Eagles.

The Apollo Eagles ended the regular season with a 45-7 loss to Zimmerman at home Wednesday night. Apollo is 1-7 heading into the playoffs, which start Tuesday.

The 2nd week of the high school football season will take place tonight. Area games include Tech hosting Apollo at the new Tiger Stadium on the new Tech High School campus. Tech is 0-1 after falling 28-21 at Hutchinson last week while Apollo downed St. Francis at home 31-24.

High School Football Results: Section 6-5-A Tech 62, Monticello 6 (Tech will play at 2nd seeded Rogers at 2pm Saturday) Sauk Rapids-Rice 24, Osseo 12 (Sauk Rapids will play at top seeded Elk River at 3pm Saturday) Section 8-4-A Apollo 33, Little Falls 8 (Apollo will play at top seeded Rocori at 2pm Saturday) Detroit Lakes 41, Willmar 40 Section 8-5-A Bemidji 26, Sartell-St...

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

Apollo High School is suspending football and girls basketball coach Nic Peterson.

Section 8-5A Semifinals Sartell-St. Stephen 24, Apollo 17 (Apollo led 3-0 at halftime and led 17-10 early in the 4th quarter before Sartell scored the final 2 touchdowns to win it. Parker Hagen threw a 2-yard touchdown pass Matt Worzala as the go-ahead touchdown. Eric McAfee ran for 245 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Sabres.

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.

The high school football pairing in section 85A and section 53A have been released. In section 85A Moorhead is the #1 seed, Sartell-St. Stephen is the #2 seed, Apollo is seeded #3, Tech is #4, Alexandria is #5 and Sauk Rapids-Rice is seeded #6. The top two seeds get a first round bye with #6 Sauk Rapids-Rice playing at #3 Apollo at 7pm Tuesday night. #5 Alexandria will play at #4 Tech at 8:15pm at SCSU Tuesday night.

Rocori 26, Tech 13 (Rocori outscored Tech 20-0 in the 2nd half after trailing 13-6 at halftime. Alex Austad ran for 87 yards on 15 carries and 2 touchdowns for Rocori. Brad Fabel threw a 29-yards touchdown pass to Derek Kuechle in the first half. Jacob Peterson was held to 50 yards rushing on 17 carries with a 22-yard touchdown run. Peterson injured his right leg on the last play of the first half and did not return to the game.