The Minnewaska Area Lakers football team improved to 2-1 on the season with a 44-8 win over visiting Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. It was a huge turnaround win after they got beat by visiting BOLD 42-6 in week two.
The Lakers took a 22-0 lead after one quarter and led 38-0 at halftime. Both teams scored touchdowns in the third quarter, and no one scored in the fourth. Greg Helander ran for 134 yards to lead the Minnewaska ground game along with scoring two touchdowns. Junior signal-caller Michael Gruber was 6-of-12 in passing with 165 yards with two touchdowns.
The big keys in the win were getting four interceptions plus a recovered fumble from A-C-GC.
Up next is a third straight home game against another 2-1 team, when Melrose Area visits Veterans Field in week four. The Dutchmen were soundly defeated by Paynesville Area 44-0 in Melrose in a game where they gave up 372 rushing yards to the fourth-ranked (Class 2A) Bulldogs.
