Bombers Continue to Win Big

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Sept 28, 2012

Kerry Rodd-NSO

After opening their season with losses to Cloquet and Moose Lake-Willow River, the Barnum Bomber football team has rebounded with three straight wins including a 52-13 stomping of Braham on Friday night in Barnum.

The Bombers opened the first quarter with a Danny Warpula 16-yard run, a Zach Peterson 25 yard touchdown run and another Warpula touchdown run of 49 yards. Warpula added the two-point conversion on his first score, Brandon Newman added a conversion run on Peterson’s touchdown and finally Cody Shelgren two-point conversion run to make it 24-0 after just one quarter of play.

It was more of the same for Barnum in the second quarter when Peterson scored on a one-yard plunge and Shelgren on a 74-yard pass from Newman. Peterson tacked on the two-point conversion on the first score of the second quarter, while Colton Selix added the conversion run after the second touchdown. At the half the Bombers led Braham 40-0.

Warpula, who ran for 176 yards in the game, added a 27-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter and that was followed by a Shelgren five-yard scamper for a score and Barnum’s lead was 52-0. Braham managed one late score in the third quarter and another score in the fourth quarter, but the game was already decided by the potent Barnum offense.

Shelgren also had a big night for Barnum with 101 yards rushing and 74 yards receiving.

Since playing tough, but falling to the Class AA and state runner-up ML-WR Rebels and Class AAAA Cloquet by a combined total of 21 points; the Bombers have outscored their opponents 122-28 in the past three games.

The Bombers will travel to Mesabi East next Friday. The Giants are just one of four Class A opponents on Barnum’s schedule this season. Their other four regular season games are or will be against Class AA and Class AAAA teams, which should help out come playoff time.

Kerry Rodd can be reached at kerry@northlandsportsonline.com