South Ridge off to Fast Start

Photos by: Paula Gellaty

Dwight Cadwell-NSO

The South Ridge Panthers score another huge win Friday in Nine-Man football action when the Panthers knocked off Cherry by a score of 48-8  after opening up their 2013 season with a 44-22 win over Big Fork.

The Panthers fast and explosive start has been a result of a high powered offense which features Kody Karppinen who has thrown 10 touchdown passes in his first two games.

Drew Janke has caught five of those touchdown passes including three more Friday night,  Colton Peterson has two touchdown receptions as does Dominic Janke who didn’t play Friday due to an injury.

Karppinen who who passes for 250 yards plus Friday has over 500 yards passing through the first two games of the season. Tyler Hage and Bill Redding are running the ball very effectively and the high octane offense will be back on the field this Friday night when the Panthers will face Chisholm in a Big Nine Conference match-up. Chisholm and South Ridge, along with Northwoods and Ely are at the top of the conference standings all with a record of 2-0 on the season.

Dwight Cadwell can be reached at dwight@northlandsportsonline.com