DULUTH -

The West Central Broncos started their season with a bang, hammering the Great Lakes Wolfpack 53-7 on Saturday at Denfield High School in Duluth.Cameron Halvorson scored three rushing touchdowns, and Jerimiah Harris paced the Broncos with 90 yards on the ground and one TD.

Brandon King and Jarrett McAllister also rushed for scores, and Keante Johnson caught the lone TD pass from quarterback King.

The Broncos also scored on a fumble recovery ran in by Rene Vallejo.

“We forced four turnovers, rushed for over 350 yards and scored seven touchdowns,” Broncos’ head coach Willie Holmes said. “All that is great, but what means the most to me is giving young men the chance to play football and help guide them through football, to become good men both on and off the field.”

West Central 53
Great Lakes 7

West Central (1-0).....14 13 14 12 — 53
Great Lakes (0-1)........0   0  7    0 ---  7

W – Cameron Halvorson 2 run (Steve Peppin kick)
W – Halvorson 15 run (Peppin kick)

W – Keante Johnson 33 pass from Brandon King (Peppin kick)
W – Rene Vallejo fumble recovery (kick fail)

G – 22 yard run (kick good)
W – King 31 run (Terrell McDuffie run)
W – Jerimiah Harris 32 run (run fail)

W – Jarrett McAllister 2 run (run fail)
W – Halvorson 34 run (run fail)

West Central
Rushing (yards): Terrell McDuffie 63, Cameron Halvorson 51, Jerimiah Harris 90, Jarrett McAlister 69, Brandon King 72, Keante Johnson 17

Passing: Brandon King 3-8-76-2

Receiving: Keante Johnson 2-54, Terrell McDuffie 1-22

Punting: n/a

Interceptions: Brandon Karona 2

Fumble recoveries: Rene Vallejo 1

Tackles: Brandon Torry 6, Eric Johnson 4, Luke Theis 4, Braden Peterson 5, Cody Gruchow 4, Emmit Smith 5, Keon Thomas 5

QB sacks: Emmit Smith 1, Quinten Duruiji 1